Actor and activist Diane Guerrero appeared on an immigration-themed episode of Chelsea Handler’s talk show this past weekend to open up about her family’s deportation story and stress the urgent need for immigration reform. The “Orange Is the New Black” star has been candid about the deportation of her...
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Since yesterday, hundreds of people have been sworn in as United States citizens to mark the launch of Constitution Week, which will be recognized this year from September 16-23. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) expects more than 38,000 people to be sworn in as Americans during 240 naturalization ceremonies throughout the week, which also coincides...
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called Donald Trump “a human leech” and “notorious con artist” who “is only trying to help one person – Donald Trump.” Sen. Reid, of course, is referencing the numerous charges of impropriety (to put it lightly) surrounding Trump University, the Trump Foundation, and now the Trump...
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Police have issued an arrest warrant for the Donald Trump supporter who punched a 69-year-old disabled woman in the face outside an Asheville, North Carolina rally on Monday night. According to reports, Donald Trump supporter Richard Campbell punched protester Shirley Teter so brutally she fell backward onto the oxygen...
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Sep 13, 2016
“Trump Hate Map” a Reminder of Forces Unleashed by Trump Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s dark and divisive rhetoric has become both an inspiration and a vehicle for unapologetic racists. He has become a magnet that attracts the darkest souls in our country. He enables the mainstreaming of ideas and...
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AV’s “Trump Hate Map” made an appearance during a TBS segment on the media-generated controversy over Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” comment. “Okay, it’s true that Trump’s rhetoric has inspired some bigots and mentally-ill people to commit hate crimes and terrorize people of color,” said “Full Frontal” host Samantha Bee....
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In a recent blog post, North Carolina’s Voice State Director Tim Eakins reflects on President Obama’s flawed policy on Central American refugees, ahead of the United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants and President Obama’s Leaders’ Summit on Refugees. Eakins highlights the local effects of Obama’s policies, as he recounts...
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Among the rash of recent polling on immigration are three key storylines: 78% of Americans back citizenship for undocumented immigrants in new Post/ABC Poll: The new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that Americans overwhelmingly support citizenship instead of deportation for undocumented immigrants. As the accompanying poll summary notes, “78 percent of voters … prefer...
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Like racist father, like racist son. Prominent members of Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign — including one of his sons, Donald Trump Jr. — shared a white supremacist meme on Twitter and Instagram over the past weekend. I am so proud to be one of the Deplorables #Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/IFD1hfC60w —...
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Sep 9, 2016
In Spanish here. There are few stories you’ll ever hear that are as inspiring and as American as Astrid Silva — a DREAMer from Nevada. That’s why we were so disgusted yesterday when Donald Trump Jr., who was campaigning for his father in Nevada, called for her deportation. Like...
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