Crowd Asks Rep. David Joyce: “If We Are Deported, Who Will Fill Our Shoes?” Chagrin Falls, OH – Today, a diverse group of Dreamers, other immigrants, community members, and local leaders gathered in Triangle Park and engaged in a silent protest for the Dream Act and against cruel deportations. They called...
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The Texas #TogetherJuntos caravan this week continued its route this week along the U.S./Mexico border and stopped by a few more cities, including Corpus Christi and Houston. The caravan has been on the road for the past two weeks, bringing local Texas communities together, teaching them about the state’s...
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In her must-read blog, Van Le examines the results of some of the latest polling on Donald Trump’s proposed border wall: Black voters hate it even more than Latino Voters! Read excerpts from Van Le’s must-read blog below and check out the entire post here: A new Quinnipiac poll finds that there’s...
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A multi-part and deeply-reported joint investigation published by the Philadelphia Inquirer and ProPublica details how the Philadelphia regional office of ICE is arresting, detaining, and deporting a large number of immigrants without criminal records, driving up its deportation numbers by focusing on people who are simply driving to work, smoking a...
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A new Quinnipiac poll finds that there’s one group of Americans who oppose Donald Trump’s stupid, wasteful border wall even more than Latinos — and that’s black Americans, 87% of whom do not believe that the wall should be built. In his Washington Post analysis, Eugene Scott notes that...
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Trump Administration Decides Fate of Nepali TPS Holders on 4/25/2018 12 days The piece in its entirety can be accessed here, and follows below: Last month, the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs published our first annual report, celebrating the diversity of our city’s immigrant communities and proudly showcasing local government’s work...
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A recording of today’s call is available here. The Trump administration’s war on immigrants is escalating. In the last few weeks, the administration made policy, administrative, and directive changes that are not based on facts or needs, but on politics. ICE devastated Tennessee with a workplace raid, destroying the lives of workers,...
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Juan Escalante: “I am an undocumented immigrant, and unlike President Trump, I am willing to show my tax returns” A new Vox explainer ahead of Tax Day demonstrates how undocumented immigrants contribute billions of dollars to the U.S. tax coffers each year. The new piece, which we excerpt below, is a...
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America’s Voice PHOTOS: #TogetherJuntos Caravan Builds Momentum, Continues Outreach and Trainings During Second Week Philly Inquirer and ProPublica with Deep Dive on ICE Deportation and Cruelty Multiple Polls Show Black Voters Don’t Like Racist GOP Attacks, Period ICYMI: Queens Chronicle: “Renew protected status for Nepalese” Legal & Policy Experts Analyze...
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The latest episode of our podcast, “A is for America”, features an interview with Bruce Elfant, the Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar for Travis County, Texas. Listen below or tune in via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast app. In the news this week were more stories from...
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