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May 17, 2013
California Assembly Passes Immigrant-Friendly TRUST Act; OC's Dem Assemblymembers Join GOP in Not Voting for It
The Trust Act made its way once more through the California Assembly yesterday by a final vote of 44-22. The legislation was vetoed late last year when it reached the desk of Democratic Governor Jerry Brown. Supporters say the bill authored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano will limit deportations fueled b ... More >>
Columns
February 21, 2013
Are Burritos Supposed to Explode?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And can you call Mexican women tortas?
Blogs
November 2, 2012
[UPDATED W/Weak-Salsa Hermandad Mexicana Response] OC DREAM Team to Hermandad Mexicana: Drop Our Logo From Your Fliers!
See the update at the end of this post with a response and new, altered logo from Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 30, 3:51 P.M.: Divisions within the immigrant rights movement are nothing new. Mega marchas in Los Angeles became fragmented over the years with different o ... More >>
Columns
September 6, 2012
Isn't DACA Just a Ruse to Identify and Deport DREAM Act Students?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why might a Mexican family hate a wealthy Mexi-and-white couple?
Blogs
June 9, 2012
[UPDATED: Administration-Sanctioned?] Canyon High School Kids Dress Up as "Mexicans" and Border Patrol Agents; School Officials Get Mad
UPDATE, JUNE 9, 8:19 P.M. Gustavo here again. The priceless Elias--who's popping up in the comments below with English barely better than a wab--also has an Instagram photo of a Canyon High poster for Senior Spirit Week with the command for Wednesday being "Señores and Señoritas." It seems every d ... More >>
News
June 7, 2012
Arizona Senate Bill 1070's Days of Rage
[Crossing the Line] The U.S. Supreme Court and President Barack Obama leave the undocumented and their allies no choice but to escalate civil disobedience
Blogs
May 24, 2012
OC Dream Coalition Holds First-Annual Immigrant Youth Empowerment Forum at UC Irvine
A coalition of Orange County Dream Act advocates will hold the first-annual Immigrant Youth Empowerment Forum at the University of California Irvine this Saturday. The forum consists of a series of workshops dedicated to educating immigrant high school students about how to apply for financial aid a ... More >>
Columns
May 17, 2012
Why Do Mexicans Have So Many Names?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And your last reminder to buy 'Taco USA' before Gustavo gets deported!
Blogs
February 19, 2012
Waiting for Righty: Hey, Kids, Three Fun Books on Conservatives!
Young Noam with Mom and Dad I considered titling this week's review "Conservatism for Dummies" but that seemed unnecessarily cruel. As someone raised with your basic anti-social, self-hating, ahistorical so-called "conservative" values, I enjoy reminding myself and others of both my shame as ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Mitt Romney Abandoned for Newt Gingrich by Hispanic Leaders including OC's Miguel Orozco
A Hispanic business and community leader in Santa Ana has joined other Hispanics around the country in signing an open letter to Mitt Romney that essentially accuses the GOP presidential candidate of hypocritically running away from his Mexican heritage. "Our purpose here is to advise you that t ... More >>
Columns
January 26, 2012
How Can Mexicans Fight Gentrification?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And do Mexicans grovel to gabachos?
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Barbara Coe Compares Routine Military Exercise in Downtown LA to Hitler Rounding Up the Jews for the Holocaust
That crazy Barbara Coe is at it again! The aging cigarette that is the head of the California Coalition for Immigration Reform has been a bit quiet on her email blasts as of recent, preferring to send out stories that claim pedophilia is an acceptable part of Afghan culture with no comment. But t ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2012
California Dream Act Repeal: EPIC FAIL!
Supporters of a state initiative to repeal the California Dream Act Governor Jerry Brown signed into law last year announced today they failed to obtain the 500,000 signatures required to get a proposition on the ballot. See what happens when you have your Mexican gardener's wife distribute petit ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
[UPDATED With Email From an Arrested DREAMer] Five Undocumented College Students Detained at ICE Offices in Los Angeles After Sit-In; Three from Orange County
UPDATE, 2:39 p.m.: Francisco Javier Bravo, one of the arrested OC DREAMers, sent out an email to friends explaining the reasoning behind the protest."Hello Family/Friend/Ally," his email began. "Today I will be risking arrest to bring attention to one of my very important issues."
Blogs
October 10, 2011
Will Dream Act Passage Prompt OC Protest of Gov. Jerry Brown?
Despite its reputation as a right wing political stronghold, Orange County of recent times has been a hotbed of progressive activism. You name the subject--war, gay rights, Islamophobia, corporate power, racism, animal rights and the environment--and local liberals have consistently hit the stree ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2011
AB 131, Second Half of California DREAM Act, Suspended in Appropriations Committee, Local Activists Host Press Conference
In July, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 130, a bill that gives undocumented students access to private financial aid.Now, activists are pushing to get AB131 -- a second bill that undocumented students call "the real California DREAM Act -- pulled from the Senate appropriations committee, whe ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2011
Gustavo Appears on Marketplace to Explain Why He Likes Illegal Immigrants to Work for Him!
Go for it, folks: I've been the boss of illegal immigrants before! Love me my DREAM Act students, as they're some of the most motivated, talented individuals I've ever encountered--and more than a few of them have journalism degrees, which has allowed me to have them help me in my various media e ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Jerry Brown Signs Half of California DREAM Act; Illegal Immigrants Now Eligible For Private College Scholarships
Having made a campaign pledge to do so, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the California DREAM Act yesterday. Well, half of it.During a town hall meeting at Los Angeles City College, Brown signed AB 130, the part of the two-bill package that gives illegal immigrants who live in California and at ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
Orange County Dream Team Plans Drag Show Fundraiser, Hopeful California Will Pass Its Own DREAM Act
For the Orange County Dream Team, fundraising is a drag -- or rather, it's done in drag. The political Ping-Pong continues, but the local advocacy group remains steadfast in its quest to get the DREAM Act passed. To keep afloat, they plan fundraisers, and next up is their "Dreaming in Drag" ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
DREAM Act Activists Release 'How To Stop Deportation' Guide
Jonathan Ho/OC WeeklyWith the fizzling of the DREAM Act last year and the belief that President Obama is doing little to help their plight, activist groups took matters into their own hands this week, boldly publishing a guide for youth on how not to get deported.Compiled by the Asian Law Caucus, ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2011
Assembly Passes Second California DREAM Act Bill, To Allow State Financial Aid For Illegal Immigrants
Another hurdle cleared for illegal immigrant college students. On Wednesday, the state Assembly passed the second part of the California DREAM Act, a bill that would allow them to apply for state grants. The two-bill package was introduced by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles), wh ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2011
Resistant Culture Headlines Benefit Show for OC Dream Team
Lalo AlcarazImagine they are mohawks The DREAM Act is back in the news and a show this Friday in Fullerton featuring Resistant Culture will benefit the local efforts of the Orange County Dream Team. The federal legislation providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrant youth who at ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2011
California DREAM Act Passes State Assembly
It's a little confusing, but no less a victory for illegal immigrant college students. While the national DREAM Act, an immigration bill aimed at providing a path to citizenship for young people, died in the U.S. Senate--and possibly forever--last year, the California DREAM Act is very much alive ... More >>
Columns
April 28, 2011
How Do Mexicans Propose Marriage?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why I will finally stop insulting Guatemalans!
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Cal State Fullerton's Annual Social Justice Summit Tomorrow
The best-kept progressive secret in Orange County is Cal State Fullerton's annual Social Justice Summit, an all-day gathering of sessions, activists, movements, hippies, anarchists, Aztlanistas, non-H8ers, and everyone from the left to the Left. "The Social Justice Summit provides a forum for peo ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2011
Loretta Sanchez Asked to Speak About DREAM Act at Pomona College, Talks About Herself Instead
Here at your favorite infernal rag, we have long criticized Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez for not having the, um, ovaries to support the DREAM Act, waiting until the tragic death of a DREAMer to co-sponsor the bill in Congress. Of course, we always hear it from Loretta apologists aghast that we c ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2010
Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day
Headline: Senate Kills Immigration Bill Comment by BLUECITRUS: Let's clean this country up! Is this still the United States?Comment by DJMUNOZ: Fleas on your dog, oops I mean Feliz Navidad.Comment by FCPROP: This just proves the fact that we are shooting are self in the foot for generations if we ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2010
Flavia de la Fuente, Irvine DREAM Act Advocate, on NPR's Talk of the Nation
My news story this week highlighted how Orange Countians have helped push the DREAM Act--which would create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented college students--to national prominence. One of them was Flavia de la Fuente, an Irvine native, UCLA's most-recent valedictorian, and currently in ... More >>
Blogs
December 18, 2010
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Overturned in Senate
Godspeed, Lt. Choi.This morning will be known as the day the DREAM Act died in the U.S. Senate but "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was overturned there.By a bipartisan vote of 63 to 33, the Senate voted to end the debate on a bill that will allow President Barack Obama to overturn the Pentagon's ban on g ... More >>
Blogs
December 18, 2010
DREAM Act Dies in Senate, Maybe Forever
The dream is over, possibly forever, possibly until some time after the 2012 election--if and when the political climate changes in Washington.Once again, the DREAM Act that would provide a path to citizenship for young people who were brought into the country by the undocumented failed to break ... More >>
News
December 16, 2010
DREAM Act Supporters Keep Fighting
From Santa Ana to Texas to Capitol Hill, OC residents prove among the most prominent advocates of the DREAM Act
Blogs
December 13, 2010
John Dow, Maine Driver Involved in Car Crash That Killed DREAM Act Activist Tam Tran, Indicted for Her Death
As supporters of the DREAM Act furiously work the phones to try and get the bill passed in the Senate this week, nearly all keep the memory of Tam Ngoc Tran near to them. The Santiago High and Santa Ana College graduate was perhaps the nation's most prominent Dreamer--but she was tragically kille ... More >>
Blogs
December 12, 2010
Dana Rohrabacher Finally, Openly Appeals to His Skinhead Constituents in Attacking DREAM Act
Huntington Beach Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Supported Taliban) has never been a fan of illegal immigration and has particularly hated the DREAM Act, which would create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented college students and those illegals that, unlike Dana, served their country in the ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2010
[UPDATE:] DREAM Act Passes in the House, Stalls in the Senate
Update, December 9, 6:11 p.m.: The esteemed Surf City GOP Congressdude, Dana Rohrabacher, said on the House floor that the DREAM Act is unfair to "non-minorities."Oh no he diiiiiiiin't?!?Oh, yes. Yes he did. See the video and a passage from his debate after the jump . . .
Blogs
December 3, 2010
Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day
Headline: Teen Shot in Hand During Argument with Two Other MenComment by KICKTOTHETEETH: shot him in the hand. I hope he was doing that on purpose and not actually trying to kill him. These people need to learn to shoot and do it right the first time.Comment by FREELOADERS: That's one way to get ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2010
DREAM Activists March Through Anaheim
High-ranking members of Orange County churches, community organizations and Anaheim public school districts join local DREAM Act activists in marching this afternoon for federal legislation providing a pathway for citizenship and higher education to college-bound immigrants and those ser ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2010
Orange County DREAM Team Holds Early-Morning Protest off I-5 Overpass in Favor of DREAM Act
Today is a national day of action in favor of the DREAM Act, a piece of legislation before Congress that would create a path for citizenship for undocumented college students, and the Orange County Dream Team participated in dramatic fashion: they hung a banner this morning off Broadway in SanTan ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2010
DREAM Act Students to Rally in--Where Else?--Santa Ana This Evening
One of our favorite community groups, the Orange County Dream Team (which advocates for the passage of the DREAM Act, which would create a mini-amnesty for young illegal immigrants if they attend college or serve in the military) will hold a vigil today in downtown SanTana.Specifically, the Dream ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2010
Cal State Fullerton's Daily Titan Faces Possible Student Boycott Over Use of "Illegal Immigrant" Instead of "Undocumented Student"
It has to be tough to edit a college newspaper nowadays. Not only are you, the cream of the coed crop, facing horrible job prospects upon graduation, but you also must manage the tricky PC waters that is the modern-day American university experience.This unenviable position is the one that Isa Gh ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2010
Duane Roberts, Green Party Nominee for U.S. Senate, Says Democrats are "Anti-Immigrant"
Duane Roberts sounds downright Republican."Beware of the Democrats" warns the Anaheim Green Party member running in November for the U.S. Senate seat held by a Democrat, Barbara Boxer.However, when Roberts explains his proclamation, he does not sound very Republican at all. He accuses Dems of bei ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2010
Barbara Coe Claims DREAM Act Will Lead to Death of ALL Americans
I think that if someone were to show Barbara Coe a Mexican illegal immigrant who graduated from college and is going on to graduate school--in other words, an illegal that has scholastically accomplished more than she can even comprehend--the head witch of the California Coalition for Immigration ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
DREAM Act Voted Down, Though Not Because Lack of Effort by OC Dreamers
Courtesy of Julio SalgadoWhile the Know Nothings of both the ethnic and sexual types gloat over today's death of a defense bill in the Senate that included provisions to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" ban of LGBT service members and to pass the DREAM Act, OC's local Dreamers burnt ... More >>
Columns
August 5, 2010
The Truth Is Like a Mexican
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Facts and stats always win
Blogs
July 28, 2010
Local DREAM Act Students Continue Hunger Strike Outside LA Offices of Senator Dianne Feinstein
While our local liberal pundits still continue to ridicule the protests of undocumented college to draw attention to their plight (with allies like those, who needs the Minutemen?), three members of the Orange County Dream Team (whose awesome logo you see at right) have been fasting outside the L ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Benefit Bailongo! With La Santa Cecilia
anasaldana@the creativeartsclinic.comLA's La Santa Cecilia is coming down to Santa Ana today for a benefit bailongo. The six-piece's cross-generational appeal brings its mesh of various Latin American musical genres to a community dance party at Taco Adobe. They're lending the OC their talents, ... More >>
Columns
June 3, 2010
Have a DREAM
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Special High-School-Graduation Edition
News
May 27, 2010
A DREAM Act Undeterred
Local undocumented college students mark the passing of one of their own, Tam Tran, by continuing her fight
Blogs
May 26, 2010
[UPDATED WITH MORE CHISMES] Loretta Sanchez Finally Co-Sponsors DREAM Act, Hell Freezes Over
Sanchez: Finally returning to her Aztlanista roots...*Updated, with new information on the bottom...I've received much criticism from local Democrats over the past year for my constant bashing of Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez for not co-sponsoring the DREAM Act, a bill before the House and Senate ... More >>
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