Este mes se cumplen cinco años desde que un pistolero supremacista blanco que creyó la mentira de una supuesta “invasión hispana de Texas” manejó por 10 horas hasta la pacífica ciudad fronteriza de El Paso, Texas para asesinar a 23 personas inocentes que simplemente hacían su vida cotidiana. También...
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This month marks five years since a white supremacist gunman who believed the lie of a supposed “Hispanic invasion of Texas” drove for 10 hours to the peaceful border town of El Paso to murder 23 innocent people who were simply going about their daily lives. It also marks...
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The IOC Refugee Olympic Team was met with resounding applause at Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. They were led by Cameroon-born boxer Cindy Ngamba and Syria-born taekwondo athlete Yahya Al Ghotany, who had the honor of being designated flag bearers for what is only...
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29 de julio de 2024
Mike Johnson and his GOP Are Channeling Kris Kobach’s Lies and Failures
Despite the fact that widespread non-citizen voting doesn’t exist (as highlighted by Speaker Mike Johnson himself, after being unable to show the receipts when pressed for proof), House Republicans last month passed the so-called Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. This bill purports to ensure election integrity, but in...
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Fernando Dayán Jorge Enriquez, a Cuban refugee and canoeist who now calls Florida his home, is among 37 athletes set to compete at the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics as part of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team. “The team was created for the Rio Olympics in 2016 as a symbol...
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24 de julio de 2024
Borderline Crazy: Elise Stefanik and the GOP Fringe are Now Mainstream
Never one to let an opportunity to fearmonger on immigration go to waste, fourth-ranking House Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik announced plans to introduce a resolution promoting false “open border” rhetoric and attacking 2024 presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris with the made-up moniker of “Joe Biden’s ‘Border czar.’” Nevermind that...
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23 de julio de 2024
On July 21, President Joe Biden announced that he was withdrawing from the 2024 race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President. Throughout her lived experience as the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants and tenure as California attorney general, U.S. senator, and Vice...
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The second night of the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Tuesday was rife with speakers spewing ugly anti-immigrant rhetoric, including the deadly white nationalist and antisemitic great replacement theory. From the House Speaker to other GOP House leaders to senators and candidates, speeches used language that inspired multiple deadly...
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The Trump administration’s inhumane and traumatic family separation policy was and remains indefensible – and it’s front and center again as convicted felon Donald Trump pursues his mass deportation agenda. But that cruel program’s unpopularity is probably why Donald Trump Jr. couldn’t defend it and instead resorted to lies...
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15 de julio de 2024
No doubt we’ll hear a lot about immigrants during the GOP convention in Milwaukee this week. Expect a lot of the usual xenophobic rhetoric. But don’t expect an acknowledgement of the role immigrants play in “America’s Dairyland.” It’s an open secret that across Wisconsin, industries like dairy rely on...
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