As the White House and Congress near a spending deal, activists called on elected officials from both parties to reject Trump’s request for a massive infusion of funds to expand immigration enforcement. In early April, CREDO, United We Dream, ACLU, Detention Watch Network, America’s Voice Education Fund and others...
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How People Power Has Fought Back Against Anti-Immigrant Hate Donald Trump’s first 100 days as president is coming to an end. On immigration, Trump has pursued a truly awful mass deportation agenda as his Administration detains and deports immigrants indiscriminately. Evidently, Trump doesn’t care about the separation of families or...
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La implacable satanización de inmigrantes y comunidades sufre un revés en las cortes Un juez federal falló ayer contra las intenciones del gobierno de Trump de retener fondos a las ciudades santuario. Además de otros reveses jurídicos, la agenda nativista del presidente, del Procurador General, Jeff Sessions, y del...
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Trump’s relentless demonization of immigrants and communities that welcome them suffers setback in courts Yesterday, a federal judge ruled against the Trump Administration’s efforts to withhold funds from sanctuary cities. In addition to legal setbacks, the nativist agenda of the President Trump, Attorney General Sessions and DHS Secretary Kelly...
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The Texas House will begin debate today on their version of SB 4, a statewide anti-sanctuary cities bill, just a day after a federal court ruled against the Trump Administration’s attempt to do something similar on the national stage. Yesterday, a San Francisco judge ruled that the Trump Administration...
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ENGLISH Daily Kos Exactly zero members of Congress from the southwest border support Trump’s wall request By Gabe Ortiz April 24, 2017 Daily Kos WSJ/NBC News polling: Americans’ support for immigration at record level By Gabe Ortiz April 25, 2017 Medium (Op-Ed) At First 100 Days, Why Dreamers Aren’t...
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In the latest installment for the America’s Voice Education Fund (AVEF) series on Trump’s First 100 Days, AVEF Digital Organizer and DACA-recipient Juan Escalante has published a Medium piece explaining why Dreamers are not resting easy in the midst of Trump’s deportation force, despite half hearted attempts from the Administration...
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***PRESS CALL*** Wednesday, April 26 12:30pm ET / 9:30am PT DIAL IN: 888-632-3381; PASSCODE: “FUNDING” PRESS CALL: Activists Behind the Grassroots Push to Oppose the Funding of Trump’s Deportation Force and Border Wall to Keep Up Pressure as Spending Deal Nears In early April, CREDO, United We Dream, ACLU,...
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At the New York Times today is another great piece on the John Tanton network, how anti-immigrant hate groups have Trump as an ally, and the general incredulity (including some from the restrictionists themselves) that anti-immigrant groups have so much power. The John Tanton network, of course, refers to...
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As Congress battles over a spending request, and whether border wall funding, additional deportation agents, and additional detention beds will be included, and as the Department of Homeland Security prepares to release a 90-day DHS progress report on the implementation and deployment of his executive orders, legal experts and...
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