JAIME BAYLY: I do believe you are an activist, and I am going to tell you why.
JORGE RAMOS: Go ahead.
JAIME BAYLY: …and in this case I am not asking a question, forgive me.
JORGE RAMOS: …no, no, no, an affirmation. It’s an analysis, of course.
JAIME BAYLY: I believe you are an activist against racism, a topic that you are very sensitive about. You are an activist in favor of immigration,…
CHRISTINE AMANPOUR, HOST AMANPOUR ON PBS: Ramos, perhaps America’s most influential Spanish-language journalist, knows a lot about activism. Here he is at Donald Trump’s campaign event in August of 2015.
DONALD TRUMP: Who’s, next? Yeah, please.
JORGE RAMOS, ANCHOR, UNIVISION: Mr. Trump, I have a question.
DONALD TRUMP: Excuse me, sit down, you weren’t called, sit down.
JORGE RAMOS: No, I am…
JAIME BAYLY: Do you agree to admit that a political leader that wishes to stop undocumented immigration, is not necessarily a racist?
JORGE RAMOS: Oh, of course, I think there are people…
JAIME BAYLY: Is it legitimate?
JORGE RAMOS: Well, I think that every country has the right to protect its borders and choose who comes and who doesn´t. Now, you have to recognize that there are 250 million…
JORGE RAMOS: I must admit - and I am glad we are talking about this - that if today I were to ask the question again, I would make it much shorter and maybe I would have said, are you a racist?
JAIME BAYLY: How interesting, because effectively they are emphatic affirmations…
JORGE RAMOS: Yes
JAIME BAYLY: that do not contain a question…
JORGE RAMOS: No
JAIME BAYLY: …though they suggest a…
JOSE DIAZ-BALART, SENIOR ANCHOR, TELEMUNDO: You talk about not being an activist. You say, “I’ve been accused of being an activist. I am not. I’m simply a journalist who asks questions.”
JORGE RAMOS, SENIOR ANCHOR, UNIVISION: Of course.
DIAZ-BALART: Now- the questions that you ask could be biased. Or (are they) not?
RAMOS: I believe that in cases of racism, discrimination, corruption,…
LIZBETH MATEO, APPOINTED TO THE STUDENT OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS PROGRAM PROJECT GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF CALIFORNIA: That it be something that the rest of the immigrants, the rest of the states see as an example to follow. Its an honor and we know there are many other things that we can do.
DONALD TRUMP O/C: This is what it was in the 1990´s…
DULCE CASTELLANOS, REPORTER UNIVISION NEWS: The…
JORGE RAMOS, PRESENTER, UNIVISION NEWS: I think Donald Trump has been, he is promoting official racism from the White House. Umm, and what this means is that he wants to stop immigrants from Latin America and from Asia.
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, HOST, AMANPOUR ON PBS: Ramos, perhaps Americas most influential Spanish language journalist, knows a lot about activism. Here he is at Donald Trump´s campaign event in August of 2015.
DONALD TRUMP: Ok, who’s next? [signaling to reporter with hand up] Yeah, please.
JORGE RAMOS: Mr. Trump, I have a question.
DONALD TRUMP: Excuse me, sit down. You weren’t called. Sit down.…
PATRICIA JANIOT, ANCHOR, UNIVISION NEWS: The number of groups that promote hatred in the United States, increased in the first year of the Presidency of Donald Trump. An independent report identified a total of 954 of those groups. A four percent increase over the previous year.