A student discovered a racial slur on the wall of a boys’ restroom at a Maryland elementary school last week and told a teacher, but officials said the teacher did not take immediate action to report the incident. The principal at Sligo Creek Elementary School in Montgomery County said...
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In a must-watch House floor speech yesterday, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) warned against normalizing Donald Trump following his Presidential victory, saying that “Trump is no ordinary politician, and we can’t treat him like one.” Given everything we know about Donald Trump — and everything we don’t know — I...
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Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III has been one of the loudest and bigoted voices in the Senate — and he’s just been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next Attorney General of the United States. During his time in the Senate, Sessions has scooped up every chance...
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Compartimos la reacción de Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice, sobre la nominación del senador Jeff Sessions (R-AL) como Fiscal General del gobierno de Trump. “Otro día y otro ejemplo de cómo el presidente electo Trump está conformando los puestos más poderosos del gabinete y de consejero de...
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“This is not a normal transition of power” In the aftermath of the 2016 election, key moments this week highlight the fact that some Democrats are ready to battle Trump with every fiber of their being. Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, said, “Every day brings fresh evidence...
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Below is a reaction from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, on the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to be Attorney General for the Trump Administration. Another day, another example of how President-elect Trump is filling the most powerful cabinet positions and senior White House posts in...
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English (en español al final de la página): Bloomberg: Obama Should Pardon ‘Dreamer’ Immigrants, House Democrats Say By Laura Litvan International Business Times: Reps Suggest Pardons For DREAMers By Marcy Kriter Toronto Star: Trump faces ‘militant’ response if he targets undocumented ‘DREAMers,’ advocate says By Daniel Dale NBC: Where...
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Mayors and local leaders aren’t the only ones mobilizing to protect undocumented immigrants in the face of an upcoming Donald Trump Presidency. Across the nation, immigration advocates and allies are rallying and calling on colleges and universities to adopt measures that would protect undocumented students and others. In California, the...
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In a floor speech and a series of tweets, Sen. Dick Durbin shared the story of Oscar Cornejo, one of the over 700,000 DREAMers whose futures in the US depend on DACA. Oscar came to the US from Mexico as a five-year-old child. Not only did he grow up to...
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After a year and a half of ugly rhetoric from Donald Trump, Latino voters turned out in historic numbers this past Presidential election — and they were decisively in Hillary Clinton’s corner, 79-18 according to expert pollsters Latino Decisions. It’s why the exit polling we’ve seen coming from by...
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