Apr 9, 2017
An attempt to burn an east Charlotte store that included a note warning of plans to “torture” immigrants is being investigated as a hate crime by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police. Police say officers were called at 9:59 p.m. Thursday to a fire at the Central Market, a Nepali Indian store at...
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A single mother in Utah, active in the LDS Church, is the latest victim of Trump’s cruel deportation policies. She is the sole caretaker of both her U.S. citizen son who has mild cerebral palsy and epilepsy and her 86-year old mother. But DHS, under Secretary John Kelly, has...
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In recent days, Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda has been taking clearer shape, as stories about deportations continue to bubble up across the country. Below is a roundup of four detention or deportation cases from this month which all share these characteristics: each involves a mother or father who has...
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During today’s “Office Hours,” Congressman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Grace Huang, Angel Padilla and Frank Sharry analyzed the real-life impacts of Trump’s radicalism on immigration enforcement —families separated; crime victims and witnesses afraid to testify; the most vulnerable afraid to seek help — and overviewed plans to fight back against Trump’s $3...
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One immigration case that’s been making the news is the story of Roberto Beristain, an Indiana business owner and undocumented immigrant who was deported this week after spending almost 20 years in the US. Beristain has a wife and four children, all of whom are US citizens, which might prompt...
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So Much for Deporting “Bad Hombres” and Improving Public Safety In another heartbreaking case that reveals the cruelty and hypocrisy of Trump’s inhumane deportation policies, the Guardian reports that Maribel Trujillo – an Ohio mother of four U.S. citizen children – has been told by ICE agents that she...
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ENGLISH Washington Post Trump supporter regrets vote after undocumented husband is deported By Peter Holley April 06, 2017 Washington Post Her husband was undocumented, but she voted for Trump. Now her partner has been deported. By Peter Holley April 06, 2017 Huffington Post Undocumented Man Whose Wife Voted For...
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***MEDIA ADVISORY*** TODAY, April 7 1PM EST DIAL IN: (800) 895-0198; PASSCODE: ‘IMMIGRATION’ Office Hours: Rep. Espaillat to Discuss New “Sensitive Locations” Bill; Plus, Expert to Discuss Impact of ICE Enforcement at Courthouses; Indivisible Talks about Spending Fight and Recess Plans Washington, DC – Today’s “Office Hours” at 1pm...
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Trump is fulfilling his mass deportation campaign promise, unshackling ICE and CBP agents to detain and deport any and all immigrants who cross their paths. As reported by Jeremy Redmon for Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a core part of this agenda includes targeting formerly “low-priority” immigrants at voluntary check-ins with ICE:...
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ENGLISH Associated Press Homeland Security Chief Backtracks on Splitting Families April 05, 2017 Reuters Trump Administration Says No Longer Considering Separating Women, Children at Border By Julia Edwards Ainsley April 05, 2017 New York Times A Full Border Wall With Mexico? ‘Unlikely,’ Homeland Security Chief Says By Ron Nixon...
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