Immigration

October 6, 2017

Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown made his state safer and stronger by signing SB54, the California Values Act, into law. This bill will shield some Californians from some of the Trump administration’s heartless deportation policies, protecting families, improving public safety and...

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Environmental Health Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy

October 6, 2017

Last week, Congressional Republicans let the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expire and voted in favor of gutting Medicaid which would result in millions more uninsured children. This week, the Trump administration rolled back access to birth control and the House passed a 20 week...

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Felicia Burnett

Immigration

October 4, 2017

¡Estamos en alerta máxima! La Casa Blanca rescindió DACA. Rescindir DACA es el paso equivocado para nuestra nación. Nuestra diversidad es lo que hace que nuestra nación sea fuerte, innovadora y próspera, no lo opuesto. Con esta decisión, el presidente no solo le ha dado la espalda a más de 800,000...

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Linda Stone

Immigration MomsRising

October 3, 2017

President Trump created a crisis for the nation with his short-sighted, cruel decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The moms of our nation urge Congress to act quickly to prevent the dire consequences ending DACA will cause for our economy, our families, our...

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Immigration

October 3, 2017

Earlier this year, a woman named Clara arrived at the United States border seeking protection from gender-based harm she faced in West Africa. She had endured an arduous journey trying to reach the U.S. border, where officials registered her claim for asylum. Rather than release her to pursue her...

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Katharina Obser

Immigration

September 25, 2017

Last night, President Donald Trump signed a new executive order indefinitely banning almost all travel to the United States from seven countries. Starting next month, most citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea will be banned from entering the United States...

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Childcare & Early Education Immigration

September 15, 2017

Desde el 15 de Septiembre hasta el 15 de Octubre conmemoramos el Mes de la Herencia Hispana. Esta observación que empezó en 1968 como la Semana de la Herencia Hispana fue luego extendida por un período de 30 días por el Presidente Ronald Reagan. En este mes se celebra las historias, culturas y...

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Linda Stone

Immigration Maternal Justice

September 14, 2017

We built up the pressure and it paid off! Thanks to your signatures and phone calls, Maria Solis, a 28-year-old pregnant mother was released from immigration detention! Maria has spent 5 weeks at Otay Mesa detention center in San Diego, California, where she feared miscarrying due to a lack of...

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Carolina Rubio-MacWright

Families & The Federal Budget Immigration Maternal Justice

September 12, 2017

From visiting the wonderful Dutch Resistance Museum many years ago, I knew about the "Judenrat," councils of Jewish leaders that Nazis used to facilitate the implementation of their own annihilation. Although I'm Jewish and believe it's important to remember the Holocaust, I never really spent that...

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Ruby Sinreich

Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice

September 11, 2017

Today we remember all of those who were lost and who were impacted by 9/11, including the over 3000 children who lost parents that day alone. Thank you for all you do to for our country, including via taking action with MomsRising. Below please find our top actions for the week, including on tax...

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