On Feb. 19, 2016, at a campaign rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, then-candidate Donald Trump gave a stump speech in which he railed against American jobs moving to Mexico: “We lose our jobs, we close our factories, Mexico gets all of the work,” he said. “We get nothing.”
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Viva Aztlan Festival prepares for big finale Saturday night
Following a day of competition, the Viva Aztlan Festival is preparing for a performance of the previous year’s “Best of Festival” winner, Austin High’s Ballet Folklorico, along with a special guest from Veracruz, Mexico, harpist, Salvador Pena Herrera. Organizer, Zenaida Aguero-Rayes says the best part of the day’s events has to do with more than competition.
Mexican Border Town Launches Tourism Campaign to Combat Violence Reputation
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico is launching a tourism campaign to help overcome its reputation for drugs and violence. Pictured is a protestor in Ciudad Juarez with a sign asking the government for peace.
Songs We Love: Benjamin Booker, ‘Witness (Feat. Mavis Staples)’
What does it mean to say you’ve witnessed something? Maybe you were simply in the right place at the right time; maybe you were a bystander who watched silently as an event played out before you. But to bear witness implies something more powerful.
Songs We Love: Benjamin Booker, ‘Witness (Feat. Mavis Staples)’
What does it mean to say you’ve witnessed something? Maybe you were simply in the right place at the right time; maybe you were a bystander who watched silently as an event played out before you. But to bear witness implies something more powerful.
Mexico’s criminal and political worlds are shifting, and 2017…
Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party, in one form or another, ran Mexico as a de facto one-party state from the 1930s until 2000, when Vicente Fox interrupted the PRI’s hold on the presidency. But that restoration of power appears to be on shaky ground, and the political shifts that the PRI and Mexico are seeing come as the country’s criminal underworld appears to be undergoing its own upheaval.
US trade deficit jumps to 5-year high of $48.5 billion
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Governors of Mexico write to support Seattle ‘dreamer’
This undated file photo provided by the law firm Public Counsel shows Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, who was was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child but was protected from deportation by President Barack Obama’s administration. A federal magistrate in Seattle said Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 that he will not hold an immediate hearing on whether to release Ramirez, who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in federal program designed to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Governors of Mexico write to support Seattle ‘dreamer’
This undated file photo provided by the law firm Public Counsel shows Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, who was was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child but was protected from deportation by President Barack Obama’s administration. A federal magistrate in Seattle said Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 that he will not hold an immediate hearing on whether to release Ramirez, who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in federal program designed to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children.
Deal made after Mexican man died at border gets initial OK
A federal judge tentatively approved an agreement Thursday for the U.S. government to pay $1 million to the children of a Mexican man who died after being detained by immigration authorities and shot several times with a stun gun. The settlement considered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Louisa Porter is intended to end a nearly 7-year case that prompted widespread complaints that U.S. immigration authorities tolerated agents who use excessive force.
BBVA to invest $1.5 bln in Mexico over next four to five years
Spanish lender BBVA will invest $1.5 billion in Mexico over the next four to five years, its chairman, Francisco Gonzalez, said on Thursday at an event in Mexico City. By Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO, March 2 Amazon.com Inc has launched a new program to help students build capabilities into its voice-controlled assistant Alexa, the company told Reuters, the latest move by a technology firm to nurture ideas and talent in artificial intelligence research.
Group collects medical supplies for Mexican city
Seen here are students in the current class in San Luis of YouthBuild, a nationwide program that helps high school dropouts resume their educations and gain vocational skills. Abigail Ramirez and Gustavo Ruiz are pursuing their goals of high education through the YouthBuild program in San Luis, Ariz.
Arkansas State University Revises Mexican Campus Contract
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that a new agreement between the university in Jonesboro and its Mexico campus will reset the length of the partnership to a decade and give the Arkansas school a chance to earn more from it. Arkansas State University System President Chuck Welch says the university first signed agreements with Mexican entities in 2012 and another in 2014 with a different group of investors.
Sewage spill in Tijuana, Mexico flows north of border
Driver arrested after plowing truck into New Orleans Mardi Gras parade leaving 28 injured and 5 critical – including young children OJ Simpson has good chance of being released on parole as early as OCTOBER and will be able cash in on a $2.7 MILLION NFL pension ‘I do not take this lightly’: Meryl Streep blasts Karl Lagerfeld for ‘lying and defaming’ her after claiming she demanded money to wear Chanel Oscar dress Sense of humor failure? Trump is ridiculed with memes after PULLING OUT of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in shocking break with tradition – as his war with the media heats up Ivanka boycott spreads to Canada: Female protesters dressed as Donald march on major department store in bid to get it to drop her fashion line First planned contact between North Korea and the U.S. in Trump administration is CANCELLED after top envoy is denied US visa Trump spends the evening with … (more)
Large sewage spill in Tijuana, Mexico, flows north of border
In this Dec. 23, 2007, file photo, the beaches adjacent to the Tijuana Estuary are posted with signs declaring them unsafe due to pollution that flows through the estuary after feeding in from Tijuana, Mexico in Imperial Beach, Calif. Officials in California are crying foul after more than 140 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Tijuana River in Mexico and flowed into the U.S. for more than two weeks.
La Puerta Verde Is An Authentic Hit
Tom Sietsema heads to La Puerta Verde for a First Bite, deciding it brings “true Mexican spirit” to Ivy City. Chef Carlos Camacho has a 20-year cooking resume that includes Great American Restaurants in Northern Virginia and the Chef Geoff’s empire.
Canelo Certain That His Right Thumb Injury No Longer An Issue
The Mexican superstar tested it out recently and doesn’t expect his right hand to be an issue during camp or during his fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on May 6 in Las Vegas. Alvarez suffered an avulsion fracture to his right thumb during the second round of his last fight, a ninth-round knockout of England’s Liam Smith on September 17 in Arlington, Texas.
Trump’s taunts are stirring a level of nationalism Mexico hasn’t seen in years
A woman carries an effigy of President Trump during a march in Mexico City on Feb. 12 to protest his proposed border wall and to call for national unity. Confrontation with the United States is so central to Mexican history there’s an institution dedicated to the trauma.
US envoy vows no mass deportation to pacify Mexico
Top US envoys on a working visit to Mexico on Thursday tried to allay fears that their government was preparing to massively deport undocumented migrants back across the border. The reassurances came during a joint press conference by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, following their meeting with Mexico’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Interior, Luis Videgaray and Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, in Mexico City.
Homeland Security chief: No use of military for deportations
Seeking to tamp down growing unease in Latin America, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly pledged Thursday that the United States won’t enlist its military to enforce immigration laws and that there will be “no mass deportations.”   Only hours earlier, President Donald Trump suggested the opposite.
Reynosa Mayor Voices Disagreement on US Immigration Plan
Tensions continue to rise between the U.S. and Mexico as leaders decry the Trump administration’s plans on immigration. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released two immigration memorandums that detailed how federal law enforcement will rid itself of people who are in the country illegally, and deport them to the territory from which they came from.
Kelly: No use of US military to enforce immigration
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says there will be “no mass deportations” and “no use of military forces” in enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Kelly is speaking in Mexico City after he and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met their Mexican counterparts.
Mexico tells Trump team the president is making them nervous 0:0
Mexico’s foreign minister told Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly that his country has “concerns” about Mexicans living in the US as Washington ramps up its deportation policies. “Our concerns are about the rights of Mexicans living in the US – the civil rights of Mexicans in the US,” said Luis Videgaray on Thursday after meeting with the two US officials in Mexico City.
No use of U.S. military to enforce immigration: Homeland Security Secretary
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly pledged Thursday that America won’t enlist its military to enforce immigration laws and that there will be “no mass deportations.” The declarations came as senior Trump administration officials sought to temper Latin American concerns about a new U.S. immigration crackdown.
Deportation plans cast shadow on Trump envoy talks with Mexico
A Mexican who was recently deported from the U.S. rests near the Tijuana river, in Tijuana, Mexico, February 22, 2017. A view shows the San Ysidro Port of Entry, the border crossing between U.S. and Mexico, by the Tijuana river, in Tijuana, Mexico, February 22, 2017.
Moments after he was deported, a Mexican man jumped to his death off…
Guadalupe Olivas Valencia was surrounded by cars and surveillance cameras as he made his last, desperate attempt to cross the border from Tijuana, Mexico into the U.S. on Monday. Passing through the car lanes of the San Ysidro Port of Entry, the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere, his odds of making it past immigration authorities were slim.
US envoy Tillerson in Mexico to soothe ties
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Mexican leaders on Thursday to try to calm a row over President Donald Trump’s trade and immigration policies. Trump has outraged Mexico by vowing to build a wall along the border to keep out migrants, whom he branded rapists and criminals during his presidential campaign.
Brazil’s foreign minister resigns due to medical reasons
In this July 25, 2016, file photo, the Foreign Minister of Brazil Jose Serra speaks during a joint press conference with his Mexican counterpart Claudia Ruiz Massieu in Mexico City. Serra has resigned from his post on Feb. 22, 2017, citing undisclosed medical reasons.
How San Diego Built a Bridge Over the Wall, by David Henderson
That’s the title of a great article in Politico by Ethan Epstein. There’s so much interesting in there: 1. How forward-looking San Diegans figured out how to get a better airport without using a military base–and why.
As Mexico awaits US visit, some question point of talks
In this Feb. 10, 2017 photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson smiles while greeting the media during a meeting with Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at the State Department in Washington. In his first weeks as America’s top U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has gone to great lengths to avoid attracting attention.
As Mexico awaits US visit, some question point of talks
In this Feb. 10, 2017 photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson smiles while greeting the media during a meeting with Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida at the State Department in Washington. In his first weeks as America’s top U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has gone to great lengths to avoid attracting attention.
Supreme Court To Decide If Mexican Nationals May Sue For Border Shooting
Relatives of Sergio HernA ndez sit in Ciudad Juarez at the U.S.-Mexico border, on the second anniversary of his killing in 2012. The cellphone video is vivid.
Explainer: Department of Homeland Security’s sweeping immigration
The US-Mexico border fence separating the beaches is seen at Border Field State Park in San Diego, CA, on February 13, 2017. The US-Mexico border fence separating the beaches is seen at Border Field State Park in San Diego, CA, on February 13, 2017.
Today in History
On Feb. 18, 1977, the space shuttle prototype Enterprise, sitting atop a Boeing 747, went on its debut “flight” above Edwards Air Force Base in California. In 1913, Mexican President Francisco I. Madero and Vice President Jose Maria Pino Suarez were arrested during a military coup .
Ford not scrapping plans to build Mexico factories: company exec
The US auto maker said a factory planned for the central state of Guanajuato would build engines and transmissions, while another in the northern city of Chihuahua would make vehicle parts for use by Ford factories in the US, South America and Asia. While this news may seem like a sudden turn away from an American jobs centered plan seemingly arranged by President Donald Trump, Ford has actually had these plans on the books since 2015, and had never meant to veer from them.
Hundreds of Mexicans protest with ‘human wall’ on US border
Hundreds of people in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez have gathered on the edge of the Rio Grande river to form a “human wall” to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for a wall between the countries. The demonstrators held aloft on Friday colorful swatches of cloth and waved to the residents of the neighboring city of El Paso, Texas.
Photos: Pedro Campa vs. Marvin Quintero – Official Weigh-In
The official weights are in, and the fighters are ready for battle on Saturday night. One of the strongest prospects of Mexican boxing is Pedro “La Roca” Campa, who will return to the ring next Saturday February 18 in a featured fight from the Municipal gym in the beautiful port of Guaymas, Sonora.
Q&A: Politico Mark Leno on his beloved adopted city
Each week we ask a San Franciscan 10 questions to get a unique perspective on the city. Q. Are you definitely, 100 percent, for sure running for Mayor of San Francisco? ML : I am 100 percent sure that I will be running for Mayor of San Francisco in 2019 – as sure as I am that Hillary won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes, that 3-5 million fraudulent votes were not cast and that this new president is a dangerous liar.
Lawyers for ‘dreamer’ seek his release at Friday hearing
” Lawyers are asking a federal court in Seattle to order the immediate release of a man detained by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally. But the U.S. Justice Department says the court has no authority over the case.
10 Things to Know for Tuesday
A man crosses Maine Street where snow has been piled high during a blizzard, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Brunswick, Maine. A fluffy snow up to two-feet deep blanketed parts of the Northeast, just days after the biggest storm of the season dumped up to 19 inches of snow on the region.