English Washington Post (Op-Ed) Trump sees government as a series of deals. That’s because he’s an oligarch. By Heather Cox Richardson May 03, 2017 Daily Kos ICE agents raid youth shelter to arrest teen asylum seeker on his 18th birthday By Gabe Ortiz May 02, 2017 Washington Times Crackdown...
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On April 26, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security announced the creation of VOICE, short for Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, an office that would take calls from people who have suffered crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. In its first few days of existence, VOICE was flooded with calls...
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Tramonte and Leopold: Trump Administration Enables Abusers With Tactic of “Deportation Intimidation” Cleveland, OH — Michael Grabell at ProPublica, an organization for independent investigative journalism, published a new piece highlighting the depth of exploitation that immigrant workers are experiencing at Case Farms chicken processing plants in Ohio and North Carolina....
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The following is a statement from Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, on the appointment of Julia Kirchner to be Ombudsman for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Kirchner was the Executive Director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a designatd anti-immigrant hate group...
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Deportation cases in CA, CO, CT, and MI belie DHS’s rhetoric As we recently highlighted in a report assessing Trump’s first 100 days, the Trump Administration has laid the groundwork to implement a mass deportation plan that targets all 11 million undocumented immigrants, not simply “bad hombres.” While continuing...
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Draconian SB4 Legislation Set to Increase Racial Profiling, Undermine Public Safety and Persecute Children, Immigrants and Immigrant-Friendly Communities Last week, the Texas House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 4, the Texas immigration bill that is the supersized version of Arizona’s infamous, “show me your papers” law SB 1070. It is...
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Sentada en su silla de ruedas, acaso con un poco de frío por la lluvia que se avecina, Luisa de Dios agita las manos, alza la voz, corea los estribillos de las consignas que entona algún activista desde la tarima improvisada en Union Park de Chicago, y recibe una...
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ENGLISH Daily Kos With not a single peso for the wall, funding deal ‘a stinging defeat’ for Trump By Gabe Ortiz May 01, 2017 Washington Times Cheap foreign labor to flood workforce after spending bill doubles number of visas By Stephen Dinan May 01, 2017 Normangee Star Immigration Arrests...
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Today was May Day, and advocates across the country rallied in favor of immigrants’ rights and against Donald Trump’s mass deportation policies. But in Texas, protesters today turned out with particular urgency against SB4, a draconian anti-immigrant state bill that was passed by the state legislature last week and is...
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May 1, 2017
The photographs show bananas, each hanging from a string, tied with what appears to be a noose. The images, circulated on social media and the American University campus newspaper, have shocked and angered students and school administrators. “They tied it like a noose and put bananas in them,” says...
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