Fans know Julio Torres as the co-creator of HBO’s bilingual comedy series "Los Espookys" and his HBO comedy special "My Favorite Shapes." Now he's kicking off the next chapter in his career with the ...

Julio Torres attends a screening of Problemista in New York on Feb. 27. Comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his early 20s — and he says he is personally ...

The United States is home to the largest immigrant population in the world, with hundreds of thousands more seeking asylum and citizenship. America would not be what it is today if not for immigration ...

Laith Nakli and Julio Torres in 'Problemista.' Laith Nakli and Julio Torres in 'Problemista.'Courtesy of A24 If there’s one thing you should know about me it’s that I’m utterly unsuited for ...

Immigration restrictionists sometimes like to say they favor immigration, so long as it's legal. Why can't immigrants get in line and follow the rules? The problem is that the legal system is ...

Half of the jokes in “Problemista” fell on deaf ears at the film’s SXSW world premiere, but not because the audience didn’t want to hear them. Rather, the Austin crowd covered up several lines of ...

In this conversation recorded for Washington Post Live on March 13, actor and comedian Julio Torres talks about his directorial debut, “Problemista,” which he also wrote and stars in, digs into how ...

Comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his early 20s — and he says he is personally familiar with "all the Catch-22s of the immigration system." Take, for ...