In an op-ed distributed by the Tribune News Service, Héctor Figueroa, President of 32BJ SEIU, laments on the severe consequences that follow Trump’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for over 300,000 people working legally in the U.S. 32BJ SEIU is the largest property services union in the nation. The op-ed is...
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Last night, primary voters in Pennsylvania rejected a Pro-Trump Democrat with a well-established track record of demonizing and scapegoating immigrants. In the PA-07 primary, longtime local District Attorney John Morganelli, who had proudly supported Trump’s anti-immigrant push and touted his work with Kris Kobach, lost a competitive primary to local attorney Susan Wild....
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We must stop “separate and lose” child policy Trump Administration separating kids from asylum-seeking parents and putting them on military bases, while losing track of whereabouts of other children in government custody At a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing yesterday, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended the Trump Administration’s shameful...
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A white man was caught on video ranting about employees speaking Spanish to customers at a midtown Manhattan coffee shop — and threatens to call immigration officers on everyone. The unidentified man is shown in a viral video complaining to an employee at Fresh Kitchen that he overheard workers...
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America’s Voice Incompetence and Cruelty: DHS Secretary Nielsen Tries to Defend the Indefensible Primary Voters Reject Pro-Trump Pennsylvania Democrat With A Track Record of Scapegoating Immigrants ICYMI: Héctor Figueroa, President of Local 32BJ SEIU, “Legal immigrants face loss of protection” Incompetencia y crueldad: la secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kirstjen...
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A sabiendas de que era el único programa que ofrecía protección legal en Estados Unidos a los llamados Dreamers, el gobierno de Donald Trump decidió cancelar DACA el año pasado. Esa especie de perversidad política los colocaba, automáticamente, en un limbo legal del que no han podido salir,...
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“¡Si se puede!” “¡Si se puede!” “¡Si se puede!” were among the chants yesterday in front of the California state house as immigrants and immigrant allies from across the state gathered to celebrate Immigrant Day 2018. The day of action, which was organized by the California Immigrant Policy Center,...
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Immigrants Share Our Values and Should Be Welcomed Here Cleveland, OH — Today, Governor John Kasich announced the creation of an historic Office for New Americans, a statewide expression along the lines of local initiatives lead by the city of Dayton and other Ohio communities. Following is a statement...
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Americans Cannot Be Proud of Their Government’s Actions Editorial boards and observers from across the country are condemning the Trump Administration’s policy of separating children from their parents in an attempt to deter asylum seekers. Below, find excerpts from recent columns and editorials highlighting why the Trump Administration’s policy...
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America’s Voice Ed Boards and Observers Condemn Trump Policy of Separating Parents from Children AV Ohio Applauds Gov. Kasich’s Step Forward on Immigration PHOTOS: California Raises its Voice for Immigrants in Annual Immigrant Day English Politico Wilbur Ross: ‘I don’t think the sky will fall’ with census citizenship question...
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