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...
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Americans refused to give in to the Trump administration’s hate and stepped up to defend immigrant community members. Let’s carry that energy into the new year While the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant agenda has been ruthless in attempting to spread fear, chaos, and division across our neighborhoods, communities, and spirit...
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We are living in a time that demands moral clarity. Now more than ever, we should be thankful that so many Americans of faith are meeting the moment by standing with immigrant families, showing that compassion and justice should guide our communities, not cruelty and chaos. Several of these...
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“If the Holy Family had been in Charlotte two weeks ago, they would have been putting the baby Jesus in handcuffs because he wouldn’t have his papers,” said one faith leader Churches in Illinois, Massachusetts, and North Carolina are using nativity scenes that have traditionally depicted the birth of...
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Immigrants who’ve worked for years to legally attain citizenship have had the rug pulled out from under them while others have been detained by ICE after attending their green card appointments The executive director of a Massachusetts-based immigrant advocacy organization says that one of her clients arrived at her...
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It was never about keeping us safe 2025 has proven once and for all that the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant obsessions were never about law and order or reforming an outdated immigration system, but instead about using the issue of immigration to root out anyone deemed undesirable by mass deportation...
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“The world needs to know what is happening to people like Rodney,” including abusive solitary confinement, no access to water, and limited to no medical attention, said the wife of one detained man A surging number of immigrant neighbors have been kidnapped by masked deportation agents “while those who...
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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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