Why the Reported “Deal” is a Non-Starter A report from Anita Kumar of McClatchy reveals that some in the White House want to use Dreamers as a “bargaining chip” in a larger immigration legislative debate: Donald Trump’s top aides are pushing him to protect young people brought into the country illegally...
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What’s next for hate groups after #UniteTheRight? Ending DACA. Just ask Mark Krikorian, the leader of a hate group called CIS who advocated for pulling the plug on DACA just days as the Charlottesville attack. In addition, Krikorian proposed trading the DREAM Act for a slew of anti-immigrant legislation. According to McClatchy, top White...
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America’s Voice White House to Hold Dreamers Hostage in Pursuit of a White Nationalist Agenda? Ending DACA Is the Next Priority For Hate Groups With Influence Over The GOP ¿Mantendrá la Casa Blanca como rehenes a los Dreamers con el fin de lograr una agenda nacionalista blanca? Top News...
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Aug 21, 2017
Authorities are investigating after a noose was founding hanging outside a north Alabama church. WHNT reports that the noose was found hanging outside St. John Primitive Baptist Church, near the city of Florence. Investigators with the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office say they were called to the church Thursday morning when someone...
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Over the weekend, a right-wing “Free Speech Rally” demonstration in Boston ended early after attendees were dwarfed by literally 40,000 counter-protesters who turned out to demonstrate against hate. Check out this bird’s-eye view image of the 40,000: Tens of Thousands March Against White Supremacy in Boston & Other U.S....
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Austin, TX – Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, private detention corporations like GEO Group have seen their profits skyrocket under Trump’s increased immigration enforcement tactics. As the Houston Chronicle outlines: “In the first three months of his presidency, at least 113,828 immigrants were locked up in 180 different facilities nationwide – a...
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In South Florida today, deportation relief came for Reina Gómez, a community leader and organizer who was facing deportation despite suffering from a rare form of leukemia that requires frequent treatment. Reina will now be able to stay in the United States and request a work permit and driver’s...
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The ink is barely dry on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s criminal conviction for contempt of court — he hasn’t even been sentenced yet — but best buddy Donald Trump is reportedly already considering a pardon for Maricopa County’s deposed and disgraced lawman, possibly to be announced at Trump’s rally in...
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Reminders that white nationalist and anti-immigrant movements are inextricably tied together The past few weeks have brought home for many what has been clear to us since day one: white nationalism is a persistent feature of this President and this Administration, not a bug. Ahead of President Trump’s speech in Phoenix tomorrow,...
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Al testificar en las audiencias del escándalo de Watergate en junio de1973, el asesor legal de Richard Milhous Nixon, John Dean, narró la conversación que tuvo con el mandatario, y de la que se tendría grabación, para explicarle la gravedad de la situación que enfrentaba. “Comencé por decirle al...
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