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Envía una RÁPIDA Carta al Editor para apoyar a las familias inmigrantes

January 12, 2018
Necesitamos la mayor cantidad de atención posible a un asunto que está ocurriendo en Washington, D.C. y que está recibiendo muy poca cobertura en los noticieros, y necesitamos tu ayuda ahora mismo para correr la voz. La administración Trump está quitándole el Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS,...
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Xochitl Oseguera
Immigration

Drop by the local offices of your members of Congress by Jan 19 to pass DREAM legislation NOW!

January 12, 2018
*/ We have an urgent matter for you! Every week, more than 850 DREAMers, (young immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and were raised here), have been losing their legal status -- the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, (DACA) -- and with it their protections and their ability to...
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Khadija Gurnah
Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

The Human Needs Report: What Congress did - and didn't do - at the end of 2017, and what's on tap for early 2018

January 11, 2018
A lot happened on Capitol Hill right before the holiday break, while many other issues were kicked down the road and remain on the Congressional agenda for early 2018. Where do things stand? The Coalition on Human Needs just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, with a brief rundown on Congress’s spending work, the tax cut bill, immigration, health care, and more.
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Lecia Imbery
Immigration

Ending TPS for Salvadorans Is Unconscionable, Will Threaten Families and Disrupt Communities

January 8, 2018
Today, President Trump directed the Department of Homeland Security to heartlessly terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for some 200,000 Salvadorans living in the United States and is preparing to send families to dangerous situations. This is just the latest in a string of callous attacks on...
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La Resistencia de Jeanette Vizguerra

December 31, 2017
En el 2017 una de nuestras miembros, Jeanette Vizguerra, fue elegida por la revista Time como parte de las 100 personas más influyentes del mundo. Jeanette, una madre indocumentada de cuatro ni ñ os, se ha convertido en una de las voces más activas por la lucha de los derechos de la comunidad...
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Linda Stone
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On ‘Heartless, Inhumane’ Policy of Separating Asylum-Seeking Parents from Their Children

December 23, 2017
We are alarmed and horrified by reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering formalizing a policy of separating parents from their children when families come to this country seeking protection or asylum, and by complaints that DHS has already done so in several cases. This...
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This Is No Way to Run a Country

December 22, 2017
It is truly appalling that the continuing resolution Congress passed today to fund the government through January 19 fails to include adequate funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and protections for DREAMers. As a result, millions of families will face fear and uncertainty...
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Elias: An American Dreamer

December 21, 2017
Meet Elias. He is one of 800,000 Dreamers fighting for their ability to continue with their lives in the United States. Dreamers are young people that were brought to the U.S. as children. Many Dreamers, like Elias, did not know that they were not citizens until they were unable to pursue their...
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Immigration

Elías: Nuestro Dreamer

December 21, 2017
Te presento a Elías, él es uno de los 800,000 DREAMers que en este momento se encuentran peleando por poder continuar en este país. Los DREAMers son jóvenes que fueron traídos a los EE.UU como ni ños. Muchos DREAMers como Elias, no sabían que no eran ciudadanos hasta que se dieron cuenta que no...
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Carolina Rubio-MacWright
Immigration Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

We need a legislative solution for Dreamers and TPS holders NOW

December 21, 2017
DREAMers, along with temporary protected status ("TPS") holders, are fighting for a legislative solution that will allow them to continue pursuing their dreams in our nation while also contributing to our economy. TPS is a form of temporary humanitarian relief that Congress established, whereby the...
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