English (en español al final de la página): PRI: How this undocumented immigrant brought to the US as a child is getting ready for Trump’s immigration agenda By Traci Tong and Angilee Shah Remezcla: This 23-Year-Old May Be the First DACA Recipient Detained by ICE Under Trump’s Presidency By...
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Recent polling couldn’t be any clearer: Undocumented immigrants are popular with the American people. Donald Trump is not. “Virtually every recent poll shows that Americans believe that illegal immigrants currently living in the United States should be given a chance to remain here legally,” writes Karlyn Bowman in Forbes....
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On the heels of the “Day Without Latinos” strike in Wisconsin and the Yemeni-American grocers strike in New York City, immigrants will hold “A Day Without Immigrants” in Washington, DC tomorrow. The campaign — meant to show the impact immigrant workers have on the local and national economies —...
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According to the Huffington Post, the Acting ICE Director backed out of a meeting with Congressional Hispanic Caucus members yesterday. Later that same day, Reuters broke the shocking news that the agency had arrested a DACA recipient in Seattle last week. We’d be ashamed to show our faces too....
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English (en español al final de la página): Los Angeles Times: Federal immigration agents arrest a DACA-eligible ‘Dreamer’ in Seattle, lawsuit says By Matt Pearce and Kurtis Lee YubaNet: Cutting Through Confusion Around the Immigration Raids The Monitor (Editorial): EDITORIAL: US immigration raids stoke unnecessary fears Associated Press: US...
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More personal stories are emerging from the more than 680 undocumented immigrants that have been arrested by ICE agents since last week. As we noted earlier today, these coordinated ICE sweeps have spread fear and uncertainty in families and communities across America. While Donald Trump has claimed that he...
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In Florida, eight activists have launched an “interfaith fast” to demand Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Giménez reverse his decision to back down from the county’s sanctuary policy, a move he made in response to Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant executive order. Giménez has been skewered for his decision. Last month, dozens of angry...
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English (en español al final de la página): Time: Trump Administration’s Deportation Raids Spark Fear in Immigrant Communities By Maya Rhodan Sinclair Broadcasting: More states line up behind Trump, pushing anti-sanctuary city legislation By Leandra Bernstein Free Speech Radio News: Immigrant rights advocates piece together details on recent sweeps...
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Thousands of Latinos, immigrants, refugees and their allies marched the streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin yesterday in a “Day Without Latinos” action. Hundreds of businessowners closed their doors and many others skipped work to march in protest of the anti-immigrant policies of Donald Trump and Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, a...
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According to the most recent information from the New York Times, ICE agents swept up as many as 600 undocumented immigrants in raids spanning at least 11 states. Reports indicate that some of these sweeps, which started last week, have been at restaurants, at homes, and at workplaces. Additionally, unsubstantiated...
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