MondayAugust182008

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals consistently get us to consider forgoing leather and other animal products and simply eating PETA members instead. Their latest stunt involves placing billboards along the border between Mexico and the U.S. in...

MondayJuly282008

We know you guys looooove Dr. Alfredo Quiñones, and we love his chest hair him too. So we thought we’d pass along a video of him talking about his upbringing, including an interesting anecdote about his role model -...

MondayJune232008

Last week when Barack Obama was campaigning in Florida, Elian Gonzalez’s family protested during an address Obama made to the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Miami. Their beef? Two people on Obama’s team: Foreign policy adviser Greg Craig, who...

MondayApril212008

Our favorite former presidential hopeful (after Bill Richardson, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore, Duncan Hunter, Fred Thompson and Tommy Thompson), Tom Tancredo has come out saying he thinks the Papa is full of caca...

ThursdayApril102008

Juan is an 18-year-old who lives in Miami, Florida. His parents moved here from Colombia when Juan was a teeny 6-year-old Colombaby who thought they were just all going to Disney World. Now, 12 years later, Juan is legally...

FridayApril042008

Corporal Jose “Joe” Rubio, pictured here with his son Nikolai, was born in Mexico and grew up in Mission, Texas. He never sent in his American citizenship paperwork, which was filled out, because he was too busy serving in...

ThursdayApril032008

Grossest headline ever? ¡Si, che! Dr. Daniel Serrano is an Argentine plastic surgeon who was recently arrested for smuggling a non-FDA-approved drug into the U.S. The drug, which he referred to as a “miracle wrinkle cream” that was “better...

WednesdayApril022008

Stricter enforcing of immigration laws concerning migrant workers have left some farm owners in Pennsylvania going out of their tomato-picking minds: State, local and federal crackdowns on illegal immigration have broken his supply chain of laborers. Most of those...

MondayMarch312008

Depending on which side of the border wall you sit on, this video short could make you laugh out loud or run screaming to mommy. It stars a bunch of white dudes and one Guatemalan with a truck and...

FridayMarch212008

Isaac R. Baichu, an adjudicator for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in Garden City [Ed. note: Truly, the cradle of Western civilization.], has been charged with coercing oral sex from a 22-year-old Colombian immigrant in exchange for...

FridayMarch072008

Our favorite shit-stirring, chick-lit author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, she of The Dirty Girls Social Club fame, is raising an interesting accusation today about Latino artists facing anti-immigrant sentiment for their work. Using alleged (and probable) Jennifer Lopez cinema bomb Bordertown...

TuesdayFebruary192008

Nothing goes together quite like kayaking and insensitive stereotyping, and no one understands this unbeatable formula for family fun quite like the good people at Kayak.com. Advertising their “semi-illegal vacation” package, they extoll the virtues of living on the...

MondayFebruary182008

Longtime readers of Guanabee, might recall our report back in July about ICED, the video game that lets you be an illegal immigrant teen in America traversing the obstacles that come with the territory. But we had no idea...

TuesdayFebruary122008

The Whites may become a minority in the U.S. by 2050, when they will make up an estimated 47% of the population. Yet 99.6% of Arbor Mist consumers: The U.S. population will grow to 438 million in 2050 from...

FridayFebruary012008

British actress Emily Blunt is set to play a Texas woman in the upcoming film The Girl. The movie centers around Emily’s character, who comes across the young daughter of an illegal immigrant who has lost her mother: The...

WednesdayJanuary232008

The New York Times has a story today about the influx of middle and upper-class Venezuelans moving into Florida since Hugo Chavez’s rise to power: According to census data, the Venezuelan community in the United States has grown more...

FridayJanuary182008

Esteban Colberto, host of the popular series “Colberto Reporto Gigante,” sat down with Lou Dobbs and his massive testicles to discuss border security and the ongoing war on the ever-suffering middle class. Oh, and P.S. to the folks at...

ThursdayJanuary172008

A group called “Americans for Legal Immigration” have created a website to collect enough signatures to nominate CNN anchor Lou Dobbs for president because of his much-publicized hard stance against illegal immigration: The group, which seeks stronger immigration controls,...

ThursdayJanuary172008

As hinted at earlier, the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall looms dangerously close to reality as the federal government continues to, you know, completely ignore the wishes of people who actually live on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Reports USA Today: U.S. District...

TuesdayJanuary152008

ICE officials are attempting to deport over 200,000 criminals who are doing illegal things in this country… illegally. Their goal is to identify, and subsequently deport, unauthorized criminals currently serving time: The effort to speed the deportation of foreign-born...

FridayJanuary112008

Casa D’Ice restaurant, located in beautiful North Versailles, PA, is, as you could probably garner from its name, one of the finer eating establishments one could hope to visit. Not content to merely serve its patrons the finest Italian...

TuesdayJanuary082008

Citizens of South Texas are still fighting the good fight against the proposed border wall (the U.S. government calls it a “fence.” Like the Berlin Fence!) by employing some big city lawyers to help them out. An informational meeting...

WednesdayJanuary022008

Jaime Avyar, a sixteen-year-old Mexican boy living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was used by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) as bait to capture and deport his entire family. The boy was stopped at a makeshift checkpoint and detained for not...

MondayDecember312007

It took about five minutes for a Republican presidential candidate to use the assassination of Benazir Bhutto as justification for the Mexican border wall. This time, it came from Mike Huckabee who is about as learned on the issue...

WednesdayDecember262007

It seems that Mexican immigrants are less enthusiastic than ever to take those low-wage, labor intensive construction and service industry jobs we U.S. Americans are so eager to have: * A recent survey by Mexican authorities shows that fewer...

WednesdayDecember262007

Just when you think American Apparel CEO Dov Charney is a total asshole, he goes and places an ad in the New York Times that makes you realize he’s a total asshole who considers Mexicans his pet project: Over...

TuesdayDecember182007

This just in: A survey from the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization in Washington, D.C, says that while the general population of America largely supports workplace raids and opposes driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants, a majority of...

MondayDecember172007

26-year-old Eunice Lopez, a Miami woman, has been charged with nine counts of bigamy after marrying ten men between 2002 and 2006 in a marriage-for-pay operation to help them stay in the United States. Or maybe she just wanted...

MondayDecember172007

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, recently raided a tamal factory and deported twenty-one workers in an operation called “Operation Beanie Roast” “Operation Tamale:” Apparently making tamales is a job that many Americans want. Monday in its continuing effort...

ThursdayDecember132007

Spain has introduced a new “American Idol”-style show featuring immigrants: TVE officials Tuesday announced their programme ‘Hijos de Babel’ (Children of Babel), which will feature artistes from different countries and musical tradition. ‘The idea is to provide an opportunity...

ThursdayDecember062007

Republican Senator Tom Tancredo is refusing to participate in this weekend’s Spanish-language Republican debate, to be held in Miami, because he believes it encourages illegal immigration: “What all my colleagues — what the other candidates are doing — it’s...

WednesdayDecember052007

Canana Films, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna’s production company, is shooting a film called Sin Nombre, which will follow Central-American immigrants as they cross Mexico on their journey to the U.S: Canana Film’s latest project is entitled “Sin...

MondayDecember032007

Now that he’s made us aware of his dating exploits, Miguel A. Diaz is back to give us his take on how to discuss immigration. Well, how should those of us for whom immigration is a serious issue go...

TuesdayNovember272007

Because we at Guanabee have an endless fascination with most things boob-related (see: our extensive coverage of most politicians), we thought we’d let you know that a Brazilian woman held in a North Carolina jail due to an immigration...

MondayNovember192007

The U.S. government is expanding a “biometrics-at-sea” program which matches fingerprints and photographs of illegal immigrants intercepted at sea with information listed in a federal database: The program allows Coast Guard personnel, using a handheld device, to take digital...

MondayNovember192007

A British woman trying to move to New Zealand was denied residency because she’s too fat: Rowan Trezise, 33, has been left behind in England while her husband Richie, 35, has already made the move down under leaving her...

FridayNovember162007

Empathizing with the discrimination Mexican immigrants face in this country Jewish committess are banding together with Mexican groups to discuss common issues: The American Jewish Committee co-sponsored the three-day workshop with Mexico’s Institute for Mexicans Abroad, which includes an...

WednesdayNovember142007

Many U.S. immigration laws are Band-Aid solutions to calming hysterical people, akin to giving a screaming child a toy rather than smack him in front of everyone at the Wal-Mart. Which is why New York firefighters in the small...

WednesdayNovember142007

Immigration officials in Ohio detained 27-year-old Sayda Umanzor as she was in the middle of nursing her nine-month-old daughter: When federal agents encountered Sayda Umanzor in a house in Conneaut October 26, the 27-year-old woman admitted to being in...

WednesdayNovember072007

Oklahoma State Representative Randy Terrill is sponsoring state legislative bill 1804, which makes it illegal to pretty much even look at an illegal immigrant. The new law makes it illegal to hire, transport or house an illegal immigrant and...

TuesdayNovember062007

Andres Oppenheimer, Latin American correspondent for the Miami Herald wrote a rah-rah-rah piece on immigrant rights and advocacy, warning on the dangers of angering immigrants with discriminatory rhetoric and hate mongering. Oppenheimer writes: Remember the Palestinian intifada of the...

TuesdayNovember062007

Latino New York lawmakers met with New York Governor Elliot Spitzer over breakfast recently to propose he sign a “don’t ask, don’t tell” order guaranteeing that undocumented residents there are able to access state services without having to report...

TuesdayNovember062007

Seven-year-old Neidy Elizabeth faces deportation back to her native Guatemala. Her adoptive parents, Cuban-born Joseph Collar and Guatemalan Cathy Collar, are trying to drum up interest in this case so that their daughter won’t be taken from them and...

MondayNovember052007

The number of people applying for U.S. citizenship has risen dramatically from last year despite a higher application fee. Some experts say this is because of the anti-immigrant (read: anti-brown) views prevalent in the country today. Fishily-named spokesperson for...

ThursdayNovember012007

A new study by the Urban Institute reveals that children whose parents are arrested in immigration raids face issues such as post-traumatic stress and other mental health disorders and opined the U.S. government should do something about this: The...

ThursdayNovember012007

Mexican singer Paulina Rubio and her husband Nicolas Vallejo recently applied for American residency, but were denied because—whoops—they had too many drugs in their system. Reports music mag NME: Rubio’s test results had traces of marijuana, while her husband...

TuesdayOctober302007

Mexican magazine Fernanda and high-end department store El Palacio de Hierro organized a Stiletto Race on Sunday in Mexico City. The participants were given a short time to finish the 100-meter run wearing 3 to 4 inch stilettos [Ed....

TuesdayOctober232007

Mauricio Arellano, a Mexican-born resident of Maryland, feels he was discriminated by cops who stopped him for having too many air fresheners on his rearview mirror. Allegedly. Arellano thinks cops were using his love of scents like Evergreen, New...

TuesdayOctober162007

Gossip site TMZ wrote a post yesterday in one-semester Spanish about Making Menudo, the reality show about the boy-band that launched a million pimples. The post said that the reality show has finished recording and that the new group...

TuesdayOctober162007

The frequent, random, Migra raids have gotten so bad lately that even the cops are complaining —and they’re the kings of questionable practices: LONG ISLAND officials protested when federal agents searching for immigrant gang members raided local homes two...

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