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There is an unspoken rule in DC policy circles when talking about federal social safety net programs and the undocumented community. Among advocacy organizations the story goes: quietly push for programs that don’t require a Social Security number to participate, but don’t speak openly about how these programs benefit the undocumented community. The logic being […]

Oh, Bill Maher. While everyone you cater to is applauding your latest “Oh the Places You’ll Go…And Get Kicked Out Of!” skit, when we finally caught it, there was something about it that made it feel a bit too patronizing, insulting and stale. What the Huff Post called an “epic Dr. Seuss parody,” we just […]

This is what happens when people just read interpretations of a poll from third parties and don’t actually read the poll itself. This week, Breitbart ‘s John Nolte wanted to let the world know the following: “BORDER CRISIS POLL: 64% OF HISPANICS BACK DEPORTATIONS.” That headline is so definitive, so real, so confident—how could it […]

This is a summary of my talk with a friend from Central America.   Immigration debate on Facebook led to a phone call: Recently I had a three-hour conversation with a life-long friend from Central America. She shared first-hand accounts of what her family is currently experiencing in her home country. Her words leave me […]

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Today, Fusion’s Cristina Costantini filed the following report based on a Freedom of Information request submitted to the U.S. government:

President Obama —not the “Hope & Change” President Obama, the “my hands are tied” President Obama— has proven yet again why he’s not the man I thought I voted for. After meeting with Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina, Salvadoran President Salvador Sánchez Cerén and Honduran usurper Juan Orlando Hernández, Obama delivered a statement to simultaneously […]

Earlier this week, our group wrote an editorial about what one fan called the “Jorge Ramos Swimming Thing.” The intent of the piece was not to ask why such a respected news anchor went Geraldo Rivera on us. A tiny few didn’t like that we took the time to write about the segment, yet after […]

You came to my land To look for oil, Took most Of the profit To New York, Houston, Detroit, You exploited The weak all along, Knowing, You were wrong. Guess what? It made us Stronger. No longer will we Sit back While you stick Your instruments In our earth. Slick and slick, Stone and stone, […]

This is what the White House released tonight: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AFTER MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PÉREZ MOLINA OF GUATEMALA, PRESIDENT JUAN ORLANDO HERNÁNDEZ OF HONDURAS, AND PRESIDENT SALVADOR SÁNCHEZ CERÉN OF EL SALVADOR ON IMMIGRATION Cabinet Room 3:42 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Well, I want to thank very much, President Molina, President Hernández and […]

According to the White House pool report we received this afternoon about the meeting President Obama had with the leaders of the three Central American countries most impacted by the latest immigration crisis, this is what the President told Guatemala’s Otto Pérez Molina, Honduras’ Juan Orlando Hernández and El Salvador’s Salvador Sánchez Cerén: “Children who […]

July 25, 1978 will forever be seen as a tragedy in the history of Puerto Rico.

For over a year now undocumented and grassroots immigrant rights organizers have been leading the call for President Obama to take unilateral action against deportations. It started with a simple request: while Congress debated immigration reform, the President had to place a moratorium on deportations. As months passed with no signs of traction for humane […]

Earlier today, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley talked with @julito77 on Latino Rebels Radio about how his state is addressing the growing number of unaccompanied minors entering the United States. Recently, O’Malley said that children who fled Central American countries should not be sent back to a “certain death,” winning kudos from many immigration rights activists. […]

VICE’s “Immigrant America” series added a new episode this week. Milking cows is a dirty, monotonous job, and as we found out in our latest episode of Immigrant America, it’s not a job many unemployed Americans are willing to do. But for some reason the government doesn’t give dairy farms a way to recruit foreign […]

So this past weekend, the following tweet from Jorge Ramos got our attention: Swimming the Rio Grande, following the journey of Central American children. Soon on @ThisIsFusion pic.twitter.com/kXgDv5OZTP — JORGE RAMOS (@jorgeramosnews) July 19, 2014 It also got the attention of many others who admire and respect the veteran news anchor. One journalist even wrote […]

Earlier today, HuffPost Latino Voices published an open letter addressed to noted undocumented activist and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. The letter, co-authored by undocumented activists Luis Serrano and Cesar Vega, discussed the recent attention Vargas’ arrest in McAllen, Texas, received. The letter, to put it bluntly, did not mince words. Here is one excerpt: We […]

UPDATE: Dr. Steinlight got reprimanded. He didn’t lose his job, just disciplined. Looks like neo-nativist racist Stephen Steinlight is at it again. The notorious “expert” from the misleading Center for Immigration Studies organization (read more about them here), is now stirring up the No Amnesty crowd to the point that that he thinks that for […]

I wrote this poem a few years ago while touring the United States with the play N*GGER WETB*CK CH*NK. N*W*C is a work that reveals stereotypes that people may harbor about people of color, but my interactions with people across America also challenged perceptions I held about people who are, well, not of color. The […]

For all those who think the current increase of unaccompanied minors entering the United States is some sudden phenomenon, think again. There were warning signs for years, but no one in Washington was paying attention. Now there is this 41-page report from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) cited by The Washington Post: […]

If we’re going to discuss the root causes of the current Honduran refugee crisis, let’s get a few things straight. First, the U.S. government has and continues to fund, orchestrate and support coups across Latin America. Most Americans who know anything about Latin American history will readily highlight Guatemala in 1954, Chile in 1972 and […]