What Do We Want To Leave As Our Legacy?
Trump is pushing a message based on fear, exclusion and isolationDonald Trump went to Mexico in August this year. Yet again, he made not only a fool of himself but also a mockery of the U.S. political...
View ArticleDrawing The Pain Away
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View ArticleMake Your Mother Proud
Embed from Getty Images—My students, most of whom are Latino, listen to President Trump rail about Mexicans, about building a wall, and having Mexico pay for it. It doesn’t go unheard. Unnoticed....
View ArticleThe Proper Courage
The Proper CourageEven if we try the impossiblenot to witness no matter howhard we bury necks in the sandclay-pack ears against moisturestick razor-clams in retinas hopeto not see the flotilla...
View ArticleI Owe Everything to Mexicans
Embed from Getty Images For months whenever the candidate, who later became President Trump, spoke of undocumented immigrants those words were usually followed by talk of building a wall, deportation...
View ArticleAmerica’s Mass Deportation System is Rooted in Racism
Embed from Getty ImagesBy Kelly Lytle Hernandez, University of California, Los AngelesA rowdy segment of the American electorate is hell-bent on banning a specific group of immigrants from entering...
View ArticleTen Minutes to Say Goodbye
Embed from Getty Images—By Jose Santiago Shortly after I was born, my parents divorced. My dad had another family, and he left my mom alone. I used to think that living without a father was my...
View ArticleShe Voted for Trump and is now Surprised her Husband is Being Deported
—By Graham GremoreThis falls way beyond ‘schadenfreude’ to land squarely in ‘depressing.’An Indiana woman who proudly voted for Trump says she’s fighting to save her husband and the father of her...
View ArticleJust Another Rich Crack Baby
Embed from Getty ImagesBy Alfonso Manzo17 – got my own house16 – back on probation15 – homicidal thoughts14 – paying my own bills13 – saw my mother pass away in front of my eyes. She was the coldest...
View ArticleTrump Supporter Must Resign from Latino Org, Activists Demand
Disappointment, anger and distrust are just a few of the emotions many in Philadelphia’s Latino population are feeling after seeing a nonprofit leader, who is said to have their best interest in...
View ArticleThe Most Relevant Book to Read Today? An Award-Winning Novel For 10-to-12...
Embed from Getty ImagesThe most relevant book to read today? An award-winning novel for 10-to-12 year-olds.The President has given us many remarkable days, but yesterday may take the prize — he had...
View ArticleOver 5 Million Families in America are at Risk of Being ‘Divided by Deportation’
His cruel elimination of DACA, a program that protects nearly 1 million young people, is only the latest of Trump’s many despicable acts.The fear that ICE will come knocking, tearing families apart,...
View ArticleImmigrant Who Sought Sanctuary in a Philadelphia Church Now Free
Over the last eleven months, the days and nights of Mr. Javier Flores Garcia were monotonous. He spent his hours mostly inside a Center City Philadelphia church, where he sought and received, after...
View ArticleAG Sessions’ Final Warning to Philadelphia Didn’t Scare its Mayor
Embed from Getty Images10.12.17: Philadelphia – (Politics): The beleaguered mayor of Philadelphia has grown weary due to a back-and-forth with a “coercive” federal government that’s determined to...
View ArticleA Broken System: Deportation of Innocence
Embed from Getty Images — RSVP for Political Activism Calls — Watching these ordeals play out on the border where immigrant families have been torn apart brings some eerily familiar feelings to the...
View ArticlePhiladelphia’s Democrat Mayor Wants to Abolish ICE
A young man this afternoon perused an encampment outside City Hall with a small gray bag in his hand. He was aiming to tidy up a new outdoor living space enjoyed by himself and others who are calling...
View ArticleDeportation Isn’t a Dirty Word
The manner in which many Americans debate illegal immigration and deportation is unfortunate. Daily exaggerations and hysteria by pundits, politicians and protesters convolute, sensationalize and...
View ArticleDivided by Deportation [Video]
The fear that ICE will come knocking, tearing families apart, is one shared by millions of our friends, neighbors, coworkers, and classmates. More than 5 million children are at risk of losing a parent...
View ArticleFirst Acts [Video]
Based on real-life accounts, Eva Bor’s short film follows Lavender Chifamba, who lived and worked in the UK since 1989 before having her Indefinite Leave to Remain revoked and being deported to...
View ArticleTrump Regime to International Students: You Depart or We Will Deport
The Trump regime, under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), through the Student & Exchange Visitor Program of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, announced new draconian measures...
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