Rays Talk Show Episode 243: Hosts Ray Collazo and Elbert Garcia discuss headlines from Latino perspective as the global warming of politics continues. Collazo and Garcia react to the incident in Anaheim, CA as an off duty police officer shoots a gun at end of confrontation with a 13 year old child over kids running on his lawn. How do activists mobilize to hold law enforcement officials accountable to the over-policing of our communities and why didn’t an off duty police officer just talk to the kids’ parents about it?

The Department of Homeland Security announced details of plan to widen net of ICE deportation targets to include essentially entire undocumented population. Collazo and Garcia discuss how these policies actually make many of us feel less safe and why these unsound policies put law enforcement in a difficult position that is leading to more aggressive behavior that deteriorates our civil rights.

Trump Administration also announced withdrawal of federal government protections for transgendered students. Why this disgusting decision continues the Trump administration’s priorities of cruelty, not safety.

Can former Department of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez seal the deal this weekend and become the Chair of the Democratic National Committee or will he fall prey to the struggles of other Dominican ballers closing championships?

And listen in for shoutouts to leaders around the country. What makes buena gente like Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum deserve some love. Bendicion mami!

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Rays Talk Show, Episode 242: Host Ray Collazo and guest Elbert Garcia break down this week’s hottest political headlines from the streets.

The week has been marred by mass ICE raids. How are these raids impacting families across the country and Collazo explains why he believes that Russian submarine off the coast is a lot more of a danger than #GuadalupeGarcia or #DanielRamirezMedina. Daniel’s case is particularly troubling since he is in the United States legally as a DACA student. What now defines being a criminal, having Latino friends? Simply have a tattoo that says “Peace” in Spanish?

Collazo and Garcia also review Trump’s wild press conference, how his comments to April Ryan or so disrespectful, the nomination of Alexander Acosta to Department of Labor post, and updates from Miami on movement to call on Mayor Carlos Gimenez to rescind agreement to cooperate with ICE. Listen out for this week’s shoutout segment too.

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Rays Talk Show Episode 241: Host Ray Collazo is joined by labor leader and political strategist Patricia Campos and Educator Shirley Santos to discuss the political headlines of the week. Campos shares how we can all channel our anger into positive action to contribute to a stronger country. Santos analyzes the impact of the confirmation of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and what should be the priorities for education advocates in this environment, especially to support Latino students.

Collazo also describes why the tragic deportation of Guadalupe Garcia reveals the fallacy of President Trump’s propaganda and why we need to continue to #Resist from the streets to the Senate Democratic Caucus.

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Rays Talk Show Episode 240: Host Ray Collazo reviews why the 2017 #Resist movement is right on track and why we need to incorporate movement building into larger four point strategy.

Collazo interviews Miami activist Tomas Kennedy who is organizing efforts to call on Mayor Carlos Gimenez to rescind agreement to corporate with President Trump’s Executive Action to target cities that support Sanctuary for immigrants. How is Miami reacting to being only major city complying with Trump’s Executive Action?

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