Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric is Not New (with Julio Ricardo Varela)

For our first episode under a new Biden administration, Sophia and Maria reflect on one of the most impactful aspect of Trump’s time in office: his dehumanizing rhetoric toward immigrants. Later on in the episode, journalist Julio Ricardo Varela joins them to discuss how this dehumanizing rhetoric is not new at all in the immigration space and recalls the criminalization of immigrant communities that he witnesses first hand that resulted in large part because of Reagan and Clinton’s criminal justice platforms. 

Julio Ricardo Varela is the founder of Latino Rebels, a senior digital editor for Latino USA, Editorial Director at Futuro Studios, and co-host of In The Thick with Maria Hinojosa. You find Julio on Twitter and follow some of the amazing platforms he works on such as @latinorebels @latinoUSA @futuromedia @InTheThickShow. 

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Hosted and Written by Sophia Houdaigui and Maria Castillo

Edited by Sophia Houdaigui

Music by Ian Yan

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