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Just a week after disturbing images of neo-nativist protesters went viral, social media is leaving clues that the City of Murrieta is actively trying to change its image through a crisis management group. Today a public Facebook post by Xavier Hermosillo revealed that Hermosillo’s group, CrisisPros.com, has been actively involved in Murrieta’s new change of […]

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION Dallas Love Field Dallas, Texas 6:00 P.M. CDT FOR VIDEO GO HERE. THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody. I just had a good meeting with Governor Perry, local officials, and faith leaders to talk about the steps that we have taken and that we need to take to address the humanitarian […]

For more, visit here. A Letter to President Obama About the Child Migrant Crisis and Sexual Violence (FINAL)

Sources have told Latino Rebels that an undocumented 22-year-old Honduran pregnant woman in her third trimester was held for almost three days with no food at the McAllen Border Patrol Station earlier this year. According to the sources, the woman passed out on the third day, and when she woke up, a U.S. Customs and […]

This happened yesterday. Watch. What is going in this world? Your browser does not support iframes. Did we just watch what we thought we watched? Glenn Beck actually offered analysis about Central America, too, as well as U.S. Latin American policy. Our cynical question: how many Latinos evangelicals are subscribing to The Blaze? But still… […]

Earlier this morning, the main Latino Rebels email account received the following message: Hello, My name is Harry Ramos and I am Mayor Pro Tem of the city of Murrieta. I saw you guys had some stories about what is going on here so I thought I would reach out. If you guys ever want […]

With all the attention now on Murrieta, California, the city’s Manager took the time to publish the following official July 3 message at www.murrieta.org: Message to the Community July 3, 2014 This has been a difficult week in the city of Murrieta. We have been challenged and in some ways we fell down in the face of […]

This just in from Ruptly: “A face-off between anti-immigrant protesters and immigrant supporters happened outside Murrieta’s US Border Patrol facilities on Monday, with a verbal skirmish over who has the ‘right’ to reside in the USA taking place.”

We don’t think we have ever written a headline with so many quotation marks, but after seeing a ‘damning’ (there go those quotes again) on the public Facebook page of LibertyNews.com’s Eric Odom, how could we not succumb to such ‘truth?’ Are you ready to see it yourself, with your own very eyes—15 seconds of […]

UPDATE, July 8, 2014: How has NPR responded? With a memo. Granted, we were focusing on other serious matters over the July 4 weekend, but when a Twitter follower tweeted the following to us, we admittedly did a double-take: @npr_ed wtf? seriously? #nomames @latinorebels — elena mary (@ElenaMary1) July 7, 2014 We checked it out […]

Here is the full ‘Meet the Press’ interview between United States Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and host David Gregory. By the way, what is up with Gregory? He sounds like he lives in Murrieta. Is saying the word “refugee” too hard for Gregory? Also, Johnson’s words are clear as well. Then there is […]

Last night, Latino Rebels Radio featured the incredible work of Enrique Morones and Border Angels. During the show, Morones shared the following email and pictures (all taken about by María Teresa Fernández) about what the Border Angels did yesterday: This week we saw the worst of the American spirit in Murrieta and today we see […]

UPDATE: Another account of the July 4 protests is a bit more detailed, especially when it comes to allegations of flag burning. Read it here. One thing to note about Diana Serafin, the candidate running for Murrieta City Council who is organizing the current immigration protests that have gotten national attention: she is not being […]

Yesterday Latino Rebels founder @julito77 appeared on NPR’s On The Media in a segment about the rise of English-language outlets in Latino media. The hosts of the show were discussing “No Mames” and Julito appeared at the beginning of the show and also at the end. Here is the full show: BREAKING BAD IN SPANISH, […]

Meet Diana Serafin. She is running for Murrieta City Council. In 2010, Serafin was quoted in The New York Times about efforts to stop the construction of a mosque in Temecula, California: Recently, a small group of activists became alarmed about the mosque. Diana Serafin, a grandmother who lost her job in tech support this year, […]

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The City of Murrieta, California is working really hard to make sure that the country’s current “immigrant crisis” doesn’t actually affect it. To be absolutely certain, the city’s official website has an “Immigration Update.” (H/T to this post from a fan.) Here’s a sampling of some of the questions: Can I donate goods for the […]

We love Las Cafeteras. And now we love them more. Watch their remake of the “This Land is Your Land,” the Woodie Guthrie classic. This Land is your Land (Reimagined and performed by Las Cafeteras in collaboration with The California Endowment) This Land is your Land This Land is my Land From California to the […]

Leave it to local San Diego media to produce one very fear-mongering and one-sided story the day after the now-infamous Murrieta protests. Watch: If anyone can tell us who else besides a Border Patrol union representative was interviewed for the piece, we would love to know. Unconfirmed stories of diseases and poxes. Quarantines and fear. […]

Welcome to the USA. This happened yesterday in Murrieta. Watch: Classy. Lupillo Rivera is related to the late Jenni Rivera, the legendary singer who advocated for immigration reform during her life. He is her brother.

You saw the pictures and tweets, now see some of the video from today’s anti-migrant protest in Murrieta, California. For more, read the story at The Desert Sun. Some more local reports from San Diego add more details: San Diego, California News Station – KFMB Channel 8 – cbs8.com San Diego, California News Station – […]