Latinx Roundtable: A new startup wants to be 'Fox News in Spanish'

Immigration Activists Protest On Capitol Hill Calling On Congress To Pass Clean Dream Act — WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 06: People who call themselves Dreamers, protest in front of the Senate side of the US Capitol to urge Congress in passing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, on December 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Jesse Steinmetz is the producer for Under the Radar with Callie Crossley. Questions? Feedback? Story ideas? He can be reached at jesse_steinmetz@wgbh.org.

February 17, 2023

Updated August 07, 2023

This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:

East Boston resident Reina Carolina Morales Rojas has been missing for months. Community advocates claim police were too slow to act in the search.

Plus, a conservative media startup is hoping to become “Fox News in Spanish” by hiring a swath of Latinx journalists and ramping up a $20 million marketing campaign.

And despite ongoing tension about laws governing immigration, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham joined Democrat Dick Durbin to reintroduce the Dream Act. The proposed legislation would allow immigrants brought to the United States as children to earn residency and, potentially, citizenship.

That and more on our Latinx News Roundtable.

GUESTS

Marcela García, an opinion columnist and associate editor at the Boston Globe

Julio Ricardo Varela, president of Futuro Media Group, co-host of the “In The Thick” podcast, founder of Latino Rebels, and MSNBC opinion columnist

Jesse Steinmetz is the producer for Under the Radar with Callie Crossley. Questions? Feedback? Story ideas? He can be reached at jesse_steinmetz@wgbh.org.