From delivering groceries to families who can’t leave their homes to patrolling the streets as part of ICE watches, Minneapolis neighbors and community members are coming to each other’s aid – and inspiring the rest of us. Since December, Iglesia Dios Habla Hoy, which serves the area’s Latino community... Continue »
“It is not the job of Virginia’s law enforcement agencies to carry out the Trump administration’s brutal and fear-based anti-immigrant agenda,” the ACLU of Virginia reacted to Gov. Spanberger rescission of a harmful, Youngkin-era order In one of her first major acts following her Jan. 17 inauguration, Virginia Governor... Continue »
The 56-year-old American citizen who was wrongfully detained by mass deportation agents and dragged out of his home into the bitter cold in nothing but his underwear, Crocs, and a thin open blanket says he feels “fear, shame and desperation” after the dehumanizing ordeal at the hands of an... Continue »
This month marks one year since a series of wildfires devastated the Los Angeles area, killing as many as 440 people, displacing more than 200,000 residents, and causing more than $53 billion dollars in damage. But even in the midst of this catastrophic devastation, there were small glimmers in... Continue »
The federal government’s mission to make as many immigrants deportable as possible rages on, after the administration announced it would seek to end temporary protections for Somali immigrants despite conditions remaining dire in Somalia by the federal government’s own admission. “Country conditions in Somalia have improved to the point... Continue »
“What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We’re all finding out” After nearly a month in ICE detention, Maryland-born mom Dulce Consuelo Díaz Morales is finally free and reunited with her loved ones.  The Washington Post reports that... Continue »
Washington, DC — Earlier this week, America’s Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas highlighted that a “line has been crossed after the horrific killing of Renee Good,” noting that we were in the midst of a “galvanizing moment” for Americans, who were “recognizing the mass deportation agenda has gone way... Continue »
“Instead of shrinking in fear right now, in order to stop this violence, we have to come together with one voice as a community and say, ‘no more,’” said one rally attendee Outraged Americans took to the streets over the weekend as part of the “ICE Out For Good... Continue »
“She was extremely compassionate,” said her mother. “She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being” The Minneapolis community – and Americans of conscience everywhere – are mourning the horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good, a local resident... Continue »
Jan. 6 was a foreshadow to what was to come in Trump’s second term This week marks five years since Donald Trump pushed bigoted lies about the 2020 presidential election in order to direct a violent mob to the U.S. Capitol and attempt to overturn a race he’d indisputably... Continue »