English (en español al final de la página): Los Angeles Times: When Trump says he wants to deport criminals, he means something starkly different than Obama By Brian Bennett Politico: Morning Shift: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown By Marianne Levine and Ted Hesson USA Today: After 11 years, Sen. Jeff Sessions...
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Some of America’s biggest and most populous cities are vowing to remain areas of refuge for undocumented immigrants following the election of Donald Trump. “On top of providing a safe haven for immigrant communities,” writes Yara Simón in Remezcla, “sanctuary cities encourage undocumented people to cooperate with law enforcement in...
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Crossposted from JuanSaaa.com. Read this over and over. Immigrant families are as American as any other family. Tuesday’s election results have sent shockwaves across the immigrant community in the United States, as one of the most anti-immigrant and xenophobic politicians in recent history was just elected president. Donald Trump’s election has thrown...
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Donald Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon — “the main driver behind Breitbart becoming a white ethno-nationalist propaganda mill” — was named chief strategist and senior counselor to the President-elect. Under Bannon’s leadership, “Breitbart’s publishing strategy turned to one that has made it the media arm of the racist Alternative-Right...
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English (en español al final de la página): NBC: A Look Back at 6 Latino Moments in Hillary Clinton’s Campaign By Raul Reyes Buzzfeed: Latino And Immigrant Leaders Resigned To President Trump But Prepared To Fight Him By Adrian Carrasquillo NBC: The Yearlong Fight: ‘We Didn’t See Trump Coming’...
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Yesterday, two California leaders said in a joint statement they “woke up feeling like strangers in a foreign land” following the election of Donald Trump, but pledged “not be dragged back into the past.” “We will lead the resistance to any effort that would shred our social fabric or...
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Women of color won historic victories in Senate, House, and state races across the nation this past week. In Nevada, former state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Republican Congressman Joe Heck to become the first Latina elected to the US Senate. Let’s take a moment to celebrate Catherine...
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Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign emboldened racists and bigots to commit hateful acts against Latinos, immigrants, Muslim-Americans, and other already-marginalized groups. Now his Presidential victory has given them permission to double-down. In the hours since President-elect Trump’s victory, we’ve seen a flood of reports of Trump-inspired hate acts by his supporters. We’ve tracked these...
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English (en español al final de la página): Wall Street Journal: Latino Turnout Up From 2012 Nationwide, But Not Enough to Stop Donald Trump By Miriam Jordan Las Vegas Now (Nevada): The immigration battle heats up with Donald Trump elected President By Mauricio Marin News Las Vegas 3 (Nevada):...
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Last night, Donald Trump won the Presidency. This is a painful moment in our history, and our communities, in particular, are in mourning. Donald Trump targeted immigrants and Latinos from the start of his Presidential campaign, and now many in our communities are left wondering what will happen to...
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