Faith leaders and advocates have condemned the aggressive — and oftentimes deceptive — tactics used by ICE to target and deport undocumented immigrants. The advocates spoke out during a visit with lawmakers in Washington, DC last week on the one year anniversary of the deportation of Pastor Max Villatoro,...
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Last week, we began a new series excerpting some key sections from David Leopold’s recent post on Medium, “Yes, United States v. Texas Is Really An Epic Political Battle,” which provides some important analysis into the very political nature of this lawsuit. The Medium post contained very strong arguments...
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English (en español al final de la página): Blue Nation Review: Trouble: McCain in denial about the GOP’s eroding prospects By Chrissy Schwen Cincinnati (Ohio): Violinist, CCM graduate and former adjunct faculty member must leave U.S. By Mark Curnutte Media Matters (Opinion): 69 leading civil rights, advocacy, and faith...
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Mar 25, 2016
Earlier this year, we began a new “SCOTUS 101” series providing key resources on the US vs. Texas immigration lawsuit the Supreme Court will soon take up. In a new Medium post, “Yes, United States v. Texas Is Really An Epic Political Battle,” attorney and former The American Immigration...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post: Univision’s Jorge Ramos lays waste to Bill O’Reilly, then Sean Hannity By Erik Wemple The Hill: Vocal Trump critics in GOP open to supporting Clinton By Kristina Wong Raw Story: Teenagers vandalized Latino coach’s car with phallic ‘Trump’ symbols...
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Fortune has named famed Univision anchor Jorge Ramos one of its 50 World’s Greatest Leaders for 2016: “For much of white America, Ramos became a household name only after Donald Trump kicked him out of a press conference in August. But Ramos, who has co-hosted Univision’s flagship Spanish-language news...
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New figures show that immigration authorities operating out of an ICE field office in Atlanta have detained the largest number of immigrants — 127 — out of any other ICE field office in the United States. If you’ve been keeping up on the tragic news reports about Central American...
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Speaker Paul Ryan’s speech yesterday — initially anticipated to be a denunciation of Trumpism — didn’t do much of anything when it came to Donald Trump. In fact, Trump wasn’t even mentioned by name, and Ryan didn’t back down from his repeated statements that he would back Trump as the Republican...
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English (en español al final de la página): Buzzfeed: Democrats see promise and peril in efforts to mobilize Latinos against Trump By Adrian Carrasquillo Al Dia (Opinion): PA Rep. Martina White quotes hate group to support her anti-sanctuary city bill By Sabrina Vourvoulias Washington Post: The major caveat that...
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The fight against the Republican lawsuit that is blocking DAPA and DACA+ is about to reach a new level. On April 18, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on the lawsuit blocking DAPA and DACA+, giving immigration advocates an opportunity to demonstrate that DAPA and DACA+...
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