One visiting member, U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, called conditions at the detention camp abhorrent. “When those doors opened .. what I saw made my heart sink.” Last week, lawmakers were finally permitted to inspect the new Everglades detention camp in Florida, after being initially blocked from entering the site...
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The late civil rights icon was arrested in defense of immigrant rights in 2013: “We cannot rest, we cannot be satisfied until we have comprehensive immigration reform,” he said at the time The late John Lewis, congressman from Georgia and civil right icon, was no stranger to what he...
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For everything in your summer eats, give credit to the farmworkers. So let’s support, not deport, our agricultural industry U.S. farmworkers already face immense challenges when it comes to being able to carry out their skilled labor in safety and with dignity, from a lack of federal protections afforded...
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George Retes was just trying to drive to work when he was brutally arrested during an ICE raid. “I clearly identified myself as a U.S. citizen,” the disabled U.S. military vet said. They ignored him Disabled U.S. military veteran George Retes was simply trying to get to his job...
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And they can barely contain their glee. “This is truly one of the most exciting periods in my career,” one private prison executive said earlier this year Stephen Miller isn’t the only one thrilled about the unprecedented infusion of taxpayer funds going to his anti-immigrant agenda under the big,...
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Fear not, the Trump administration has it all figured it out: just replace deported farmworkers with Medicaid recipients The Trump team apparently has an answer for low-income seniors worried about losing their Medicaid coverage under the big, ugly budget bill: swap-out your Bengay and fire up the sunscreen because...
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The new law guts healthcare and food assistance for millions of Americans in order to fund for-profit mass detention camps and masked kidnappings targeting our immigrant neighbors Mass deportation architect-in-chief Stephen Miller’s lifelong, maniacal preoccupation with vilifying immigrants is now set to reach terrifying new heights under the massive...
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One man jailed at the Florida incarceration camp said officials even confiscated his Bible: “They said here there is no right to religion” Members of Congress have the legal authority to conduct oversight of ICE detention facilities. That’s not up for debate or interpretation, it’s simply the law. End...
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Trump and Stephen Miller are trampling on the U.S. military and rule of law in the name of mass deportation U.S. military veteran Sae Joon Park, an immigrant who arrived in America from South Korea at age seven, is the best of who we are. Looking for purpose after...
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For many immigrants across the nation, this past July 4th holiday was one that they’ll never forget. From George Washington’s historic estate in Virginia to Arizona’s majestic national parks to California’s Travis Air Force Base, hundreds of immigrants raised their right hands and were sworn in as brand-new citizens...
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