In a press call last Friday, civil rights groups lambasted Jeff Sessions as unqualified for the position of US Attorney General, urging his colleagues in the Senate to subject him to a thorough vetting before his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing tomorrow. As the NYT noted in an editorial yesterday, Sessions...
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English (en español al final de la página): Wall Street Journal: Immigration Hard-Liners Press Donald Trump on White House Post for Kris Kobach By Laura Meckler Washington Post (Opinion): Trump just said his Great Mexican Wall is happening. He’s playing you again. By Greg Sargent New York Times: Jeff...
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Dec 21, 2016
A home health care nurse in Maine said this week that supporters of President-elect Donald Trump have attacked her and her family with more than 100 calls because conservative websites published the wrong number. Debbie Oram explained to the Bangor Daily News that the callers are upset at the...
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English (en español al final de la página): Associated Press: Los Angeles County leaders vote to fund immigrant legal aid NPR: LA Legal Defense Fund Created To Aid Immigrants Facing Deportation By Doreen McCallister Boston Globe: In new era of Trump, Mexico, US groups offer aid to migrants By...
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Dec 20, 2016
Police are investigating multiple red spray-painted swastikas on Long Island as hate crimes after residents reported seeing the offensive messages throughout their neighborhoods. The slew of reported racist graffiti was found between Nov. 30 and Dec.16 in several Long Island towns that include Mineola and Merrick, according to the...
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Leaders continue to speak out in defense of their immigrant neighbors and against the divisive rhetoric of Donald Trump, adding to the growing list of states, counties, and leaders pledging to take significant steps to protect undocumented communities. In Los Angeles, officials have proposed a bold, $10 million dollar plan to...
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English (en español al final de la página): Associated Press: Cities, counties plan immigrant legal aid after Trump’s win By Sophia Tareen and Amy Taxin Associated Press: Immigration advocates urge Albany to become a sanctuary city Wall Street Journal: Los Angeles Announces $10-Million Defense Fund for Immigrants By Jacob...
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Thousands of marchers in cities across the country rallied in solidarity with their immigrant neighbors this past Sunday, International Migrants Day. Two of the day’s biggest marches occurred in California and New York, two states that have taken the lead in pledging to stick up for immigrants in the...
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English (en español al final de la página): Reuters: California Marchers Protest Against Trump as Democrats Vow Policy Fight By Sharon Bernstein and Paul Tait Politico: Kobach Meets With Trump By Ted Hesson Vice: This Small Town Is Helping Undocumented Immigrants, but Don’t Call It a ‘Sanctuary City’ By...
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Yesterday, disgraced Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio claimed that President Obama’s birth certificate is a “a fraudulently created document that has been represented as an official copy of the original”: Flanked by mustachioed Maricopa County Chief Investigator Mike Zullo, Arpaio insisted he was not interested in where President Obama...
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