In ongoing support for Dreamers, University of Oklahoma President David Boren has added his name to a letter from more than 550 college and university presidents calling on US leaders to uphold and expand the DACA program. From the OU Daily: “I think we should take a compassionate stance...
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English (en español al final de la página): CNN: Silicon Valley could spar with Trump on these issues By Seth Fiegerman Las Vegas Sun: Group urges Southern Nevada campuses to become sanctuary schools By Ricardo Torres-Cortez ABC 13: Rogers Foundation calling on CCSD schools to be sanctuary schools By...
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President-elect Donald Trump’s new senior advisor to the White House is drawing raves from at least one white supremacist leader who recently declared that “America, at the end of the day, belongs to white men.” Richard Spencer told Mother Jones that he goes back years with new Trump White...
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A coalition of national advocacy groups have issued letters calling on leading tech giants to refuse to participate in any effort to build Donald Trump’s Muslim registry, reports Colorlines. “This is not about politics,” reads the core of the letters, which were addressed to executives at Google, Microsoft, Facebook,...
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English (en español al final de la página): Houston Chronicle: Advocates vow to fight broad deportation of immigrants By Lomi Kriel Washington Post: The biggest names in tech just made nice with Trump By Elizabeth Dwoskin and Brian Fung Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Strikes Conciliatory Tone in Meeting...
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A coalition of faith, family and community leaders gathered today to deliver a national petition calling on Congressional leaders to reject the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions and other divisive figures in President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet. “Congressional leaders must reject President-elect Trump’s cabinet of bigotry and demand advisors who...
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We see their contributions every day, yet they could soon be targeted by the deportation plans of President-elect Donald Trump. Two new pieces lift up backbreaking work of undocumented immigrant farmworkers, who make up as much as 1.75 million of the 2.5 million farmworker population, according to data from...
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In a new video from the Chronicle of Higher Education, five DACA recipients share their accomplishments, hopes, and fears about the future of the program following the 2016 Presidential election. The Trinity Washington University students have all excelled in their studies following the 2012 implementation of DACA, and have...
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English (en español al final de la página): Reuters: Tech Employees Vow Not to Help Trump Surveil Muslims, Deport Immigrants By Dustin Volz Daily Kos: Three dozen sanctuary cities renew commitment to defy Trump’s immigration plans By Kerry Eleveld The Tennessean: Immigration reformers call for unified resistance to Trump’s...
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Outgoing United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch called anti-Muslim hate crimes — which have spiked since the launch of Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign in June 2015 — “a stain on our nation’s very soul” during a speech at a Virginia mosque yesterday. “Hate crimes target more than just the...
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