In order to better understand the relevance messaging apps hold for the political life and democratic participation of Latino diaspora communities in the U.S., we undertook qualitative research, traveling and speaking in-depth with various people who self-identify as part of the Cuban and Venezuelan diaspora communities in Miami, Florida, and in the Mexican diaspora community in San Antonio, Texas. For the purposes of this work, the factor of self-identification as belonging to a diaspora community is central: we use the term “diaspora communities” to include community members who told us that they regularly use EMAs to communicate with people in their country of origin or where their family is from, with individuals who share their cultural context, and with people living in the U.S.