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Even as the Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday that deferred action recipients are now considered to have a “lawful presence” in the United States, recent events in Arizona and in other parts of the country have sent a mixed message. The homes of Arizona DREAMers continued to get raided in 2013, from Erika Andiola […]

Remember the Taco Cid racist t-shirt and the restaurant’s #NoMames video explanation that went viral on the Internet? Well, looks like some people are taking action. According to the Palmetto Public Record in South Carolina, a group called Alianza Latina has filed a formal complaint with the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission “claiming that the […]

Just a week after a highly publicized story about the home raid of Arizona DREAMer activist Erika Andiola went viral, another incident involving yet another DREAMer has occurred. According to a petition by DreamActivist.org, Edi Arma has been detained: I write to ask for the immediate release of Edi Arma, (A#089-815-011) currently being imprisoned at […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: As we all await the Supreme Court’s decision on Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin, we asked UT-Austin student María Ponce to share her perspective about the case. Here is what María submitted to us: The University of Texas at Austin is home to over 50,000 college students from all over […]

Latino News Roundup Edition from HispanicTips: Roasted Chile, Cheese, and Bacon Mini-Tamale Pies {OMG}      From: www.muybuenocookbook.com Miami grows as Latino TV hub      From: www.marketplace.org 2013: the year of Mobile for U.S. Hispanics      From: joekutchera.com Ken Salazar resigning places pressure on Latino cabinet positions      From: www.voxxi.com The Latino inauguration? Reverend Luis Leon to offer inauguration prayer […]

On January 15, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania released the following statement regarding Davila v. Northern Regional Police Department, et al. You can also read more about the story at the Pittsburgh Gazette. PITTSBURGH – The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Angelica Davila, a […]

On January 30, the Mexican national soccer team (known as “El Tri”) is scheduled to play Denmark in an international friendly at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. According to Milenio, there is a push by immigration rights supporters to have the team not play in Glendale and choose another U.S. venue outside of […]

The following story from Oklahoma is the latest example of an immigration system that is broken. According to the following video reports, a family from Moore, Oklahoma was mistakenly raided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office (ICE) agents. Carlos Estrada Barrintos and his family have every right to be upset and visibly shaken. The […]

Is the new voice of civil rights for US Latinos here? Maybe so, if you listen to what the Rev. Sam Rodríguez, the the fortysomething evangelical president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), has to say. This year Rodríguez, who is of Puerto Rican descent, will be “the first Latino leader to give […]

On the night of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday (January 15, 1929), we share the following recording of “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” an open letter Dr. King wrote on April 16, 1963. For more about the letter, you can visit this link. To all those who fight injustice every day, we dedicate this recording […]

Latino News Roundup Edition from HispanicTips: Janet Napolitano Stays At Department of Homeland Security for Immigration Fight – Reform Advocates Cheer      From: abcnews.go.com Latino Gun Rights Supporters Stock Up      From: latino.foxnews.com Sofía Vergara’s Golden Globe Gown and an Indian Woman’s Dress      From: thewiselatinaclub.com Adamari Lopez has the #1 title in Spanish-language book sales in the […]

UPDATE, 8:15 PM EST, January 14, 2013: The petition continues to go viral, just hours after Change.org sent an email to people. La Noticia ha dado la vuelta al mundo! Llevamos 49,000 firmas en Change.org @change_mex @lomashill twitter.com/Ceci_HR/status… — Cecilia Hernández (@Ceci_HR) January 15, 2013 @hmilkfoundation We now have over 25K signatures from Mex and […]

Latino News Roundup Edition from HispanicTips: Beat Latino: ¡Ovarios! Chicas power 2012! – this week’s Beat Latino share our favorite power chicas and their 2012 releases      From: beatlatino.com Research Centers Feud, Offer Glimpse into Heated Debate Over Immigration Reform – Center for Immigration Studies vs Migration Policy Institute      From: latino.foxnews.com Chicago’s Segregated Green Space: Hispanic […]

Originally published at JulioRVarela.com Of all the emails and messages I have received regarding the cancellation of WAPA-TV’s “SuperXclusivo” show in Puerto Rico, the following note at the end of this post by my cousin Omar Pereira basically sums up for me why I always thought that the Boicot a La Comay movement was a […]

Tonight Justice Sonia Sotomayor was featured on CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Guess she will always be “Sonia from The Bronx.”

Latinos are still waiting to have their stories told and be able to see themselves authentically portrayed. The verifiable truth is this: there is NO diversity from ownership to lack of appearances and positive images in mass media. The idea that MTV’s “Washington Heights” does anything to level the playing field is an illusion. The […]

On Thursday night, January 10, 2013, prominent AZ-based DREAMer activist Erika Andiola sent out Facebook pleas to stop the detainment of her undocumented mother and brother. Working together, prominent DREAMers fired up an aggressive social media campaign to bring publicity to her situation. Her massive network of allies seeded a phone tree to find legal […]

Well, this whole “Argo” thing just got interesting. Ever since we wrote about Ben Affleck going “Latino” in October, and after getting a surprising endorsement by CNN’s Ruben Navarrette this week, the real Tony Mendez, whom Affleck plays in the Oscar-nominated film “Argo,” gave an exclusive interview with NBC Latino, and basically said that he […]

Latino News Roundup Edition from HispanicTips: Jenni Rivera Plane Crash: Families of Singer’s Entourage Sue Singer’s Company, Jet Owner for Wrongful Death      From: www.eonline.com Latin Roots: Bomba Y Plena – In this, the 27th segment of Latin Roots, Aaron Levinson discusses the birth of bomba and plena, as well as the different musical and rhythmic […]

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 […]

Reacting to the fallout surrounding his puppet co-host’s resignation from WAPA TV’s “SuperXclusivo,” Héctor Travieso decided to break his silence and provide his account of the events in Puerto Rico that led to sudden end of the island’s top-rated show. According to a report in El Nuevo Día, Travieso claims that Kobbo Santarrosa, the actor […]