Guest Contributor

“It’s unconstitutional to detain people just because of their language, accent, or color of their skin,” said Cody Wofsy, staff attorney with the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project.

“The only road to Mumia’s freedom —and, in point of fact, the only reason he is even alive today— is mass organization.”

The Directors of RebLaw and all of those in a position to act on our demands.

These instances of racist and discriminatory practices in academic spaces are not new.

It is unacceptable that a major network news program would give a platform to one of their most well respected personalities to repeat and extend these untrue and harmful stereotypes to Latinos.

“Trump’s proposal is an abominable sleight of hand.”

“We write to express our alarm at the draconian budget cuts being imposed on the University of Puerto Rico by the Fiscal Oversight Management Board (FOMB) with the acquiescence of government and university authorities.”

It brings us no pleasure to publicly oppose him.

My hope is that the time has finally arrived to have a national conversation about the continued denial of voting rights to nearly four million Americans.

The trial court is expected to deliver its ruling later that day.

Cerrejón’s motto, “responsible mining,” seems far removed from the realities we witnessed.

The struggles for justice in the United States must include decolonization and national self-determination for Puerto Rico, and at least partial reparation for the misdeeds of colonial rule.

“During my time working in that program, I was witness to many violations of the rights of immigrant children and families by ICE, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and the government contractors who run these programs including my former employer.”

This new order is a strategy of the president to silence and intimidate immigrants who know and demand their rights.

The ORR is turning its back on the children for whom they are responsible.

Over 3,500 people have signed up on familiesbelong.org

When ICE detained my mom, they initially told her she would get at least three months to get her affairs in order and say goodbye. They then turned around and arrested her the same day.

It isn’t fair for a student of color to have to wait until they are in their 20’s to experience an educational environment that reflects them and their culture completely.

That is not how our system is supposed to work. And the time to fix this is now.

A 15-year-old immigrant from El Salvador came to Long Island to escape the formidable MS-13.

Because collectively, we move closer to reclaiming our identity.