English (en español al final de la página): Washington Post: Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states By Lisa Rein, Abigail Hauslohner and Sandhya Somashekhar TIME: President Trump Said He Wants to Deport Criminals. This Arizona Woman’s Crime Was Getting a Job By Maya Rhodan...
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It’s looking like the only thing larger than Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful wall” will be the price tag. Reuters got a preview of a new DHS report that puts the estimated cost of his US/Mexico border monstrosity at up to $21.6 billion, nearly triple the estimate that Trump had put forward...
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The indiscriminate brutality of Donald Trump’s Deportation Force was on full display yesterday, following the nationally-publicized case of Guadalupe García. Trump claimed he would prioritize “criminals” and so-called “bad hombres” for deportation, but instead ICE tore a mother from her two US citizen children. As AV’s Lynn Tramonte stated yesterday, “Wake...
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English (en español al final de la página): Univision: Why immigrants fear new Attorney General Sessions By Jorge Cancino WCTV: Village Square hosts Town Hall meeting By Mariel Carbone Associated Press: Federal appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump travel ban By Sudhin Thanawala Associated Press: Trump calls ruling on...
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Donald Trump warned us from the start that he wanted to target all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US for deportation, but apparently some pro-Trump California farmers profiled in this New York Times piece thought he was all bark and no bite. Now that Trump’s Deportation Force is cranking...
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English (en español al final de la página): VICE: 5 things new Attorney General Jeff Sessions could do immediately By Tess Owen Voice of America: Republican Senators Propose Steep Cuts in Legal Immigration to US By Aline Barros Associated Press: US Officials Stop Vetting Nauru Refugees for Resettlement Washington...
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It’s so important to not miss the stories of the real people affected by Donald Trump’s blanket, racist immigration orders targeting Muslims, immigrants, and refugees. Among the many stories emerging from the past few days are that of a family of Kurdish Syrian refugees welcomed home with open arms in New...
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Perhaps Sen. Mitch McConnell has never heard of the “Streisand Effect”? Wiki calls it “the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely.” That’s exactly what happened last night, after a cowardly move from McConnell. It...
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English (en español al final de la página): NBC: Which Side Is Donald Trump on in the Fight Over Legal Immigration? By Benjy Sarlin Associated Press: The Latest: Kelly says no plans to add nations to travel ban Associated Press: DHS chief: Travel, immigration ban should have been delayed...
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Feb 7, 2017
A King County woman was charged with a hate crime after allegedly posting a video on Facebook that prosecutors say shows her tailing a Hispanic woman in her car, railing against the other driver for having “Spanish privilege” and threatening to ram her vehicle. Sandra Jametski, 48, of White...
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