On August 6, 2024, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her Vice Presidential running mate. Walz won the Governor’s mansion in 2018 after serving in Congress for the decade prior. He opposed the Trump administration’s cruel and unworkable proposals and supported long-settled immigrants and...
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From the start of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s first campaign in 2015 (when he descended the escalators of Trump Tower and called Mexican immigrants criminals and “rapists”) to the present day, over and over and over again Trump has pointed to President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1954 mass deportation...
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A Catholic deanery in the San Francisco Bay Area has established a refugee support committee to help recent arrivals integrate into their new communities with greater ease. The Alameda Deanery’s Welcome the Stranger (WTS) program, inspired by Pope Francis’ ongoing call to welcome the stranger, has already assisted several...
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The IOC Refugee Olympic Team was met with resounding applause at Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. They were led by Cameroon-born boxer Cindy Ngamba and Syria-born taekwondo athlete Yahya Al Ghotany, who had the honor of being designated flag bearers for what is only...
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Despite the fact that widespread non-citizen voting doesn’t exist (as highlighted by Speaker Mike Johnson himself, after being unable to show the receipts when pressed for proof), House Republicans last month passed the so-called Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. This bill purports to ensure election integrity, but in...
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Trump and Project 2025’s plan to rip apart American families and wreck the economy As the placards and party platform at that Republican convention made abundantly clear for any remaining doubters, mass deportation is the signature issue for the GOP in 2024. Donald Trump and JD Vance appeared in...
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Never one to let an opportunity to fearmonger on immigration go to waste, fourth-ranking House Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik announced plans to introduce a resolution promoting false “open border” rhetoric and attacking 2024 presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris with the made-up moniker of “Joe Biden’s ‘Border czar.’” Nevermind that...
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Jul 23, 2024
On July 21, President Joe Biden announced that he was withdrawing from the 2024 race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President. Throughout her lived experience as the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants and tenure as California attorney general, U.S. senator, and Vice...
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“Mass Deportations Now!” was the message of the signs waved by delegates to the Republican National Convention. The ugly speeches from the stage echoed similar messages. But, we are starting to see some slight indications that some Republicans are sensing that its horrific mass deportation plans to round up...
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The second night of the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Tuesday was rife with speakers spewing ugly anti-immigrant rhetoric, including the deadly white nationalist and antisemitic great replacement theory. From the House Speaker to other GOP House leaders to senators and candidates, speeches used language that inspired multiple deadly...
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