Injustice

As expected, the alleged beating death of David Silva has started getting the attention of the national media. Here is a local report out of Bakersfield: According to the local report, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said, “What we’re finding most of those, from what we can track, are from outside of Kern County, which is […]

Yesterday afternoon at 3:30 PST, the office of Kern Country Sheriff Donny Youngblood released the following press statement about the death of David Sal Silva, a case that has begun to get local and national media attention. Silva died in-custody, and the release of video and a chilling 911 call raises several questions about the […]

The story of the alleged beating death of David Sal Silve by Kern County deputies last week in Bakersfield has begun to gain more national attention. The Associated Press has published an article and CNN has filed a report. Here is what CNN reported today. Additional details from the story have begun to emerge, including […]

The following is an edited YouTube video showing local Bakersfield news coverage about the alleged police beating of David Sal Silva, who died in-custody. For more details about this story, you can click on this post. Here is the video.

Yesterday, we shared a very troubling story out of Bakersfield, where David Sal Silva was allegedly beaten by Kern County deputies. Silva died in-custody. Here is a 911 call about the incident. One report said the following, “And though several witnesses caught the brutal murder on camera, police immediately seized cell phones from every one […]

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following report of the genocide trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and ex-intelligence chief Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez in Guatemala City. They have given us permission to republish all their reports about this historic trial. NISGUA continues ongoing coverage of the trial in Guatemala of Efraín Rios Montt and […]

This week Cuéntame released the first video of its “Deport Hate” series. The video discusses the “five ways anti-immigrant hate makes its way into media and policy.” The video includes comments and insights from journalist and author Pilar Marrero, national columnist Gustavo Arrellano, writer/broadcaster Wendy Carrillo, and our very own Julito, Latino Rebels founder. For […]

Meet some of the real faces behind the headlines of “11 million.” For more information, visit NotOneMoreDeportation.com

NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) filed the following Day 9 report (from April 3, 2013) of the genocide trial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt and ex-intelligence chief Mauricio Rodriguez Sánchez in Guatemala City. They have given us permission to republish all their reports about this historic trial. NISGUA continues live coverage of the trial in […]

Given that Twitter will be very busy tonight when Jorge Ramos chats immigration with Mamiverse, Latino Rebels, and iHispano, I am feeling a bit selfish right now. I know many people have submitted some great questions for Ramos, but there is a part of me that just wants Ramos to answer the following 10 questions […]

Here is just a part of what Define American‘s Jose Antonio Vargas shared at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on immigration today. Watch what Vargas had to say. Near the end of his opening remarks, he asks a very simple question: What do you want to do with us? In this video excerpt, Vargas makes a […]

Today in some select markets, the following ad by DefineAmerican.com will air during the 2013 Super Bowl. You can join the conversation of how to change the immigration dialogue by going to DefineAmerican.com or by following #timeisnow on Twitter. People can also support the ad here so that it can broadcast after the game as […]

Here is a statement from DREAMer leader Erika Andiola that was shared with the press today in response to news that her home was raided last night by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. For a couple of years now I have been speaking to media about other cases, Dreamers and their families put […]

UPDATE, 5:00 pm EST. Andiola posted the following status on her Facebook. UPDATE, 2:00 pm EST, January 11, 2013. Andiola has released a statement to the press. UPDATE: 11:00am EST January 11, 2013. We received word that Andiola’s mother was granted a formal stay and that Andiola’s brother was already released. There is a press […]

Last night, the presidential debate was all about the Middle East, Israel, mixed in with a little bit of China. All we really heard about Latin America was this from Governor Romney (oh yeah, he also mentioned that President Obama likes to cozy up with Castro and Chávez): Number two, we're going to increase our […]

Leave it to our friends at Cuéntame to produce some very high-quality content that tries to educate and inform. Here is their latest video, "This is What Happens When Latinos Don't Vote." For more information, visit LatinosDontVote.com. Here is what their YouTube channel says: The stakes in this election for the Latino community are at […]

Yes, the War on Drugs has been a failure. Now what do we do? (H/T to Online Criminal Justice Degree)

Today, Mitt Romney's "Hispanderfiesta Radar" was on high alert. With just 50 days left to go until the presidential elections and new poll numbers show that the Romney campaign has done very little to improve his standing among US Latino voters (especially US Latina voters), today was clearly a "Hispanic" day for the campaign. First […]

On September 16, Mexican Independence Day, a hacker group called Mexican Cyber Protest occupied several of the country's pages to protest what they feel were the fraudulent July 1 presidential that declared Enrique Peña Nieto as the winner. The group posted the following image on the sites it hacked: The hack gained global media attention. […]

It was a piece of art we found while doing a Google search about life on La Frontera. We are glad we did. Luckily for us, we were able to find out who the genius was this powerful piece—Felipe Galindo, a Mexican visual artist who lives in New York and is known as Feggo. We […]

Here is what Iowa Rep. Steve King (R) had to say about immigrants and America yesterday. #NoMames, Rep. King. Basically, the logic is this: hey, I know how to pick the best dogs and I want to pick the friskiest dog out there. That is what our immigration policy should be like. Let's get rid of […]