CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT OUR FAMILIES & SAVE THE CHILDREN
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The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has a long history of accompanying, supporting, and learning from immigrant and refugee communities. We believe that all human beings must be treated with dignity and respect. We have seen the impact of immigration raids over our many years of work, and we will ...
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Nicholas Kristof, New York Times ~ JAN. 18, 2017 One aspect of Donald Trump that has particularly bothered me has been his denunciations of immigrants. Maybe that’s partly because I’m a son of a refugee, or maybe it just seems unfair to scapegoat people who are powerless and struggling, or maybe ...
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Por: ARACELI MARTÍNEZ ORTEGA, La Opinión ~ January 16, 2017 La tragedia de las madres deportadas con hijos TIJUANA.- El grupo de Madres Soñadoras Internacional (Dreamers Moms USA/Tijuana) estima que de los casi tres millones de deportados durante la administración de Obama, la tercera parte han sido mexicanos, miles de ellos son ...
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By Claudio Sanchez, NPR ~ November 13, 2016 http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/11/13/498271392/invisible-children-raised-in-the-u-s-now-struggling-in-mexico Part of our series exploring how the U.S will educate the nearly 5 million students who are learning English. Children and teenagers of Mexican descent make up one of the fastest-growing populations in the nation's public schools. That's a well-known statistic, ...
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The California-Mexico Studies Center (CMSC) wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving! The CMSC has many reasons to be thankful for! Approval of Advance Parole Applications from Our 5th Dreamers Study Abroad Program The California-Mexico Studies Center is excited to announce that nearly all of the participants in our 5th California-Mexico Dreamers ...
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By THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD, APRIL 20, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/opinion/the-dark-side-of-immigration-discretion.html?emc=edit_th_20160420&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=49022863&_r=0 The Supreme Court heard arguments this week over the Obama administration’s use of prosecutorial discretion to protect some unauthorized immigrants from deportation. It is a momentous debate about presidential power, and the lives of millions hang in the balance. Lost in the hubbub is ...
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By Hector Villagra, L.A. Times Op-Ed ~ March 17, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-villagra-migrant-children-immigration-court-20160317-story.html A Department of Justice immigration judge recently made headlines for testifying that 3- and 4-year-old migrant children could be taught immigration law and could competently represent themselves in court. “You can do a fair hearing,” said Judge Jack H. ...
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By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee, Reader Supported News ~ March 2, 2106 http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/35393-five-children-murdered-after-being-deported-from-us-to-honduras Between five and ten migrant children have been killed since February after the United States deported them back to Honduras, a morgue director told the Los Angeles Times. Lawmakers have yet to come up with best practices to ...