thisisjorgerivas
Jorge Rivas
thisisjorgerivas
Senior staff writer

But not in OUR neighborhood, Fusion writers. There’d be a slew of dead ICE agents on the streets of Miami if and when they try to pull that shit here. That ropa vieja you’d be eating on Calle Ocho wouldn’t be USDA approved. Read more

Or people directly connected to drug dealers who get popped with 600k in cash and 30 pounds of coke . . . . .
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This person could afford DACA fees. Her stepfather got popped a couple weeks ago with $600k in cash and 15 kilos of Bolivian shale. “I can’t afford DACA fees” is just what you say after you didn’t pay them and don’t have an excuse (obviously some people can’t afford them, but based on the kind of weight her family was Read more

cant you feel the greatness coming back already?

Her mother, the wife of a guy busted with many kilos of drugs and millions in cash, couldn’t swing the $500 for DACA applications? I’m calling bullshit. Read more

Working college students who are paying taxes, no less. Sure feel safer with people like that off the street.
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I see her supporters are bringing out the big guns:

“Last September, when candidate Donald Trump was campaigning for president, he stopped in Miami’s Little Haiti and told Haitian-Americans he “shared a lot of common values” with the community and that, “Whether you vote for me or not I really want to be your biggest champion.” Read more

Jesus. As though we needed reminding that our President is a child, here’s an actual child displaying more maturity, rationality, and thoughtfulness than the goon currently preening in an Oval Office mirror. Read more

Yeah. These poor people are completely screwed. Truth time: He won’t sign it and when he is pressed about it, he’ll say “I had no idea about that. Congress/My Staff/Whomever did not tell me about this, so I was left in the dark. We’re investigating how this could have happened right now.” Read more

Jeezus. I’m in New Zealand, and the NZ version of Netflix is much crappier than the US (used to be able to geo-block and get the US version), but *we* have this season’s DragRace. Go figure. Read more

Her Madonna Sex look with the purse, cigarette and blackout bars slayed. Read more

Billy Elliot didn’t make me cry, but oh god In The Heights and Nina and her parents songs? It’s been like 5 years (don’t actually look up how long it’s been, I’ll probably be sadder) and I still sob every time.
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Valentina really is a breath of fresh air. And good luck with finding your way out of that repression; as someone else who grew up in a super conservative way, it can be a bear to get past. Read more