It was good to see MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough finally go off on Donald Trump for his racism, but the truth is that Trump’s campaign has been offensive from the start — and Scarborough has been among those guilty of enabling it. For Scarborough and co-host Mika Brzezinski, apparently the...
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English (en español al final de la página): Associated Press: Concerns in GOP over Trump’s verbal attacks on federal judge By Mark Sherman Reuters: Trump Defends Attacks on Mexican-American U.S. Federal Judge New York Times: Judge Under Fire From Donald Trump Was a Steely Drug Prosecutor By Alan Rappeport...
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Fox News host Megyn Kelly ripped Donald Trump for his outrageous attacks on US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel. Trump has claimed Judge Curiel is unfit to hear Cohen v. Trump, the civil fraud lawsuit against “Trump University,” simply because he is Latino. Judge Curiel, a well-respected jurist who received...
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Immigration advocates, Voces de la Frontera, have been working to prepare for the DAPA decision through their successful “Faces of DAPA and DACA” exhibit and May Day March for Immigrants, Students, and Workers Rights in Milwaukee. In the next couple weeks, they have further plans to hold a community...
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The Center for New Community has released two important resources in countering the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim movements. The first resource, “Anti-Immigrant And Anti-Muslim Threats In The United States,” is an assessment of organized nativist activity from around the nation, including groups with disturbing ties to white supremacists attempting to...
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Immigrant and refugee advocates won a victory earlier this week after a Texas judge blocked a detention center from being licensed as a “child care” facility. From Esther Lee of ThinkProgress: Judge Karin Crump’s temporary injunction will prevent the 2,400-bed facility in Dilley, Texas from receiving a child care...
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English (en español al final de la página): Think Progress: Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Has Driven Out A Capable Hispanic Republican Leader By Esther Lee Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Keeps Up Attacks on Judge in Trump University Case By Brent Kendall Washington Post: Trump says judge’s Mexican heritage presents...
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Housekeepers and cooks from around the country have trekked thousands of miles to assist UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union in naturalizing over 1,700 Nevada immigrants. “From March to May, the Union hosted four citizenship fairs in Clark County to assist these new immigrant voters with their applications,” according to a new...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: Hispanic Official to Leave R.N.C. in Sign of Disaffection With Donald Trump By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns Wall Street Journal: RNC Hires Helen Aguirre Ferre for Hispanic Outreach Post By Beth Reinhard Washington Post: Shakeup in RNC’s...
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The American Federation of Teachers has penned a letter to the Department of Homeland Security urging an end to immigration raids targeting Central American students. “The increased policing and enforcement raids have had a chilling effect on our schools and immigrant communities,” reads the letter from the group, “jeopardizing...
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