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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti: Hey, Trump! Not in my backyard! (NPR audio)
Maria Hinojosa of NPR’s LatinoUSA talks with Los Angeles Alcalde Eric Garcetti.
The mayor’s message for President Trump? YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!
Mas…L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti: Hey, Trump! Not in my backyard! (NPR audio)
Reagan tells Mex Prez on Cinco de Mayo: ‘Mi casa es su casa’ (video)
QUESTION: Why are Mexican rapists and drug dealers streaming North to enter the US of A illegally?
ANSWER: They were invited by “The Great Communicator.”
Check out this video about the 1988 Cinco de Mayo ceremony at the White House when Republican President Ronald Reagan told Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, “Mi casa es su casa.”
We all know how that worked out! #BUILDTHEWALL
Tens of thousands of ‘illegal’ Americans live in Mexico (video)
Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens are living illegally in Mexico. Chinese Global TV Network reports.
Carlos was deported to Mexico for a crime he didn’t commit (video)
Carlos was deported to Mexico for a crime he didn’t commit. Will he ever see his loved ones again?
In Chicago, the Diaz Family works for the ‘American Dream’ (video)
Vegetarian Express — two locations in Chicago — is run and owned by the Diaz Family. Everyone in the familia, aside from Miguel’s wife Krystina and their two kids, is a Mexican immigrant. Some family members are documented, some are not, but they all work hard for their American Dream. What is their future during the Trump regime?
[Directed, edited, and shot by Zoe Murphy.]
Here are some other things Trump read and then Tweeted (toon)
[Payton Hoegh toons regularly at Weekly Political dot com.]
American Tragedy: The Deportation of G.I. Jose (toon)
[More about deported veterans at PBS News Hour….]
The truck that feeds New York City: Sidewalk Tacos (video)
The folks who work at Sidewalk Tacos feed the people of New York City, but they have LA MIGRA on their minds. [Video by Elliot Levy, a Belgian living in New Ork.]
NOLA 3/5/2017: No person is ‘illegal’ says Taco Truck Theater (video)
Taco Truck Theater, a Teatro Sin Fronteras project, served up some sense Sunday in New Orleans. No human being is illegal. Respect my existence or expect my resistance. [Video by Jose Torres-Tama.]
In the area? More shows this weekend:
Mas…NOLA 3/5/2017: No person is ‘illegal’ says Taco Truck Theater (video)
Tom Russell live music video: “Who’s gonna build your wall?”
Singer songwriter Tom Russell — he comes from border country in Texas — has a question for the Cheeto Bandido: “Who’s gonna build you wall?”
Oral History: ‘I came to the U.S.A. in 1962 as a bracero’ (videos)
When labor was short in 1950s and 60s, the American and Mexican governments worked together to import laborers across the border to work as “braceros.”
The American Friends service Committee explains:
Mas…Oral History: ‘I came to the U.S.A. in 1962 as a bracero’ (videos)
When stopped by La Migra, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! (photo)
[Public domain photo by Customs and U.S. Border Patrol.]