Immigration

September 6, 2017

By Tom K. Wong, Greisa Martinez Rosas, Adam Luna, Henry Manning, Adrian Reyna, Patrick O’Shea, Tom Jawetz , and Philip E. Wolgin Note: The survey results can be found here . For more information on the survey, please contact Tom K. Wong . Since it was first announced on June 15, 2012, the Deferred...

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Tom Wong

Immigration

September 5, 2017

President Trump’s heartless and damaging decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will have dire consequences for our communities and our economy. Our diversity is what makes our nation strong, innovative and prosperous; and not the opposite. With this decision, the...

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Families & The Federal Budget Health Care Immigration Politics & Policy

September 3, 2017

Dear friends: It's another big week. Hurricane Harvey has brought widespread devastation to millions of people and businesses. And rumors are that President Trump is planning to repeal DACA - the program that protects over 800,000 DREAMers - any day. At times like these we need to stand together...

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Karen Showalter

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Health Care Immigration Maternal Justice Politics & Policy

September 1, 2017

Maria Solis, a 28-year-old pregnant mother of three who is married to a US citizen, has spent over four weeks at Otay Mesa detention center in San Diego, California, where she fears miscarrying due to a lack of access to the prenatal care she needs. Detaining her during her immigration proceeding...

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Carolina Rubio-MacWright

Immigration

September 1, 2017

Mientras esperamos conocer la decisión de la Casa Blanca acerca del futuro de 800,000 DREAMers, ¡ es muy importante que sigamos haciendo escuchar nuestras voces! Como madres, estamos a favor de la continuación del programa DACA, ya que nosotras sabemos que nuestro país es más fuerte cuando...

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Linda Stone

Immigration

September 1, 2017

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Linda Stone

Immigration Politics & Policy

August 26, 2017

In pardoning disgraced former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, President Trump has signaled to bigots and white supremacists that they need not worry about being held accountable for vicious, racist actions. This pardon demonstrates contempt for the real American values of inclusion, diversity...

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Immigration

August 25, 2017

It would be heartless and devastating to our youth and our country if President Trump were to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which since 2012 has provided some 800,000 young adults who were brought to this country as children with opportunities to live, learn, work...

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Immigration

August 25, 2017

I recently had the privilege of meeting five outstanding high school students the Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio’s Beat the Odds® program was honoring for overcoming tremendous adversity, demonstrating academic excellence and giving back to their communities. One of these inspiring young people was...

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Marian Wright Edelman

Immigration

August 21, 2017

Do you remember Joaquin Luna Jr. ? I do. He was a high school kid living in Texas. His family were undocumented immigrants. He was born in Mexico and brought to the U.S. as an infant. In his senior year he applied to college, only found out that he wasn’t an American on paper. After the Senate’s...

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