Connection between Immigrants, Politics, and Mass Media

Disney is a prestigious entertainment media outlet. For some time, people of color raised awareness of the lack of representation on Disney’s shows. Disney started adding a few darker skin complexion characters. But the Latinx community was still concerned about their lack of representation. When Disney came out with the movie Coco, many opinions were stated. Many individuals were happy that this film included characters of Hispanic nationality. Not to mention, the voices behind the characters were also Latinx actors. This film was also inspired by people and cultural places from a state in Mexico known as Michoacán. The film itself included a variety of things that represented the culture accurately. The overall idea of this movie was focused on a Mexican national holiday known as the day of death. However, Disney encountered some issues because they did not give credit to the main character who inspired this money. Many claims were made that Disney what’s getting their pockets full o...

  Many immigration civic campaigns are asking via social media for help. Movements like the immigration voice are trying to reach many people to ask for their participation in making a call to congress asking them the vote for the Eagle act. The eagle act was introduced back in 2021. This act helped immigrants without legal status to have better chances of being able to get employed. It’s hard for many immigrants to find jobs due to their legal status. The immigration voice campaign tweeted a post asking for the help of many individuals. This has reached many people from diverse backgrounds. Many people are retweeting this and supporting the cause. Many people are retweeting this and tagging multiple people to increase exposure. This is so important to the immigrant community because it can be such a significant impact on them. Some individuals work for a low-paying rate due to their legal status. Often, big companies take advantage of illegal workers. They know that they won’t def...

  Eugenio Derbez, a Mexican actor, comedian, and filmmaker, recently streamed a video that spoke to the Latinx community. Derbez appeared in a dish Latino commercial that was highly emotional, and many Latinxs reacted to the commercial. Dish Latino is a Spanish American television provider network. Eugenio is watching a TV show known as El Chavo del Ocho in the commercial. El Chavo del Ocho is a Mexican tv show that many Latinx grew up watching; this show marks a terrific identity for Latinxs because of how relatable the show was to actual life circumstances. In the commercial, the main character of el Chavo del Ocho jumps out of the TV and has an entire nostalgic conversation with Eugenio. The main character asks Eugenio if he still watches him, just like in the old times. Eugenio answers, "yes, like always." The main character starts talking about how much technology has changed and how the Latinx media outlets have expanded; he was trying to emphasize that progress is bein...

  Where does the Latinx community stand when it comes to voting? Latinxs do not engage in politics for many reasons. In 2020 Latinxs were predicted to impact the 2020 presidential election significantly. During the election campaigns, some political campaigns in the state of Nevada turned to Latinxs with the goal of obtaining their vote. In her article, Calderon describes the Latinx community as a sleeping giant when it comes to voting. This means that Latinxs are known for not participating in voting. To begin with, there is a considerable lack of representation in politics towards Latinxs. However, it was projected that in 2020 for the first time in history, Latinxs were going to be the largest racial and ethnic minority group to vote (Calderon, 2020). There are many reasons why Latinxs are not active in politics, like, language barriers, lack of information, lack of resources, and citizenship status. With this being said, it was confirmed that many Latinxs voted in the 2020 elec...

 A famous tiktoker named Juixxe became viral after creating a platform to help Latinx Street vendors in Los Angeles, California. There are tons of Latinx people selling different things in the streets of Los Angeles; some claim that this is how they survive, especially during this pandemic. Street vendors were being harassed and filmed for some time to be made fun of online. Many started a movement to protect and help these street vendors. Juixxe started recruiting funds from his videos to distribute them to random street vendors as an appreciation for their services. This became viral, and millions of people began contributing to the movement. Juixxe creates different accounts like Zelle, GoFund me, and Cashapp, where people deposit money for these vendors. Once the funds are collected, Juixxe goes on missions to look for street vendors and bless them with up to $1000. Juixxe approaches a street vendor and pretends as if he is going to buy something from them, and once the vendors...

Why does USCIS have time to post tweets but are taking so long with their procedures? The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is making citizens mad and impatient because their process for any service is taking longer than usual. When the pandemic started, USCIS fell behind with accomplishing its applications. Over 200,00 Green cards have been wasted over the past few years because of the pandemic delay. USCIS has millions of cases that were stopped, and people do not like the idea. USCIS is very active on social media platforms, especially Twitter; people are complaining about this. When USCIS tweets, they receive negative comments from people like, “Why are you guys posting instead of working on cases.” People are currently demanding USCIS to work harder to get the citizens from Ukraine their asylum documentation. Today USCIS tweeted in respect of staffing. Their tweet stated the following “We’re hiring asylum officers nationwide! Make an impact in the lives of asylum ...