Latino Rebels

Organizers are calling it “the beginning of a much-needed policy conversation.”

The candidates who attended the event were Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Steyer, Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang. (Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren did not attend the event.)

Latino Rebels Radio: November 17, 2019.

“The best strategy to increase Latino voter turnout in presidential elections is to close the registration gap,” a new study about the 2020 Latino electorate noted.

Apparently, the day after the podcast premiered, the former California governor agreed to an interview.

Latino Rebels Radio: November 14, 2019.

The song was inspired by childhood memories while still tapping into adulthood themes.

Latino Rebels Radio: November 12, 2019.

Latino Rebels Radio: November 10, 2019.

The Midwest (32%) saw the most support for Trump, while the Pacific region saw the least (19%).

“Three months ago, on August 7, 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent hundreds of agents to Mississippi to arrest nearly 700 workers at seven chicken processing plants across the state. It was the largest statewide workplace raid in U.S. history, with 680 community members arrested,” Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said.

Latino Rebels Radio: November 6, 2019.

“Trump’s approval is underwater with Puerto Ricans at 64 percent disapproval and 19 percent approval. However, those from Mexico are split, with 43 percent disapproval and 38 percent approval. Cubans provided a bright spot for Trump, with 47 percent approval and 28 percent disapproval.”

The debate that should have ended years ago is suddenly back. Sigh.

“Thank you, Pete Wilson.”

And here we go. In a classic case of political Macondo mediocrity, it looks like some factions of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood party are trying to forget this past summer’s historic protests that led to the sudden resignation of governor Ricardo Rosselló. The latest example? Former Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi—yes, the same Pierluisi who claimed the […]

Latino Rebels Radio: November 3, 2019

“The employee then refused to authorize the transaction and told him that his form of ID was not accepted because it was not a valid US identification,” Arlene Payano Burgos noted in an October 25 public Facebook post.

DHS says it is extending the TPS documentation in compliance with the preliminary injunctions issued by several courts.

Eleven days ago, the Julián Castro campaign said that the Texas Democrat and the only Latino in the presidential race would drop out of the campaign if he could not raise $800,000 by October 31. On Friday morning, a media release shared by the campaign noted that it had reached that goal that it hopes […]

“Making fee waivers inaccessible will hurt individuals who are trying to escape domestic abuse or trafficking, receive permission to work, or naturalize as citizens,” said Rebecca Smullin, the Public Citizen attorney representing NWIRP.