MRC Latino | August 10, 2021
  JORGE RAMOS: Good evening. We begin the newscast with hope. Since 1986, there hasn´t been a process by which to legalize millions of undocumented (migrants), Ilia. But now there's a plan in the Senate to legalize DREAMers, people with TPS, and essential workers through a budgetary process called "reconciliation." … RAMOS: This confuses a lot of people. For decades we talked about…
MRC Latino | July 29, 2021
  PATRICK OPPMANN, CNN: I'm Patrick Oppmann in Havana, where COVID cases and deaths have surged here despite the Cuban government's claims that they've done a good job handling the pandemic. Certainly, it does not help that the historic protests and pro-government demonstrations have taken place over the last few weeks. The government has actually arrested some protesters, saying that they…
MRC Latino | July 23, 2021
PATRICIA JANIOT, ANCHOR, UNIVISION: We begin this Thursday with the meeting that Vice President Kamala Harris held at the White House with activists and young DREAMers in order to send a forceful message to Congress: that the time has come to legalize hundreds of thousands of DREAMers. ... JANET RODRIGUEZ, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, UNIVISION: (Both) Harris and President Joe Biden are now…
MRC Latino | July 22, 2021
ILIA CALDERON: We begin with the resurgence of COVID-19 driven by the Delta variant that is worsening in the United States. ... Infections are reported in the White House and in Congress. ROGELIO MORA TAGLE: An aide from Nancy Pelosi's team and another from the White House tested positive. Both are vaccinated. EDWIN PITTI: White House Press Secretary Jan Psaki herself confirmed that an…
MRC Latino | July 18, 2021
NACHO LOZANO, TELEMUNDO: In Cuba, they cannot vote for their employees in government. Yes, because administrators, public servants, are elected at the polls. That is- those who attain office in order to serve their bosses- which are the voters. In Cuba, it’s the other way around. Which, by the way, Republican legislators in the U.S. were recently condemning restrictions on the island (of Cuba)-…
MRC Latino | July 16, 2021
  JORGE RAMOS: The governor of Texas wants to arrest Democratic lawmakers. They are the ones who left that state to boycott voting on a bill that would restrict the voting rights of Hispanics and African-Americans. Today they are in Washington, asking Congress to protect the vote. And President Biden supported their request.    CLAUDIA UCEDA: They're Democratic lawmakers from Texas, but they…
MRC Latino | July 15, 2021
  IONE MOLINARES: Well, for (several) hours this Tuesday, a part of one of the most important roads in South Florida, the Palmetto Expressway, was blocked by protesters in support of the protests in Cuba. But this protest goes against a law signed this year by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis- and this happened last April. Here's what the governor said at the time: RON DESANTIS: Just think about it…
MRC Latino | July 8, 2021
KARLA MARTINEZ: How much longer? That's the question that more than 100 organizations are asking President Biden right now; How much longer are they going to keep on expelling migrants in an accelerated manner under Title 42? This is a policy activated by the Trump administration during the pandemic, which prevents asylum seekers from staying on the grounds of avoiding coronavirus infections.…
MRC Latino | July 2, 2021
  SATCHA PRETTO: On September 14, California voters decide whether or not to remove Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, this after certifying the more than 1.5 million signatures obtained to call for his removal from office, in a campaign led by Republicans. This requires a majority vote of Californians. Polls indicate that 55% approve of the official's management, and 64% support his handling…
MRC Latino | June 30, 2021
  JORGE RAMOS: Mr. Trump! Mr. Trump! We have a question… Mr. Trump! Mr. Trump, are you going to recognize, finally, that you lost the election? Mr. Trump, are you going to recognize, finally, that you lost the election?  DONALD TRUMP: We won the election. RAMOS: No, you lost the election. You lost the electoral college. When are you going to recognize that?  EVENT STAFF: (unintelligible)…