Last year, the Biden administration did the right thing by issuing a rule that expanded ACA coverage to nearly 130,000 uninsured DACA recipients. Not only do Dreamers pay billions in tax dollars every year to help fund federal programs like Social Security and Medicare, it makes public health sense...
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The reimplementation of family detention by the Trump administration means more cruelty — and more money for private prisons The Trump administration is bringing back the detention of migrant families, a costly and unnecessary practice that has been condemned as “cruel and inhumane” by immigrant and human rights advocates...
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Mar 10, 2025
Some of the ugliest acts from Donald Trump’s first term were directed at the most vulnerable: children. These attacks included the shameful policy of ripping 5,500 weeping migrant children, including nursing infants and toddlers, from the arms of their loved ones. Despite the established traumatic effects of these policies...
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Mar 5, 2025
One of the most significant moments from Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress did not happen on the dais, but instead in front of it. Just minutes into his unhinged, anti-immigrant and lie-riddled speech, Texas Rep. Al Green stood up with cane in hand to interrupt Trump’s address and...
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Actor and activist Zoë Saldaña paid tribute to her immigrant roots during an emotional Oscar acceptance speech Sunday night, honoring the hard work of her immigrant parents and dedicating her win to her immigrant grandmother. “My grandmother came to this country in 1961,” she said during remarks that drew...
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America needs the work and skills of immigrants, particularly during times when essential industries like healthcare, childcare, and construction are facing critical labor shortages. In Georgia, which has been experiencing “significant” shortages in some of these areas in recent years, the GOP-led state legislature is looking to address this...
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The U.S. House was in recess last week, which means that House Republicans were in their districts to get a glimpse of how their constituents feel about the GOP’s extreme agenda, which has included the purging of dedicated civil servants and more recently a proposal to gut Social Security,...
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Earlier this month, Pope Francis wrote a powerful letter condemning the Trump administration’s demonization of migrants and plans for mass deportation. “I have closely followed the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations,” Francis wrote to U.S....
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Billionaire Elon Musk’s descent into the far-right rabbit hole has been no secret, funneling tens of millions of dollars into overtly racist political advertising, using his massive platform at his social media site to unapologetically promote deadly conspiracy theories and, more recently, thrilling white nationalists by repeatedly raising his...
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First, let’s be clear on some facts: everyone present in the United States, no matter their immigration status or who is currently president, has rights, and the right to know what they are. It’s supposed to be an essential foundation of this nation. Anyone insisting otherwise is being dishonest,...
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