It was never about keeping us safe 2025 has proven once and for all that the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant obsessions were never about law and order or reforming an outdated immigration system, but instead about using the issue of immigration to root out anyone deemed undesirable by mass deportation...
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You may not see them, but they are very much welcome guests at our Thanksgiving table. Most of us won’t actually see the farm and meatpacking workers at our family feast this year, but that doesn’t mean their presence won’t be felt or should go unappreciated. From delicious side...
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Where would we be without pumpkins on Halloween? From harvesting the apples that go into Fourth of July pies to processing the turkey that we enjoy around our Thanksgiving tables, immigrants help bring home many holidays and annual celebrations – and Halloween is no exception. Without the labor and...
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Farmers “will imminently face severe challenges accessing a sufficient and legal supply of labor to sustain current food production levels,” the department quietly conceded Donald Trump’s mass detention and deportation policies are posing an “immediate” danger to our nation’s food supply by driving away skilled immigrant farm workers and...
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The rapid growth in daily expenses for working Americans has been fueled in part by the administration’s cruel and chaotic mass detention and deportation agenda If you’ve noticed that your trips to the grocery store have been getting more and more expensive lately, it’s not just you. Among the...
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“We see these issues of protecting immigrants and protecting workers’ rights as totally connected,” said one Labor Day event attendee in New Mexico Immigrant rights and the critical role that immigrant workers play in our economy were at the top of mind for many attendees at Labor Day events...
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During a summer when Superman is back in theaters to save the day, we should also remember that there are real-life heroes all around us. They’re the workers who feed us, make our roads safer, teach our children, care for our loved ones, and help sustain our economy. Millions...
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New data reveals that the agriculture, construction, and hospitality industries are already being harmed by mass deportations. Working families will be feeling the costs We’ve been seeing the devastating human costs of the mass deportation agenda that Donald Trump and Stephen Miller promised during the 2024 campaign, which pledged...
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On everything from immigration policy and national security to our personal freedom, the first six months of the second Trump administration has unleashed a wrecking crew of chaos and dysfunction across our country (and the world). At the same time, it reveals the rank hypocrisy from Trump and members...
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For everything in your summer eats, give credit to the farmworkers. So let’s support, not deport, our agricultural industry U.S. farmworkers already face immense challenges when it comes to being able to carry out their skilled labor in safety and with dignity, from a lack of federal protections afforded...
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