The Center for New Community has released two important resources in countering the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim movements. The first resource, “Anti-Immigrant And Anti-Muslim Threats In The United States,” is an assessment of organized nativist activity from around the nation, including groups with disturbing ties to white supremacists attempting to...
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Immigrant and refugee advocates won a victory earlier this week after a Texas judge blocked a detention center from being licensed as a “child care” facility. From Esther Lee of ThinkProgress: Judge Karin Crump’s temporary injunction will prevent the 2,400-bed facility in Dilley, Texas from receiving a child care...
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English (en español al final de la página): Think Progress: Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Has Driven Out A Capable Hispanic Republican Leader By Esther Lee Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Keeps Up Attacks on Judge in Trump University Case By Brent Kendall Washington Post: Trump says judge’s Mexican heritage presents...
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Housekeepers and cooks from around the country have trekked thousands of miles to assist UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union in naturalizing over 1,700 Nevada immigrants. “From March to May, the Union hosted four citizenship fairs in Clark County to assist these new immigrant voters with their applications,” according to a new...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: Hispanic Official to Leave R.N.C. in Sign of Disaffection With Donald Trump By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns Wall Street Journal: RNC Hires Helen Aguirre Ferre for Hispanic Outreach Post By Beth Reinhard Washington Post: Shakeup in RNC’s...
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The American Federation of Teachers has penned a letter to the Department of Homeland Security urging an end to immigration raids targeting Central American students. “The increased policing and enforcement raids have had a chilling effect on our schools and immigrant communities,” reads the letter from the group, “jeopardizing...
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Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o, Tracee Ellis Ross, Guillermo Diaz and Kerry Washington are among the more than 50 actors and activists taking part in the #IAmAnImmigrant campaign in celebration of “Immigrant Heritage Month,” which Welcome.us and others are kicking off today. From Fusion: The #IAmAnImmigrant campaign features portraits...
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English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post: Donald Trump is splitting the white vote in ways we’ve never seen before By Scott clement Politico: Sessions to GOP: Adapt to Trump or die By Glenn Thrush Time: North Korea State Media Praises Donald Trump as a ‘Wise...
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Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is claiming that Donald Trump will attract Latinos and African-Americans in the upcoming general election — on which planet exactly, Senator? “Donald Trump is going to do better with Hispanics and African Americans,” Sessions claimed. “I am convinced, because he’s talking about things that...
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English (en español al final de la página): Reuters: Bashing Trump not enough for Democrats to win Latino vote, advocates warn By Luciana Lopez Reuters: Trump’s San Diego Rally Draws More Than 1,000 Chanting Protesters Associated Press: Donald Trump breaks with nation’s only Latina governor By Morgan Lee New...
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