Yesterday, a coalition of hundreds of activists locked arm-in-arm erected a human “wall” outside the Quickens Loan Arena in Cleveland, the site of this year’s Republican National Convention. With messages of “Wall Off Trump,” “No Papers, No Fear,” “We Are The Immigrants, Mighty Mighty Immigrants” on their “wall banners,”...
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English (en español al final de la página): Voice of America (Opinion): US Supreme Court Unlikely to Revisit Immigration Case By Michael Bowman Talking Points Memo: Demonstrators In Cleveland Stage Protest Against Trump On Immigration By Tierney Sneed The Hill: Anti-Trump protest snarls GOP convention’s main entrance By Jesse...
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Jul 20, 2016
The American electorate is growing more diverse every day, with Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans, and young people making up a larger share of the population. Today, national and local leaders convened a panel discussion, hosted by Ohio’s Voice and Latino Victory Fund, to discuss the latest demographic data...
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Hundreds of advocates from around the nation — including members of Mijente, United We Dream, Iraq Veterans Against The War, Code Pink, and others — formed a “wall” around outside the Republican National Convention in protest of the bigoted policies and rhetoric of Donald Trump. “If Trump is set on building...
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Last month, the Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of a lower court of the partisan lawsuit known as U.S. v. Texas, delaying the implementation of President Barack Obama’s 2014 executive actions on immigration — known as DAPA and DACA+. In an effort to play political games with the lives of...
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Por Maribel Hastings y David Torres: Con la consigna de “Aquí estamos y no nos vamos; Si quiere muro, muro le damos”, inmigrantes y activistas pro inmigrantes desplegaron un “muro anti-Donald Trump”, hecho de tela, en la Plaza Pública que es zona de protestas, y posteriormente por las calles...
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In a historic first — and a direct rebuke to the bigoted candidacy of Donald Trump — the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has endorsed his opponent Hillary Clinton for President. It is the group’s first-ever endorsement for a Presidential nominee. The group decided to not remain neutral this...
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Yesterday, the Republican National Convention featured on its “tweet-ticker” a tweet from an anti-immigrant hate website popular with “prominent white nationalists, race scientists and anti-Semites.” “Weekly Standard web producer Alice Lloyd tweeted a photo of a tweet ticker inside the RNC convention hall in Cleveland, Ohio, showing a tweet...
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GOP Declines From Party of Lincoln to Party of Trump – Roots and Effects to Outlast Trump’s Candidacy Yesterday, on the same day that Donald Trump officially won the Republican Party’s nomination for President, GOP leaders from both congressional chambers offered their support to the nominee with primetime speeches at the...
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English (en español al final de la página): Politico: McCain battles Trump’s shadow in Arizona By Theodoric Meyer NBC: GOP Convention Opens With Hardline Stance on Immigration, Security By Suzanne Gamboa and Stephen Nuno New York Times: What, Congressman Steve King Asks, Have Nonwhites Done for Civilization? By Daniel...
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