Post-hurricane rebuilding will be done by undocumented workers — and they need protection
Post-hurricane rebuilding will be done by undocumented workers — and they need protection
In Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, mammoth hurricanes have left behind a colossal amount of work. The cleanup and reconstruction efforts are going to take years. That […]
Top Trump Latino Slurs
This wasn’t easy. It’s a difficult thing to choose the Trump Latino slurs greatest hits, there are so many to choose from. But I was up for the challenge. First, […]
Trump DACA Decision Aimed at Fear of a Brown Electorate
When Donald Trump swanned down the escalator at Trump Tower in June 2015 and announced he was running for president, he said he felt called to duty in order to […]
Latinos are disproportionately affected by asthma, and Trump’s policies are making it worse
Many Americans live where it is unsafe to breathe. About 40% of the U.S. population — more than 126 million people — live in areas that do not comply with national ambient […]
Trump’s hard line on immigration could threaten the accuracy of the census
The Trump administration has used the most of its federal authority to crack down on immigrants in the United States. But when it comes to the 2020 census, it will […]
Trump leaning toward ending DACA program
President Donald Trump is leaning toward ending DACA, a U.S. immigration policy the Obama administration started for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, according to multiple sources. The […]
Trump Administration Preparing Texas Wildlife Refuge for First Border Wall Segment
By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer (3.5 minute read) For at least six months, private contractors and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have been quietly preparing to build […]
Trump voting panel tells states to hold off sending data while court weighs privacy impact
By Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post (5 minute read) President Trump’s voting commission on Monday asked states and the District to hold off submitting the sweeping voter data the […]
Seated next to Mexican leader, Trump says he wants Mexico to pay for wall
*¿Otra vez con la misma canción? You’d think that by now he would have told us how he intends to pull that off. VL By Rafael Bernal, The Hill (2.5 minute […]
The Trump whisperer: Marco Rubio has the president’s ear on Latin America
*This should surprise no one, there is no structure at the State Department to deal with Latin America, and Marco Rubio has emerged as Trump’s hemispheric expert – think Cuba […]
