Mar 8, 2017
Wright, 31, was charged with a hate crime for allegedly smashing the window of a downtown synagogue and putting swastika stickers on its doors in early February. Three months earlier, he alarmed members when he visited a Pilsen church, one that was a target of racist vandalism six times...
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Police are on the hunt for a suspect who they said yelled an anti-Hispanic statement before attacking a man on a J train in Brooklyn last week. The train was pulling into the Crescent Street station around 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1 when police said the suspect walked...
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In the aftermath of the deadly Kansas shooting of Indian-born engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an immigration reform advocacy website that features photos and a video of Indian families relaxing in suburban Columbus, Ohio, has Indian immigrant communities across the country worried, with some unwilling to travel outside the towns where...
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Less than five hours after a man shot up a Kansas bar, killing one Indian man and wounding two other people in an apparently racially motivated attack, an Applebee’s bartender 70 miles away made a 911 call. The woman on the phone told the dispatcher that a man had come into...
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Deep Rai, 39, told police he was approached outside his Kent home late Friday by a masked man who, after a brief argument, told Rai to “go back to your own country” and shot him in the arm. A manhunt was underway for the shooter. The national Sikh Coalition asked authorities...
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Mientras el gobierno de Trump avanza con su visión inmigratoria de la deportación masiva, una nueva encuesta de Quinnipiac es el más reciente recordatorio de que el extremismo del presidente en inmigración va en contra de los deseos de la inmensa mayoría de los estadounidenses. Aun cuando el presidente...
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Los presupuestos reflejan valores y opciones. Evidentemente, el gobierno de Trump está más comprometido en librar una guerra contra los inmigrantes y los refugiados, que financiar la guerra contra el terrorismo. La propuesta de presupuesto federal que será dada a conocer en los próximos días, según se informa, recortará...
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Diversas historias perturbadoras sobre personas y familias directamente afectadas por las políticas migratorias del gobierno de Trump continúan surgiendo. Enseguida presentamos solo algunos ejemplos de lo que ha ocurrido en días recientes. Estas historias hacen plantear la pregunta: ¿por qué son estas personas a las que el gobierno de...
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Budgets reflect choices and values. Evidently, the Trump Administration is more committed to waging war on immigrants and refugees than in funding the war on terrorism. The federal budget proposal that will be released in the coming days will reportedly slash funding for TSA, the Coast Guard, rail security...
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The Trump administration is conducting indiscriminate raids against immigrants, and there have been a number of articles highlighting immigrant contributions to the economy and wondering about the impact of Trump’s actions in places like California farm country. Yesterday, Marketplace published an article about a South Dakota convenience food business which is dependent...
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