After a half-year away from journalism, the former longtime Univision reporter and anchor is one of many Hispanic journalists rushing to tell the story.
“When we ignore the true nature of the protests and who is protesting—that second- and third-generation Latinos are driving most of the peaceful protests downtown, many women, and young women who were incredibly courageous—I think you start to question how effective and trustworthy we are being.”
"Latino restaurant workers using milk to rinse tear gas out of the eyes of sheriff’s deputies in Compton, street vendors ducking behind their food stands during dangerous moments, and others pouring milk from their agua frescas into the eyes of tear-gassed protesters"
I was waiting for Jorge Ramos to return. And thank you for highlighting other reporters who are doing a great job. How sad that we have to remind people that Latinos are humans regardless of immigration status.
Hugely important piece! As a former LA gal, I’m horrified by what is happening there AND how so few reports there are about the real folks on the ground being hunted down. PLEASE Bulwark, tell and write these stories. Please interview these reporters, please shift the frame and at least sometimes CENTER the story here with these Latino reporters and their stories. There are many psychological elements that make that so important as well in terms of elevating empathy in listeners, identification and persuasion. Thank you Adrian. BULWARK, please take note.
so this is so very LA and makes my heart swell with pride and nostalgia. one of the reasons i love this city (when im not hating on it LOL) bc as someone who is not latino, i grew up watching jorge ramos on tv. he was as much of my young adulthood, part of the cultural zeitgeist of LA, as idk, Katie Couric or Dan Rather or something. la is something else... and people who haven't lived here just DONT get it. my heart will always be with LA. they have zero idea of the sleeping giant of resistance that's been woken in LA.
Adrian - I just learned of at least one person detained in Phoenix yesterday who has a work permit. He’s married to a US citizen and has two small children. The downstream economic impact to families is horrible.
For integrity, I should update you that I learned he has some minor trouble with the law, years ago, though it was not to the extent needed for deportation at that time nor did it block his work permit. I guess ICE just keeps going after lower hanging fruit to meet their quota, regardless of prior decisions and downstream economic impact.
Trump lied about the number of illegals and the crimes they were supposed to have committed. That very sick man in the Oval Office pushed to get the numbers up. Stephen Miller is the sadist issuing permission to do whatever they wanted to get them out.
Not afraid but pissed. My green-card holding wife turned that corner this morning and I was really proud. When we were arranging an annual trip to visit family in Indiana, she decided not to go because she didn't think she could face an airport. This morning she decided to bring the kids to the local Indivisible protest in Watsonville, CA. The silver lining awaiting us, I hope, is that the country might reach broad consensus after all this that we need/love/appreciate our immigrated neighbors and that the large number of undocumented is an administrative failure not a personal one. I might be getting ahead of events a little.
That's almost the same percentage of young men 18-29 who voted for trump (53%). Should we then say we have no pity for all young men? There are still many people in both groups who didn't vote for trump.
@Adrian Carrasquillo please
Continue telling these brilliant stories!!
Please @Sarah Longwell and @Jonathan V. Last; continue to support Adrian.
“When we ignore the true nature of the protests and who is protesting—that second- and third-generation Latinos are driving most of the peaceful protests downtown, many women, and young women who were incredibly courageous—I think you start to question how effective and trustworthy we are being.”
"Latino restaurant workers using milk to rinse tear gas out of the eyes of sheriff’s deputies in Compton, street vendors ducking behind their food stands during dangerous moments, and others pouring milk from their agua frescas into the eyes of tear-gassed protesters"
I was waiting for Jorge Ramos to return. And thank you for highlighting other reporters who are doing a great job. How sad that we have to remind people that Latinos are humans regardless of immigration status.
Keep it up, friend! Off to No Kings today.
Thank you Elizabeth.
Great piece. Thank you for pulling back the curtain.
Love your writing, Adrian! Keep up the great work!
Hugely important piece! As a former LA gal, I’m horrified by what is happening there AND how so few reports there are about the real folks on the ground being hunted down. PLEASE Bulwark, tell and write these stories. Please interview these reporters, please shift the frame and at least sometimes CENTER the story here with these Latino reporters and their stories. There are many psychological elements that make that so important as well in terms of elevating empathy in listeners, identification and persuasion. Thank you Adrian. BULWARK, please take note.
45% of Hispanic voters (54% male, 37% female) voted for Orange. It's hard to square that circle.
so this is so very LA and makes my heart swell with pride and nostalgia. one of the reasons i love this city (when im not hating on it LOL) bc as someone who is not latino, i grew up watching jorge ramos on tv. he was as much of my young adulthood, part of the cultural zeitgeist of LA, as idk, Katie Couric or Dan Rather or something. la is something else... and people who haven't lived here just DONT get it. my heart will always be with LA. they have zero idea of the sleeping giant of resistance that's been woken in LA.
Adrian - I just learned of at least one person detained in Phoenix yesterday who has a work permit. He’s married to a US citizen and has two small children. The downstream economic impact to families is horrible.
For integrity, I should update you that I learned he has some minor trouble with the law, years ago, though it was not to the extent needed for deportation at that time nor did it block his work permit. I guess ICE just keeps going after lower hanging fruit to meet their quota, regardless of prior decisions and downstream economic impact.
He has to pay $10k for an attorney or risk getting deported today. So much for due process.
The name brought Maria Rojas to mind. She needs go fund me money to fight Paxton and Texas.
Trump lied about the number of illegals and the crimes they were supposed to have committed. That very sick man in the Oval Office pushed to get the numbers up. Stephen Miller is the sadist issuing permission to do whatever they wanted to get them out.
Stephen Miller is Gollum.
Not afraid but pissed. My green-card holding wife turned that corner this morning and I was really proud. When we were arranging an annual trip to visit family in Indiana, she decided not to go because she didn't think she could face an airport. This morning she decided to bring the kids to the local Indivisible protest in Watsonville, CA. The silver lining awaiting us, I hope, is that the country might reach broad consensus after all this that we need/love/appreciate our immigrated neighbors and that the large number of undocumented is an administrative failure not a personal one. I might be getting ahead of events a little.
Exactly! Our country has failed terribly for the past 50 years to make immigration organized and timely. Bless your family and stay safe.
That's almost the same percentage of young men 18-29 who voted for trump (53%). Should we then say we have no pity for all young men? There are still many people in both groups who didn't vote for trump.