Julio Ricardo Varela

3 weeks ago | thelatinonewsletter.org | Julio Ricardo Varela

We are in the middle of The Latino Newsletter’s 52nd week. This is our 269th post. I had promised that for our one-year anniversary, I would try to go back and write a little more before we move to our next phase later this summer and bring in a small team to help. For today, I wanted to share a bit about my latest MSNBC opinion piece, which is in the What We're Reading section below. There is no doubt that immigration under a second Trump administration is dominating American media headlines.

1 month ago | msnbc.com | Julio Ricardo Varela

As President Donald Trump approached his 100th day in office, national polls suggested a clear drop from the 46% share of the Latino vote he received last fall, according to exit polls. Surveys from the Pew Research Center, YouGov/Economist, CNN and Reuters/Ipsos put his approval among Latino voters between 27% and 34%. Two Latino-focused polls confirmed the decline. One national survey from UnidosUS and allied groups showed 37% Latino approval for Trump.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Julio Ricardo Varela

3 hours agoTrump starts talking about Harlem when asked about HarvardDonald Trump began answering a question about Harvard University by speaking about Harlem, a neighbourhood in New York City, as he joined a NewsNation town hall via phone on Wednesday night (30 April). When asked by Stephen A. Smith to explain his administration’s threat to withhold funding from the university, the president started talking about an entirely different location.

2 months ago | msnbc.com | Julio Ricardo Varela

It’s fundamentally cruel to turn away children from public schools based on their immigration status, but the Tennessee Senate advanced a bill that would let its schools do just that. State Sen. Bo Watson has argued that his legislation is about easing financial pressure on school districts, but the bill is more about scapegoating immigrant communities and forcing needless suffering upon their kids.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Julio Ricardo Varela

It’s fundamentally cruel to turn away children from public schools based on their immigration status, but the Tennessee Senate advanced a bill that would let its schools do just that. State Sen. Bo Watson has argued that his legislation is about easing financial pressure on school districts, but the bill is more about scapegoating immigrant communities and forcing needless suffering upon their kids.