Earlier this week, Sen. Dick Durbin spoke on the Senate floor about Father Rey Piñeda, a DACA recipient and Catholic priest. Like Father Piñeda, the futures of Yuri and Valentina depend on the future of DACA, which could be undone on Day One of a Donald Trump Presidency. Earlier today, Sen. Durbin shared Yuri...
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Last night, nearly 1,000 Columbus residents of diverse backgrounds called for unity among all Ohioans and rejected the politics of division and hate exemplified by the President-Elect’s rhetoric and policies. The Columbus United March for Justice was organized by a number of community members and leaders who believe...
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Hate crimes have surged in the ten days following the election of President-elect Donald Trump, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center. The group, which tracks hate activity from white supremacists and other extremists across the nation, released a new report documenting nearly 900 reported...
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English (en español al final de la página): WRAL: Could Obama’s efforts to help ‘Dreamers’ be used to hurt them? By Eric Schulzke CNN: Immigration attorneys’ fears grow over uncertain DACA future By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley Al Jazeera: Undocumented immigrants face deportation under Trump Associated Press: San Francisco officials seek...
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Yesterday, Senator Dick Durbin spoke on the Senate floor to tell another story about DREAMers and DACA. He shared the story of Father Rey Piñeda, a Catholic priest at Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta, Georgia. The full story is below the video. Father Rey has DACA. From...
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English (en español al final de la página): Bloomberg (Opinion): The Coming Immigration Clash By Francis Wilkinson Associated Press: Young immigrants who came forward now worried about future By Alicia A. Caldwell Politico: Immigration-hardliner Sessions could execute crackdown as AG By Seung Min Kim Bloomberg: Immigrants Prepare for Life Under President Trump By...
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English (en español al final de la página): Arizona Republic (Op-Ed): Why exit polls are wrong about Latino voters in Arizona By Stephen A. Nuño and Bryan Wilcox-Archuleta Bloomberg: Immigrants Prepare For Life After Obama By Josh Eidelson US News & World Report: A Rallying Cry By Susan Milligan The Hill: Meet...
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Columbia University is now among the universities and colleges pledging to adopt measures that would protect undocumented students during Donald Trump’s Presidency. From The Hill: Provost John Coatsworth said in an email sent to students and teachers Monday that the university would not let immigration officials onto its campus...
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum condemned the pro-Donald Trump gathering of neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Washington D.C. over this past weekend. Film of the event, organized by the white supremacist group National Policy Institute, featured group leader Richard Spencer reciting Nazi propaganda in its original German, as...
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English (en español al final de la página): Medium (Op-ed): Concerned About Immigrants in Columbus After the Election of Donald Trump? These are the Questions You Should be Asking Community Leaders. By Matt Hildreth Washington Post: College leaders: Save program shielding students from deportation By Nick Anderson The Hill:...
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