Politics

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” […]

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 […]

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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.

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)

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 […]

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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By now regular visitors to this site will have seen the images coming out of Murrieta, California, where an angry mob this week blocked three buses from delivering immigrant detainees apprehended in southern Texas. Presumably among the close to 140 detainees on-board the buses were unaccompanied child migrants from Central America, tens of thousands of […]

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 […]

Sitting at my desk in Brooklyn, I read with sadness and anger the news coming out of Murrieta, California. I watch the raw video—the contorted grimaces of hate, the chants of “USA, USA,” the misspelt racism aimed at a busload of undocumented immigrants from Central America, mainly women and children. My thoughts drift back 26 […]

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Rose Garden 3:04 P.M. EDT (VIDEO can be seen here) THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  One year ago this month, senators of both parties —with support from the business, labor, law enforcement, faith communities— came together to pass a commonsense immigration bill. Independent experts said that bill would strengthen our borders, grow our economy, shrink […]