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UnidosUS Releases ‘Beyond the Border: Family Separation in the Trump Era’ Report
Organization says Trump immigration policies demonstrate devastating impact on more than six million U.S.-citizen children.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Leadership Calls on the FBI and DHS OIG to Investigate the Trump Organization’s Systemic Practice of Hiring Undocumented Workers
The CHC says that DHS has failed to initiate an investigation despite multiple complaints.
Netflix Announces ONE DAY AT A TIME Is Cancelled, and as Expected, Twitter Users Let Them Have It
“Please don’t take this as an indication that your story is not important,” Netflix said.
Puerto Rican Diaspora Activists Demand Federal Judge #CancelTheDebt
Groups rallied as part of day of action asking for elimination of $72 billion public debt.
Redlined: A Legacy of Housing Discrimination (VIDEO)
Learn your history.
The Families Belong Together Corporate Accountability Committee Responds to Wells Fargo Decision to Exit The Private Prison Industry
Another big bank says it will no longer finance Geo Group and CoreCivic.
Pew: 61% of Country’s Undocumented Population Lives in 20 Metro Areas
“In 2016, the 20 metro areas with the most unauthorized immigrants were home to 6.5 million of them, or 61% of the estimated nationwide total. By contrast, only 37% of the total U.S. population lived in those metro areas,” Pew stated.
MEDIA STATEMENT: Mothers Being Mistreated in ICE Detention
Seventeen people are still detained, according to organizers.
Marco Rubio Sends (Yet Another) Unverified Venezuela Tweet, Blaming Power Outage on a ‘German Dam,’ Unaware That ‘Germán Dam’ Is a Journalist
Step away from the Twitter, senator.
Inside a Hielera Detention Cell Art Exhibit at SXSW
Latino Rebels Radio: March 10, 2019
One Million March for Reproductive Justice Across Latin America on International Women’s Day
Rallies come one day after the release of three women imprisoned under El Salvador’s abortion ban.
NALEO Educational Fund Comments on US Census Bureau Request for Citizenship Data from the Department of Homeland Security
“It is time for Congress to act and provide Latinos and all Americans with the clarity and safety they need to participate in the 2020 Census by removing the citizenship question once and for all,” CEO Arturo Vargas said.
Three Women Imprisoned Under El Salvador’s Abortion Ban Released
Alba Lorena Rodríguez, María del Tránsito Orellana and Cinthia Marcela Rodríguez served a combined 29 years in prison as a result of extreme abortion ban.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Announces Immigration Principles
These was released the same day there were four simultaneous congressional hearings on immigration.
Congressional Testimony of New Mexico DREAMer Yazmin Irazoqui Ruiz About DACA
“Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I come before you today as the PRODUCT of my community. So protecting me in exchange for increased danger for my community is not protection at all,” Yazmin Irazoqui Ruiz said.
Watch the Four Simultaneous Congressional Hearings on Immigration Here (VIDEO)
One busy day in D.C.
What the Head of the TPS Alliance Submitted to a Congressional Committee in Washington
“I also would like you to know why the term ‘temporary’ is no longer an appropriate term or category for our communities across the nation. We have given the best years of our lives in this country,” José Palma wrote in his remarks.
Moms Celebrate That JPMorgan Chase Will No Longer ‘Bank the Private Prison Industry’
“Seventy-one percent of the average daily population in ICE custody are held in privately operated jails, many with documented histories of human rights abuses.”
iLe’s Newest Song ‘Temes’ Confronts Machismo Straight On
Why are so you afraid of me?
NABJ Elevates CNN to Special Media Monitoring List
“A special team will perform further research and an analysis of CNN’s diversity, inclusion and equity practices, per the NABJ Board’s directive.”