English Daily Kos In ‘act of political cowardice,’ Abbott signs anti-immigrant law in private and without notice By Gabe Ortiz May 08, 2017 Associated Press The Latest: Lawsuits begin over Texas ‘sanctuary city’ law May 09, 2017 Associated Press The Latest: San Antonio police changing immigration policy May 08,...
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Quotes from farmers about immigrants here Last week, Democratic Senators Feinstein (CA), Leahy (VT), Bennet (CO), Hirono (HI), and Harris (CA) introduced the Agricultural Worker Program Act, a new piece of legislation designed to protect farm workers from deportation and put them on a path to citizenship. It’s an...
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Advocates, immigrants, police chiefs, and a federal judge have all weighed in against Texas’ dangerous and discriminatory SB 4 anti-immigrant bill, which was signed into law yesterday. Today, 200 Texas faith leaders have sent a letter to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott condemning him for signing the bill, which will lead to racial profiling...
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Yesterday, Texas’ Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 4 — the state’s “show me your papers” bill — into law, officially putting into the books legislation that will open up half of Texas’ population to racial profiling and discrimination. Advocates, immigrants, faith leaders, and the police chiefs of all...
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Media Advisory: Press Call on Texas Anti-Immigrant Bill Texas Advocates, Elected Officials Host Emergency Media Call In Response To Signing Of Texas Anti-Immigrant Bill Speakers to explain how SB4 will hurt immigrant communities and plans to fight the law In response to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s signing of SB4,...
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English Daily Kos In ‘new era of hate in Texas,’ Gov. Greg Abbott to sign racist ‘show me your papers’ law By Gabe Ortiz May 04, 2017 Normangee Star Punishing sanctuary cities: Controversial Texas bill heads to governor’s desk By Madeline Patrick May 05, 2017 Associated Press Texas governor...
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From the Atlantic this week comes an article about Customs and Border Patrol, the chilling rates of corruption within the agency, and what this means for Donald Trump’s plan to hire thousands more CBP officers — while possibly lowering the bar for the applications process, including loosening polygraph test requirements. The...
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Did John Kelly try to save face over the deportation of a Honduras mother by returning Bob Casey’s calls at 6:30 am? Tweetstorm over the deportation of a Honduras mother Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) drew national attention to the deportation of a Honduran mother and child this week when...
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English Washington Post Texas governor poised to sign nation’s harshest anti-sanctuary bill By Maria Sacchetti May 04, 2017 Wall Street Journal Texas Nears Approval of Tough Anti-Sanctuary-City Law By Dan Frosch May 04, 2017 Texas Tribune The Brief: Gov. Greg Abbott indicates he’ll sign bill banning “sanctuary” policies By...
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At Vice News this week is an amazing and comprehensive longread about the John Tanton Network – the collection of hate groups (and hate-adjacent groups) that includes the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), NumbersUSA, and others. It’s called “Radical anti-immigrant groups infiltrated...
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