Latino Rebels

Earlier today, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley talked with @julito77 on Latino Rebels Radio about how his state is addressing the growing number of unaccompanied minors entering the United States. Recently, O’Malley said that children who fled Central American countries should not be sent back to a “certain death,” winning kudos from many immigration rights activists. […]

VICE’s “Immigrant America” series added a new episode this week. Milking cows is a dirty, monotonous job, and as we found out in our latest episode of Immigrant America, it’s not a job many unemployed Americans are willing to do. But for some reason the government doesn’t give dairy farms a way to recruit foreign […]

So this past weekend, the following tweet from Jorge Ramos got our attention: Swimming the Rio Grande, following the journey of Central American children. Soon on @ThisIsFusion pic.twitter.com/kXgDv5OZTP — JORGE RAMOS (@jorgeramosnews) July 19, 2014 It also got the attention of many others who admire and respect the veteran news anchor. One journalist even wrote […]

Earlier today, HuffPost Latino Voices published an open letter addressed to noted undocumented activist and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. The letter, co-authored by undocumented activists Luis Serrano and Cesar Vega, discussed the recent attention Vargas’ arrest in McAllen, Texas, received. The letter, to put it bluntly, did not mince words. Here is one excerpt: We […]

UPDATE: Dr. Steinlight got reprimanded. He didn’t lose his job, just disciplined. Looks like neo-nativist racist Stephen Steinlight is at it again. The notorious “expert” from the misleading Center for Immigration Studies organization (read more about them here), is now stirring up the No Amnesty crowd to the point that that he thinks that for […]

For all those who think the current increase of unaccompanied minors entering the United States is some sudden phenomenon, think again. There were warning signs for years, but no one in Washington was paying attention. Now there is this 41-page report from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) cited by The Washington Post: […]

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This one comes from Mi Blog Es Tu Blog. And to quote Gawker’s Adam Weinstein, “The video… is what Wes Anderson-produced political ads for grumpy Maricopa County rotarians might look and sound like.” Yeah, that wasn’t racist at all. Yeah, not racist at all.

Yesterday, it is safe to conclude Adam Kwasman had one of the worst political days of his life. After a hilariously tragic video where the GOP congressional candidate and Arizona state rep mistakenly thought a bus with YMCA kids were actual migrant children ready to “invade” Oracle, Arizona went viral (yes, even TIME covered it […]

Last week, we shared the tale of how the City of Murrieta, California had hired a “crisis management” expert, who proceeded to brag about his accomplishments on public social media networks. Anyone with a brain knows by now that Murrieta officials have been trying to spin a message that no one is buying. The “new” […]

Brilliant. Just brilliant. (H/T @latinovoices) If you are outside the US:

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently shared information about individuals who have applied for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Over 500,000 individuals were deemed eligible for DACA. The following document presents data according to gender, country of origin and other categories. Characteristics of Individuals Requesting and Approved for Deferred Action for […]

File this one under perhaps the most hilarious (and tragic) thing we have seen this week. Or this month. Or ever. As azcentral.com reports, it wasn’t a good day for state representative and Republican congressional candidate Adam Kwasman. Watch. You can read the whole story here. Amazingly funny. And sad. By the way, Rep. Kwasman: […]

Leave it to the Canada Free Press (yes, that is the name of the site) to share a complete list of detailed locations online for a “National Protests Against Amnesty” on July 18 and 19. The site has chronicled as “master list of times, dates, and locations of our protests against illegal immigration!” CFP’s page […]

Our friend EddieG recently weighed in on the recent migrant refugee crisis.

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Today, The Arizona Republic published a special report about the current immigration crisis: You can read the longform article (with more videos) here.

The following video shot by Justice for Immigrants Coalition (JFIC) coordinator Fernando Romero was taken at a migrant refugee site in California’s Inland Empire. Watch as three individuals trespassed the site as a means of making their point. The site houses migrant families and children. We also received this message in Spanish (which we translated […]

Kids First: A Response to the Southern Border Humanitarian Crisis by Latino Rebels

So, several of you let us know about this: With Gov Perry pic.twitter.com/oLaxlpwgp8 — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 10, 2014 On the boat pic.twitter.com/B9p6eoWkXs — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 10, 2014 America’s heroes protecting the border pic.twitter.com/75OWgpFWql — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 10, 2014 All because we are suddenly afraid of child refugees from Central […]

In case you missed it, MSNBC’s Joy Reid today talked with Eduardo López, “Harvest of Empire” co-director, about the United States’ historic involvement in Latin America fueled the current immigration crisis. This is a must-watch segment. And if you haven’t caught “Harvest of Empire,” you need to. Visit the film’s site here.