MRC Latino | August 23, 2020
JORGE RAMOS: What are Donald Trump’s weak spots according to you, Antonio?  ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA: Well, look. Mr. José just said that he keeps his promises. Yes. He has divided people, he has split families, he has placed children in cages, he has tried to build his wall, he has limited refugee entry- of Muslims, of persons of color, from Latin America...  RAMOS: Jose, I’d like your response…
MRC Latino | August 20, 2020
SATCHA PRETTO: Breaking with tradition, former President Barack Obama openly referred to his successor and said Trump failed the country. […] PITTI: While President Obama was speaking, Trump immediately reacted on his Twitter account saying that he (Obama) had spied on his political campaign and was caught red-handed, though there is still no evidence that it happened.
MRC Latino | August 18, 2020
SATCHA PRETTO: Two out of three Hispanics plan on voting for Democratic candidate Joe Biden. ... And Albert... What does the poll show if the elections were today, who would Hispanic voters support? ...  If the elections were today,  66% of the Latino vote at the national level would favor the Vice President. [...] CAROLINA SARASSA: Now, how are the polls going? Just weeks away from the…
MRC Latino | August 13, 2020
  JANET RODRIGUEZ: The California senator is the daughter of immigrants EDWIN PITTI: being the daughter of immigrants SARASSA: and as the daughter of immigrants   NAVARRO: daughter of immigrants NICOLE SUÁREZ: And as we mentioned, a woman and daughter of immigrants JAVIER VEGA: and that is the daughter of immigrants JULIO VAQUEIRO: the daughter of immigrant parents LUIS MEGID: Daughter…
MRC Latino | August 12, 2020
  MERCY SCHLAPP: He’s made alliances with Sen. Bernie Sanders, with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Declared socialists in the United States that...they have a plan, a unity agenda with radical points. For example, to raise taxes- which would affect over 82% of Americans, also to continue to spend money on the so-called Green New Deal which will cost thousands of jobs in the energy industry. And as…
MRC Latino | August 4, 2020
  FELICIDAD AVELEYRA: The White House says the executive order would help prevent federal agencies from unfairly replacing U.S. workers with low-cost foreign labor. What’s your read on this? BRICIO SEGOVIA: Well, I think that there’s no further read other than this is an anti-immigrant measure AVELEYRA: We're clearly talking about xenophobia.
MRC Latino | July 31, 2020
  JAVIER VEGA: But regardless, Democratic lawmakers are encouraging voters, reminding them of the importance of voting. REP. LOU CORREA (D) CALIFORNIA: Four years ago I remember the young people saying "No, I don't want to vote for Hillary. No, I don't care, we can wait four years. We can wait four years," and now look at the tragedy we've had. ARANXTA LOIZAGA: Discontent with the Trump…
MRC Latino | July 30, 2020
  JOSE DIAZ BALART: Is the administration contradicting the Supreme Court order? ALMA ROSA NIETO: That's right. The highest court in the nation this president tells them, "I'm not interested, I'm going to make my own laws." That is, the executive government is going to be president, Congress, and the Supreme Court. DIAZ-BALART: Doctor, Is there an alternative for dreamers right now? NIETO:…
MRC Latino | July 29, 2020
  ILIA CALDERON: The Biden campaign is precisely under fire with regard to the Hispanic vote, as Andrea León reports. ANDREA LEON: With the presidential election less than one hundred days away, the Biden campaign faces a setback in Florida- one of the states that are crucial towards winning the White House. 90 Democratic field organizers have denounced that the campaign is suppressing the…
MRC Latino | July 27, 2020
  VIVIANA AVILA:  Early this morning, hundreds of people crowded outside this federal courthouse and attempted to tear down a fence after a judge in Oregon denied an injunction limiting the actions of federal agents during these protests.  Protesters asked the federal agents, “what are you protecting”? They also denounced having been tear gassed, and that there have been illegal arrests of…