As Trump Works to Divide Us, Americans From Diverse Backgrounds in Small Towns Come Together to Build Stronger Communities Small and medium-sized towns across America are rejecting Trump’s divisiveness and bringing together established residents and newcomers in order to revitalize small-town America. As The New York Times reports: Overall,...
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Cleveland, OH — Under President Trump, the twin police forces of U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have resorted to increasingly authoritarian tactics, regardless of the consequences for public safety and basic human rights. “The Border Patrol and ICE are now operating like political police forces...
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More and more pediatricians are raising alarm bells regarding the serious and irreparable harm that the Trump family separation policy is having on children. From the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), pediatricians who serve on the American Academy of Pediatrics Immigrant Health Special Interest Group to...
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Points To The Termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Hondurans As One of the Many Cruel and Inhumane Immigration Policies of the Last Month Countdown to TPS Decision Deadline for Yemen and Somalia: 4 Weeks In an article for CNN, Catherine Shoichet details the many harmful immigration policy...
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A US Senator is denied access to inspect the well-being of children: contractor calls police on him As President Trump openly claims that he is above the law, below is a roundup have of recent episodes that how his administration is advancing an immigration enforcement agenda that is unaccountable,...
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In a Houston Chronicle op-ed, Dr. Reshem Agarwal and Dr. Marsha Griffin of the American Academy of Pediatrics state their strong opposition to the Trump administration family separation policy “due to the detrimental effects of cumulative stress upon a developing brain. Research shows overwhelmingly the deep and lasting harm...
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The Emergency Request is on behalf of five parents who were separated from their children in South Texas A recording of the call can be found here Read the Request for Precautionary Measures here. Read the stories of the petitioners here. McAllen, Texas — Yesterday, the Texas Civil Rights Project,...
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Implications of Termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras Wreak Havoc on Families and Communities Countdown to TPS Decision Deadline for Yemen and Somalia: 5 Weeks In an interview for KDLG, Jeremy Hobson sat down with Marta Connor, a TPS holder from Honduras, and Martin Pineda, an organizer...
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Parents Describe Fear and Anguish Under Trump’s Family Separation Policy In just the first two weeks under Trump’s new family separation policy, 658 children have been taken from parents, almost 46 children per day. At this rate, thousands of children could be taken from parents within months as a result...
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In a new must-read, Washington Post’s DeNeen Brown connects the forced separation of African American children from their parents during slavery to strip them of their dignity and the forced separation of Native American children from their parents to strip them of their culture to the forced separation of...
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