Efforts by the federal government to terminate temporary protections for approximately 1.5 million immigrants who have had permission to live and work in the U.S. are not just cruel, but self-defeating. In states all across the U.S., Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders contribute billions to our economy every single...
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“She was extremely compassionate,” said her mother. “She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being” The Minneapolis community – and Americans of conscience everywhere – are mourning the horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good, a local resident...
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“Putting a foot back in Venezuela means I will be taken to jail, tortured, and potentially killed” Despite fostering further instability in Venezuela by carrying out an “illegal military operation” that deposed Nicolás Maduro and has left in its deadly wake major questions about the Latin American nation’s future...
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Jan. 6 was a foreshadow to what was to come in Trump’s second term This week marks five years since Donald Trump pushed bigoted lies about the 2020 presidential election in order to direct a violent mob to the U.S. Capitol and attempt to overturn a race he’d indisputably...
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“Kavanaugh stops” in action: Among U.S. citizens harassed or detained by mass deportation agents include a six-year-old girl despicably used as human bait in order to lure her father A disturbing Congressional report says that the nearly two dozen Americans interviewed by investigators “represent only a subset of the...
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During a time when those standing at the bully pulpit seek only to divide and instill fear about immigrants who call the United States their home, it’s important that we remember that we’re talking about people, all of whom have their own unique stories, perspectives, hopes and contributions to...
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Americans refused to give in to the Trump administration’s hate and stepped up to defend immigrant community members. Let’s carry that energy into the new year While the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant agenda has been ruthless in attempting to spread fear, chaos, and division across our neighborhoods, communities, and spirit...
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We are living in a time that demands moral clarity. Now more than ever, we should be thankful that so many Americans of faith are meeting the moment by standing with immigrant families, showing that compassion and justice should guide our communities, not cruelty and chaos. Several of these...
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“If the Holy Family had been in Charlotte two weeks ago, they would have been putting the baby Jesus in handcuffs because he wouldn’t have his papers,” said one faith leader Churches in Illinois, Massachusetts, and North Carolina are using nativity scenes that have traditionally depicted the birth of...
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Immigrants who’ve worked for years to legally attain citizenship have had the rug pulled out from under them while others have been detained by ICE after attending their green card appointments The executive director of a Massachusetts-based immigrant advocacy organization says that one of her clients arrived at her...
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