“We are told to wait until November of 2012 and let the election sort it out..” How sad. If everyone waited to get things done, nothing would get done. I wonder if Ms. Munoz has ever seen a family ripped broken after deportation of a loved one.

Ms. Maegan La Mala,

Me pareció que en tus comentarios sobre Ms. Muñoz utilizas la táctica de atacar al mensajero (ad hominem–quiero decir, ¡ahem! ad feminam), en lugar de resolver el asunto que te preocupa, que es la separación forzada de familias cuando nadie ha cometido un crimen grave. No veo con claridad que resultado daría el que renunciase a su posición en la Casa Blanca en conseguir que se modifique el programa S-Comm. From the title of your piece, it seems you are upset at the the White House is not responding to activists’ outcry against the program (though, Ms. Napolitano’s memo to Sen. Durbin, et.al. seems to be changing prosecutorial discretion priorities–which would signal, that S-Comm priorities might, in time, change, also). Why not just go to the source and ask for Pres. Obama’s resignation? De esa manera, no se percibiría tu tendencia de escribir a “la mala.”

Yet again politicians — as always, Democrats — and their minions telling POC to wait, hold-tight, be quiet, be patient, be calm and don’t forget to vote for them. Yuck. At least the GOP does not pretend to give a crap about us.

Banks (among other well-heeled interest groups) did not have to wait or be quiet to get huge benefits. Latinos are not asking for anything special or expensive. Ending SCOMM is asking them to end federal racial-profiling that targets Latinos.

This administration has said many times they cannot get things done for Latinos with a GOP Congress. In that case, what is the advantage to having a Democrat as president at all?

I think some things you said about Celia were uncalled for, ugly in nature really and for some, it distracts from the valid points you raise. You are right though, it is insulting and aggravating when the Latina nearest the President refuses to advocate and only operates as a mouthpiece for the official position on Latino issues.

We need to remember that her job is to convey the “official Latino perspective” (as the WH envisions it) to WHITES, not to Latinos. Voters and interest groups can feel good about agreeing with the Latina as they rail on about immigration. She legitimizes their POV, and they keep their liberal cred b/c they agree with the Latina who thinks we need to get rid of the illegals! What a BS game of racial politics.

Thanks for writing this, Maegan. What makes Cecilia Muñoz so dangerous is that leaders, particularly in the Spanish media, trust her because of her former work as a migrant advocate. When folks like yourself and Mario stand up and oppose what she’s doing it makes clear that she no longer represents the community as she once did. Now, she’s representing an adminstration that is deporting more people than this planet has ever seen and forcing one of the most dangerous programs S-Comm that the migrant community has ever seen. Thanks again for writing this, Maegan, it’s extremely important.

Just a comment, because I want a space to say this: for me, it is too late. I am glad that some families will not be torn apart, but people I know were deported. People I know were sent to the most violent places on the planet right now (Matamoros, specifically) when they were deported. People I care about are trying to figure out how to sponsor their parents, adopt their younger siblings and deal with all kinds of grown-up issues because their parents were deported. There is no worse offense than tearing apart an intact, healthy family.

If Joe Arpaio stopped his racist procedures, I would be glad, but I would not vote for him. I don’t think Obama is a racist hateful jerk (like Arapio is). Even so, his policies have caused tremendous heartbreak, grief and difficulties for people I care about very much and it is totally reasonable for me to be disinterested in supporting him. I know I am not the only one. Don’t care how many Spanish ads or Latino-friendly events they host, the damage is done.

Wow so many comments this morning! Buenos dias and I’m glad I had my cafe.

Kyle : Thanks for your support and for your work.

Spike : Upon further reflection – we may both be right. I think I don’t focus as much on what the message is to non-Latinos because it’s not my primary interest nor is it the interest of the people where I live but you are probably correct in your assumption that she plays the role of acceptable/ good Latina which is a role that is critically important in drawing support for deportation policies.
I also agree Spike- that it may be too late – not to mention that there really hasn’t been a change in policy.

Ay Chicano Future Tense – long time no see. It’s all entertainment well rather marketing and I feel part of a dangerous larger trend happening in Latino Communities equating marketing a message with movement building.

ugh and why Jorge Ramos is dangerous. Jeez. It’s just blatant misinformation as there have been no suspensions yet based on this announcement.