Immigration

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February 19, 2019

Ugh. President Trump has manufactured a crisis and is now moving forward with an undemocratic power grab because Congress and the American public refuse to indulge his tantrums. To this we say: No way. And we need your help in 3 fast ways below to stop this (It’ll only take you a minute to make a...

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Felicia Burnett

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration

February 15, 2019

Greetings! It's been a really big week. Most urgently right now : we're pushing back against Trump's declaration of a national emergency, and need your help to call members of Congress (see below for more info). This week also marked the first anniversary of the Parkland shooting, and we're urging...

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Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education Immigration MomsRising Politics & Policy Social & Emotional Development

February 12, 2019

My heart sinks every time I watch the news or read my Twitter feed. How did we get here? Our country has become so polarized when it pertains to our immigration system that we have lost the ability to feel empathy for those who seek assistance. As a mental health professional, I am alarmed that our...

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Lina Acosta Sandaal

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Gun Safety Immigration

February 9, 2019

Greetings and Happy Saturday! Please scroll down for our weekly list of top and most urgent actions, including petitions on providing back pay for government contractors affected by the shutdown, urging Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase to cut ties with private prisons fueling the immigration crisis...

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Karen Showalter

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Food! Immigration Politics & Policy

February 6, 2019

With Congress refusing to enact some of his harshest proposals against people with low incomes, President Trump has relentlessly pursued alternative methods to harm families struggling to make ends meet. For more than two years, the Trump Administration has tried to use regulations and waivers as a...

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Madison Hardee

Immigration

February 5, 2019

En una impactante revelación, el Inspector General del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés) dijo que “miles” de niños migrantes más de lo que se sabía anteriormente fueron separados por la administración Trump y que no saben cuántos niños fueron separados de sus...

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Khadija Gurnah

Immigration Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days Politics & Policy Podcast

February 5, 2019

On the #RisersRadioShow this week we cover the shutdown, the re-opening, and the power of older women; we also cover the introduction of the Paycheck Fairness Act and FAMILY Act in Congress (Yay!); and we close the show covering how to help prevent Muslim youth from being bullied in our communities...

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Amber Dorsey

Gun Safety Immigration Paid Family Leave Paid Sick Days

February 1, 2019

Happy Friday! We hope that everyone affected by the extreme winter temperatures is safe and warm. And we look forward to learning all of the new games you've had to invent to keep the kids entertained, after so many days of cancelled school! Below please find our latest list of top actions for the...

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Karen Showalter

Childcare & Early Education Food! Immigration Politics & Policy Podcast

January 28, 2019

On the #RisersRadio show this week we cover the government shutdown, re-opening, and what’s happening next; we get the inside scoop from a structural engineer about the literal faults in Trump’s ridiculous wall; we hear the impact of using children’s access to healthy food as a political football;...

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Amber Dorsey

Food! Gun Safety Immigration

January 27, 2019

The Shutdown crisis has been averted, for now. A huge thank you to the thousands of MomsRising members who called their U.S. Senators, sent emails, wrote letters of protest, visited congressional offices, shared personal stories about how the shutdown was affecting their families, and in other ways...

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Karen Showalter