WaPo: U.S. embassy cables warned against expelling 300,000 immigrants. Trump officials did it anyway. Reuters: Top Trump aide says protected immigrants need path to citizenship A recording of the press call is available here. Following Chief of Staff John Kelly and DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s comments surrounding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) as well as Donald...
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As momentum builds around the House discharge petition, an attempt spearheaded by Republicans to resolve their party’s created Dreamer crisis, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (WI-01) has issued yet another vague, empty promise for an immigration bill. This is just his latest thinly veiled attempt to squander a bipartisan solution for...
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In his latest column, the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent delivers an insightful and sobering take on the latest Dream Act action happening on Capitol Hill. Read excerpts from the latest Greg Sargent’s column from The Washington Post below and find the entire piece here: In January of 2017, at a town hall meeting broadcast...
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The New Yorker’s Masha Gessen compares the Trump administration’s policy of ripping children from the arms of their parents to tactics employed by Putin. In her latest column she notes, “Hostage-taking is an instrument of terror. Capturing family members, especially children, is a tried-and-true instrument of totalitarian terror. Memoirs of Stalinist terror are...
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“It’s unconscionable that this Administration is looking for new ways to create broken families, instead of keeping them whole” Cleveland, OH — Ahead of Mother’s Day, fifteen faith and community-based organizations in Ohio issued an open letter condemning Trump Administration immigration policies that needlessly separate mothers from their children....
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Following the first ‘Super Tuesday’ of the primary season and ahead of the midterm elections, Juan Escalante, Communications Manager for America’s Voice, makes it clear that Latino voters – like all voters – want candidates to respect and address who they are and what they care about – without pandering....
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As Mother’s Day approaches, we condemn the ongoing separation of mothers from their children due to this Administration’s immigration policies. Maribel Trujillo, Beatriz Casillas, Edith Espinal, and Leonor Garcia are just four of the Ohio moms whose American children are living a nightmare because of the Trump Administration’s...
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“Do not be afraid. Go on speaking, and do not be silent, for I am with you. No one will attack and harm you, for I have many people in this city.” Acts 18: 9-10 On behalf of the Trinity Cluster Catholic community (parishes in Postville, Monona and McGregor)...
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