Last night, the SFUSD Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution to bolster services in city public schools for child refugees fleeing Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. “We are a nation of immigrants, which is often forgotten when we talk about ‘those kids,'” SFUSD Superintendent Richard Carranza said to...
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New Website Archive Documents the Best and Worst Responses to Central American Kids Fleeing Violence The influx of Central American children fleeing violence is one of the top immigration stories this summer, and responses across the country have ranged from principled and compassionated to extremist and downright xenophobic. On...
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According to Think Progress, about 100 members of the Ku Klux Klan held a rally in Troy, North Carolina to try and increase their membership while drumming up support against immigration. The problem? The Klansmen were apparently heavily drowned out by pro-immigration reform counter-protesters, 400-500 of whom showed up to...
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Two weeks ago, House Republicans passed a border supplemental bill that would’ve undercut due process for Central American children coming to the US border by expediting their removals, not necessarily after a fair hearing. But according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, most Americans say children fleeing violence should be able to stay...
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One response to the appearance of children fleeing violence has been the reemergence of the Minutemen, aka the militia-style armed groups which take it upon themselves to patrol the border, which largely disappeared a few years ago after a number of incredibly unsavory events. The thing about the Minutemen groups...
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So this is one of the more disturbing responses to the children crossing the border. Al Jazeera America inteviewed Ku Klux Klan members in North Carolina, who talked about their goal of a “white homeland” and called for a “shoot to kill” law in order to take care of the influx...
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Score one for the GOP’s record as the party of mass deportations. Apparently, trying to end DACA and deport DREAMers isn’t enough. Now, Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Mississippi, wants to deport the US-born children of immigrants as well, according to the Clarion-Ledger. As the paper reported: Palazzo also said he would support changing...
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Anti-immigrant protests against children fleeing violence like the one in Murrieta, California this month have made headlines. But all over the US, people have also gone extraordinarily out of their way to reach out to, donate to, and help the children. At Buzzfeed yesterday is a powerful compilation of some...
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Today, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus held an ad hoc hearing on Capitol Hill entitled “Kids First: Examining the Southern Border Humanitarian Crisis.” The members of Congress listened to testimony from children who had fled violence and experts who had worked with them, and one Congresswoman expressed her astonishment...
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Columnist George Will has long been an advocate for immigration reform, but today on Fox News Sunday, he specifically addressed the Central American children and said that the US should welcome them in with open arms. As he told host Chris Wallace: We ought to say to these children,...
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