Father Gary Graf, known as Father Gary, sought to honor our immigrant neighbors one step at a time This week, Father Gary Graf, a Catholic priest from Chicago, made his long-awaited arrival to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, completing a 800-mile walk that began at the...
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The administration’s escalating mass deportation agenda is making our nation weaker, poorer and less safe Since late January, federal agents have been violating homes, businesses, public parks, airports, medical facilities, school drop-offs, day care facilities, and even church grounds in order to kidnap our neighbors. And, the administration has...
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Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice joined Jess Craven from Chop Wood, Carry Water to discuss how the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda is negatively impacting all corners of America, from immigrant communities to Latino voters to the national economy. Watch the full conversation here. Below are some...
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Small Business Saturday, observed this year on November 29, recognizes the small businesses that are the heart and soul of the American economy. They employ nearly half of all American workers and make up 43.5% of the nation’s GDP, according to a 2024 report from the U.S. Chamber of...
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You may not see them, but they are very much welcome guests at our Thanksgiving table. Most of us won’t actually see the farm and meatpacking workers at our family feast this year, but that doesn’t mean their presence won’t be felt or should go unappreciated. From delicious side...
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From buying out food vendors’ products to blowing whistles in order to warn about immigration agents, Americans are finding new and creative ways to defend immigrant communities From Seattle to Los Angeles to Chicago and most recently Charlotte, Americans have been coming together to find ways to help shield...
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Places of worship aren’t sacred anymore. One ugly scene in Charlotte: parishioners doing yard work at church fled in terror when immigration agents descended. But community members are pushing back Reports that the Charlotte, North Carolina region would be the next target of Donald Trump’s violent mass deportation roadshow...
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Nov 17, 2025
America was built on the sweat and hard work of 250 years of successive generations of immigrants coming to help build the strongest nation on earth. Without the skills and entrepreneurial spirit of immigrant business owners, our national economy would be stagnant, local communities would be less vibrant, and...
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Nov 12, 2025
“Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed” For months now, the polling has been unequivocal: Americans have only been growing more and more outraged at Donald Trump’s disastrous agenda, including on immigration. Last week’s blowout elections only confirmed this dissatisfaction and sent a message...
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Trump’s mass deportation machine is betraying America’s veterans and tearing their families apart This Veteran’s Day 2025, the Trump administration has made perfectly clear its message to a number of veterans and their family members: thank you for your service to our nation. Now get out. Since the very...
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