Immigration

November 23, 2015

Washington – North Carolina’s House Bill 318, the so-called “Protect North Carolina Workers Act,” has the potential to harm more than 170,000 U.S. citizen children living in the state, according to NC Child and First Focus. The organizations’ analysis of the legislation and its impact on North...

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Wendy Cervantes

Immigration Politics & Policy

November 19, 2015

Our elected officials and wannabee leaders can welcome war-stricken children and adults and help to calm their fears and re-make their lives. Or they can play upon fears here.

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Debbie Weinstein

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Immigration

November 12, 2015

I have bad news. Amidst growing anti-immigrant rhetoric that's harming our children and our economy, earlier this week a divided 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a cruel blow. What happened? Well, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decided, in a ruling against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ),...

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Elisa Batista

Families & The Federal Budget Family Economic Security Immigration MomsVote Paid Family Leave Politics & Policy

November 10, 2015

I had a chance to spend some time with Marco Rubio - he gave us some insight on where he stands on important issues like paid leave, immigration and increasing the minimum wage.

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Christina D'Allesandro

Immigration

November 3, 2015

Our children are growing up in a global world. If we are truly going to prepare them to succeed in the 21st century, we must give them the tools to understand and value that global world. Learning about the cultures and histories that define all of us is an important component of our ultimate goal...

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AFT Executive Vice President, Mary Cathryn Ricker

Immigration

October 26, 2015

If the world is going to live up to its commitment to protect the basic rights of all children and adults, we need to ensure that all the countries that have pledged under international agreements to protect migrants' rights pass and implement these rights at a national level.

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Jody Heymann

Immigration

September 1, 2015

“All the differences of ideas that we have are negotiable. What is not negotiable is our souls. Politics is not the world for businessmen.” - Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay In case you missed it, Donald Trump has committed to deporting 11 million hardworking migrants in the United States...

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Clarissa LT

Immigration

August 26, 2015

NAPAWF Executive Director Miriam Yeung says attacks are a clear attempt to fuel racism and avoid meaningful conversation on immigration policy reform.

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Miriam Yeung

Immigration

July 23, 2015

On June 16th, Donald Trump said the following hurtful, harmful, and completely inaccurate statement: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best…they’re sending people that have lots of problems…they’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime. They’re rapists…” [1] Trump couldn’t...

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Xochitl Oseguera

Immigration

July 23, 2015

El 16 de junio, Donald Trump hizo estos terribles, dañinos y erróneos comentarios: "Cuando México nos manda su gente, no nos están mandando a la mejor gente...nos están mandando gente con muchos problemas... están trayendo drogas y crimen. Son violadores..." [1] Trump no puede estar más equivocado...

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Xochitl Oseguera