Jun 2, 2017
Fake fliers purporting to be distributed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and warning against any aid to illegal immigrants were found on cars and lampposts across Washington, D.C. Thursday morning, prompting concern by residents and ire from officials. The fliers, which a spokeswoman for the agency called “dangerous and...
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In a new, must read piece, Jamelle Bouie of Slate documents the steady, Trump-inspired rise in hate crimes and violence nationally. His piece on this year’s hate crimes concludes: We are living in an age of political racism and mainstreamed hate, where white supremacists act and organize in the...
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Top News Huffington Post Democrats Have Buyer’s Remorse About Trump’s Homeland Security Chief By Elise Foley May 31, 2017 Associated Press Homeland Security Chief Signals Shift on Immigration Program June 01, 2017 Texas Observer Attorney: Matt Rinaldi’s Call to ICE Will Likely Be Used Against SB 4 in Lawsuit...
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Advocates have not been happy with DHS Secretary John Kelly and his blind implementation of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. Neither are Senate Democrats, according to a new Huffington Post piece by Elise Foley. In January, 37 Senate Democrats voted to confirm Kelly. But what they thought they would get...
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Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is hurting the economy, said Dallas Federal Reserve chief Robert Kaplanthis week while speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations. As he said: are not going out and shopping, they are staying home, they are afraid if they go out they may...
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This morning, CASA rallied outside the White House to protest the detention and deportation of Liliana Cruz Mendez – a mother of two US citizen children and resident of Falls Church, VA – as well as three other undocumented parents with no criminal records who are currently being detained. These...
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On the heels of May, Mental Health Awareness Month, Representatives Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Napolitano (D-CA), and Jayapal (D-WA) have a new, joint op-ed for The Hill on the psychological trauma generated by Trump’s immigration orders and similar state-based policies, including the Texas “show-me-your-papers” SB4 law. “Harsh U.S. immigration policies are causing...
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America’s Voice ICYMI: Reps. Roybal-Allard, Napolitano, and Jayapal: “Harsh U.S. immigration policies are causing mental, social harm to American children” Trump’s Mass Deportation Force Leaves Children Parentless, Grandmothers in Search of Sanctuary, American Values as a Nation of Immigrants in Tatters Dallas Fed Chief: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Will Hurt...
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