Politics

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Yesterday the National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA) posted that 12 members of the #Dream30 were released. Today, NIYA corrected that to say 11. Here is the latest release it has posted: NATIONAL—Eleven Dreamers were released from El Paso Processing Center last night. There are six more who passed their credible fear interviews, but are still […]

In a move that has left her mother “heartbroken,” Rocío Hernández Pérez, one of the members of the #Dream30, will be deported today to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, after pleas from organizers and family members to Latino politicians asking for help with her case went unheeded. According to both Hernández’s mother and #Dream30 organizers, Hernández’s case […]

While most of their group has been released, the remaining members of the #Dream30 currently being detained at an El Paso center have gone on a hunger strike, according to DreamActivist: Join a day-long hunger strike to support the Dream 30. As of Monday, October 28th, all of the detained #Dream30 are on a hunger […]

Tomorrow at noon the “Stop Watching Us” campaign will he holding “A Rally Against Mass Surveillance” in Washington D.C. to protests the NSA’s continued spying of people around the world. Group organizers claim that it will be the “largest rally yet against NSA Surveillance” with thousands expected to attend. The event will feature many notable […]

Last night, Latino Rebels reported that mothers of the #Dream30 were arrested for staging a sit-in at the office of New Jersey senator Bob Menendez. Since then, the mothers have been released. Nonetheless, here is a video of what happened.

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Here is what The White House released this afternoon: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release                                                   October 24, 2013 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON IMMIGRATION REFORM   East Room 10:47 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  Please have a seat, everybody.  Good morning, and welcome to the White House.  […]

Come on, people. As reported by The Hill: “CNBC reporter Steve Liesman on Tuesday asked for Mexican music to be played when he and his colleagues talked about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).” Watch. This just needs to stop. Don’t you all know that Cruz is Canadian? But seriously, Cruz is of Cuban descent. And yes, […]

Recently there has been discussion as to whether or not descendants of Puerto Ricans living in the mainland should be allowed to participate in any future federally-sponsored plebiscite to determine the island’s political future. Even within Latino Rebels, we disagree on this topic. Some of us believe that that those Puerto Ricans living outside the […]

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[View the story “Pink Bloc Uses \”Glitter-Vandalism\” in #LGBT Parade” on Storify] *** Cristiano M. Lima (@ludacristiano on Twitter) is a Brazilian-American journalist based out of Bethlehem, PA. He is a recent graduate of Lehigh University where he studied Political Science. He currently writes for 69 News and Prevention Magazine. He’s also been a contributor […]

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A western Nebraska high school cancelled their daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance last Monday in response to the ongoing government shutdown. Pat Jones, principal of Alliance High School, told students that they would not be reciting the customary pledge because the government had been shutdown as of October 1st. The Associated Press reported […]

Moments after President Obama announced that the White House would allow a protest in favor of immigration reform to be held in the National Mall, numerous media outlets and political figures accused the president of handing out political favors. Under the headline “Obama OKs illegals’ march on Mall, still blocks Americans,” White House Correspondent Neil […]

This is a developing story, for any new updates check out the #Not1More and #ShutdownIce hashtags on Twitter. You can also follow updates on Facebook. Here is what we know right now: according to the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) and the Arizona Daily Star, “U.S. Marshals and security officers were trying to remove immigration activists who […]

Guess who made it Rolling Stone? Congressman Luis Gutierrez, the Illinois Democrat. In a profile to promote his new book, Still Dreaming: My Journey from the Barrio to Capitol Hill, Gutierrez talked a lot about his life and his politics. The piece even covered how the Puerto Rican Gutierrez has thrived in a Chicago district […]

We still don’t know what the fox says, but we know what Fox News has to say, and once again it’s nonsense. Here’s the rundown of their latest bout of ignorance, courtesy of The Raw Story. Fox News host Bill Hemmer on Wednesday found a new reason to dislike President Barack Obama’s health care reform law: […]

Before reading this piece, just remember that Rafael Cruz,father of Texas GOP senator Ted Cruz, bribed his way from Cuba into the United States. Continue. The following is an audio clip of selected remarks Papi Cruz made September 27 at a local GOP event in Colorado. So, Obama is a Muslim, people are too politically […]

Earlier today, according to Facebook posts by both DreamACTivist.org and the National Immigrant Youth Alliance (NIYA), the office of Congressman Henry Cuellar indicated that the Texas Democrat would not support the plight of the #Dream30, a group of undocumented activists who this past Monday participated in a public border crossing in Laredo to call attention to […]