Latino Rebels

Grammy winners La Santa Cecilia just published a music video for the band’s remake of “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The clip needs no explanation. According to a report earlier this year, the band’s remake is “a psychedelic cumbia rendition of the Beatles’ iconic ’67 single.” The group “dedicated ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ to migrant agricultural workers. The […]

After publishing a story last night about members of the Border Convoy allegedly carrying firearms in El Paso during their eight-day “Stop the Invasion” rally, images from a local Univision 26 report showed a convoy member carrying what appear to be a rifle or an automatic weapon. The following video is in Spanish. A rough […]

UPDATE: August 4, 9:15ET: A local El Paso report shows images of what appear to be rifles or automatic weapons. Earlier today a story in The Guardian reported that an eight-day Border Convoy to “Stop the Invasion” was canceling its El Paso rally due to unspecified “death threats.” Apparently, what Border Convoy organizers told The […]

Maybe it was the fact that we were coming off World Cup withdrawal or maybe we are always looking for any fresh content that at least attempts to paint a more realistic picture of what it is to be Latino in the United States today, but when we started watching “Los Jets” on NuvoTV this […]

While one Latino Democrat was voting with House Republicans on immigration, another Latino Democrat —Illinois Rep. Luis Gutiérrez— was saying this:

In case you missed it this week, here is what Inspector General John Roth reported to the Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security: Inspector General's Report on Detention of Unaccompanied Minors The LA Times has a detailed article. Here is an excerpt: Many of the children and families who crossed the border illegally need treatment […]

Last night, the House of Representatives passed two bills related to immigration and the current situation with unaccompanied minors at the border. The first one was H.R. 5230 (full text below). That vote for that bill was 223-189 in favor, with four Republicans voted against party lines and one Democrat voting for the bill. Here […]

The following video in Spanish tells the story of David Ernesto Orellana, an 11-year-old boy murdered in July by gang members in El Salvador. Although the video is in Spanish, the images speak for themselves. Not only did gang members from the Barrio 18 gang kill David, but members of MS-13 showed up at the […]

For those who actually want to know a bit more about the current immigration debate, including statistics, history, etc., here are some actual informative posts that you should read up on: From Migration Policy: Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States. From the Department of Homeland Security: Yearbook of Immigration Statistics. […]

Here is what Rep. Luis Gutiérrez said this morning on MSNBC: Will the House even do anything?

This local news piece from San Diego was published last night: The events surrounding why Mark Lane is now speaking out started after he formed a Boycott Murrieta, California page on Facebook. That page has over 3,000 likes, and it had also led to a Facebook page called “Boycott Mark Lane and his Boycott, CA […]

Yesterday in Washington, D.C., three Central American youth shared their personal stories about their journey to the United States. Their testimony was part of a meeting on unaccompanied immigrants held by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Click on the link or each image to access the video testimony: Dulce Medina Mayeli Hernández Saúl Martínez

This weekend in front of the Massachusetts State House, Canadian-born radio talk show host Jeff Kuhher of Boston’s WRKO Radio had a message to Governor Duval Patrick, who is looking for ways to temporarily house Central American refugee children in one of the state’s federal centers. Looks like Kuhner, with his slight Montreal accent, thinks […]

Oh, Bill Maher. While everyone you cater to is applauding your latest “Oh the Places You’ll Go…And Get Kicked Out Of!” skit, when we finally caught it, there was something about it that made it feel a bit too patronizing, insulting and stale. What the Huff Post called an “epic Dr. Seuss parody,” we just […]

This is what happens when people just read interpretations of a poll from third parties and don’t actually read the poll itself. This week, Breitbart ‘s John Nolte wanted to let the world know the following: “BORDER CRISIS POLL: 64% OF HISPANICS BACK DEPORTATIONS.” That headline is so definitive, so real, so confident—how could it […]

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Today, Fusion’s Cristina Costantini filed the following report based on a Freedom of Information request submitted to the U.S. government:

Earlier this week, our group wrote an editorial about what one fan called the “Jorge Ramos Swimming Thing.” The intent of the piece was not to ask why such a respected news anchor went Geraldo Rivera on us. A tiny few didn’t like that we took the time to write about the segment, yet after […]

This is what the White House released tonight: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AFTER MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PÉREZ MOLINA OF GUATEMALA, PRESIDENT JUAN ORLANDO HERNÁNDEZ OF HONDURAS, AND PRESIDENT SALVADOR SÁNCHEZ CERÉN OF EL SALVADOR ON IMMIGRATION Cabinet Room 3:42 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, I want to thank very much, President Molina, President Hernández and […]

According to the White House pool report we received this afternoon about the meeting President Obama had with the leaders of the three Central American countries most impacted by the latest immigration crisis, this is what the President told Guatemala’s Otto Pérez Molina, Honduras’ Juan Orlando Hernández and El Salvador’s Salvador Sánchez Cerén: “Children who […]

July 25, 1978 will forever be seen as a tragedy in the history of Puerto Rico.