Most Americans strongly oppose the mass deportation uglinesses terrorizing their communities and neighbors. Lawmakers should remember that amid the reconciliation fight Congressional Republicans and the White House continue to careen forward with plans to seize more than $70 billion of your hard-earned money to ensure that Donald Trump and... Continue »
“Across the U.S., A/PI adults of all ethnicities and statuses are feeling the weight of anti-immigrant policies and political rhetoric” This May marks Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, which honors the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander neighbors who have enriched America’s history... Continue »
None of the administration’s priorities do anything to help struggling Americans with their bills This week, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) signaled that the $1 billion that his Republican colleagues are demanding for Donald Trump’s ballroom could be stripped from the budget reconciliation bill before it heads to the Senate... Continue »
“She’s like the glue that keeps us all together,” said her brother. “Every happy event we have, we can’t imagine ourselves without her” A DACA recipient and nursing aide who volunteered to help save lives in New York during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic has been detained for... Continue »
“We want them to know there are some people who love them, some people who support them – we want them to have hope” Local faith leaders and community members have spent every day this week leading up to Mother’s Day working to deliver yellow flowers – “symbols of... Continue »
Working Americans’ exploding daily expenses don’t matter one iota to this president It’s erroneously said that Marie Antoinette famously exclaimed “let them eat cake” when referring to the plight of the starving people of France. Equally out of touch are Donald Trump’s priorities – and it couldn’t be any... Continue »
Renewal delays, detention, and deportation: The administration is making clear that young immigrants can no longer rely on DACA for protection The Trump administration has been hellbent on targeting immigrants who hold legal status and current protections – and not even the beneficiaries of one of the most popular... Continue »
Mass deportation remains unchecked, unaccountable and unabated. No more blank checks At a time when food banks are seeing long lines and Americans are worried sick about how to afford a doctor’s visit, the Trump administration wants to waste billions more to ensure its mass deportation agenda rages on.... Continue »
After 15 months of lawlessness and cruelty, ICE and CBP want even more money Millions of working Americans across the country finished filing their income taxes on Tax Day this week. Their hard-earned dollars help fund programs essential to our daily lives, including public schools, fire departments, Social Security,... Continue »
Kavanaugh claimed wrongful targeting of Americans would be a mild inconvenience. He’s out of touch with the real world, Sotomayor suggested In her first public remarks concerning last fall’s ruling from the Supreme Court’s conservative majority giving mass deportation agents the green light to carry out state-sanctioned racial profiling,... Continue »