At a Latin Night in a crowded gay club in Orlando, at least 49 people were killed in the worst mass-shooting incident in American history. It is heartbreaking to know that these victims of an anti-LGBTQ hate crime were targeted in a supposedly safe space for the community. As...
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Jun 10, 2016
GOP leaders continue to twist themselves into pretzels in justifying their continued support for Presidential nominee Donald Trump in the aftermath of his racist attacks on Judge Gonzalo Curiel. Some Republicans have done the moral thing for both their party and America by condemning Trump’s remarks and remaining in...
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“The process of unendorsing Trump is humiliating, but only for a moment. The honor of choosing rightly, when it mattered most, will endure.” After a week of controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s comments regarding Federal Judge Gonzalo Curiel, Republican leaders have been grappling with how to deal with the overt...
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On a press call today Congresswoman Judy Chu of California, Congressman Ruben Gallego of Arizona, and Frank Sharry of America’s Voice discussed Donald Trump’s attacks on the respected Judge Gonzalo Curiel, why these comments are so offensive, and the ways in which the presumed GOP nominee’s candidacy may affect Latino turnout...
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Since the beginning of June, Welcome.US has been sharing personal family stories, PSAs, and photos from celebrities of all backgrounds in commemoration of Immigration Heritage Month. Perhaps one of the most extraordinary stories to emerge yet from the campaign has been that of José Hernández. At 10, he was a...
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This isn’t about tone, this is about a battle for the soul of America Despite the fact that Donald Trump’s comments about Judge Gonzalo Curiel have been rightly criticized as “racist” by leaders from across the political spectrum, most Republican elected officials and candidates are continuing to support their...
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid ripped into several of his Republican colleagues yesterday, calling Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “the poster boy” for “spinelessness” toward Donald Trump, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley “an extension of the Trump political campaign.” Both Sens. McConnell and Grassley have attempted to distance...
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National Immigration Law Center (NILC) announced today that the private information of certain individuals who received three-year work permits under the 2012 DACA program will remain confidential, for now. Last week NILC, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the ACLU of Texas filed a lawsuit on behalf of four individuals...
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Speaker Paul Ryan has condemned Donald Trump’s attack on Judge Gonzalo Curiel as “the textbook definition of a racist comment” — but that’s still not stopping him from voting Trump in November. “Claiming a person can’t do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook...
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Yesterday, we called on Republicans to rescind their support for Donald Trump, noting: “Stand by Trump and you stand for racism. Stand by Trump and you are more interested in party and power than in defending our founding ideal that all men and women are created equal. Stand by Trump...
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