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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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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Immigrants and their families are on high alert as immigration raids by federal and local authorities are being reported all across the country. Earlier this week we witnessed the deportation of Guadalupe García de Rayos, a long-time Arizona resident and mother of two U.S. Citizens, after a routine check...
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Things have gone from bad to worse for Republican Mayor of Miami-Dade, Carlos Gimenez, who decided to support Donald Trump’s Deportation Force over the immigrant families across the County he was elected to represent. Not only has the County Commission of Miami-Dade called a meeting to discuss the immigration...
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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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