In a new blog post, Gabe Ortiz of America’s Voice Education Fund summarizes the flood of voices from the business, financial, and entertainment worlds who joined the calls from demonstrators on the ground to condemn the Donald Trump Administration’s unconstitutional refugee and Muslim ban. Included in the list are Airbnb co-founder and...
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English (en español al final de la página): The Pueblo Chieftan: Hispanics cast key votes in Colorado By Peter Roper Daily Millbury: Protesters rally at McCarran against Trump travel ban on immigrants, refugees Black Star News: Even majority Of Republicans Oppose Trump’s Immigration-Deportation Scheme By Frank Sharry Associated Press:...
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President Trump’s radical immigration and refugee executive orders are unprecedented, dangerous, and contrary to core American values. Despite assurances that Trump is simply building a wall and focusing on immigrant “criminals,” the details in the immigration executive orders, including the building up of a Deportation Force, make clear that just...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: Questions for: ‘Trump Blocks Syrian Refugees and Orders Mexican Border Wall to Be Built’ By Caroline Crosson Gilpin McClatchy: A campaign promise fulfilled: Trump orders Mexico wall construction to begin By Franco Ordonez and Anita Kumar Bloomberg: Trump...
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TODAY, January 27 at 11:00 AM EST, Gold Star father Khizr Khan, Dreamer and Army veteran Sergeant Oscar Vasquez, and Marine Corps veteran Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) will gather on a press call to condemn President Trump’s immigration and refugee executive orders. The speakers on the call will share their...
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English (en español al final de la página): New York Times: Trump Blocks Syrian Refugees and Orders Mexican Border Wall to Be Built By Julie Hirschfeld Davis Washington Post: D.C. and national groups bracing for fight on deportation-relief program By Antonio Olivo Voice of America: Trump Announces Plan for...
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A recording of today’s call is available here. As the nation prepares for President Trump’s forthcoming Executive Orders on immigration and refugee policies, leaders from America’s Voice Education Fund, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Women’s Refugee Commission, National Immigration Law Center (NILC), South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), Southern Border Communities Coalition...
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The following is a statement from Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, reacting to the array of extreme immigration, border, and refugee-focused executive orders set to be announced by President Trump today and tomorrow. “This week Trump begins his planned assault on immigrants, refugees, and religious freedom. He’ll take...
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English (en español al final de la página): Huffington Post: Young Immigrants On Edge Waiting To See If Donald Trump Will Deport Them By Roque Planas Daily Beast: Donald Trump Has Already Broken Promises on Immigration By Betsey Woodruff Las Vegas Review Journal: DREAMers encouraged, worried by White House...
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English (en español al final de la página): Arizona Republic: How ‘dreamers’ are preparing in case Donald Trump ends Obama immigration actions By Daniel González Voice of America: ‘Steady Stream’ of Immigration Announcements Expected from Trump By Victoria Macchi and Aline Barros Roll Call: Schumer, Immigration Groups Brace for...
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