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04/22/2024 Stop the Hate Agenda: Taking Action. Link of the presentation HERE
05/03/2024 Interactive map generated by American Immigration Council with comprehensive State and local immigration data. Click HERE
05/14/-/15/2024 United against Hate 9:00 am -7pm. Rally: Community Event. Stand against SB 1070 2.0! Click Here to sign up
05/20/2024. Talk by Isabel Garcia on The Right's Demonization of Immigration and the Border
06/02/2024 Arizona Daily Star. Border vigilantes blurring line of law enforcement. Click HERE
06/20/2024 Automating Deportation of Immigrants. DHS is rolling out Artificial intelligence (AI) across its agencies: USCIS, ICE, CBP. They are using AI to sort through applications, enhance surveillance, and target individuals for detention or deportation. Click HERE
07/12/2024. See the ideological position of the GOP as expressed in the 2024 GOP Platform. Chapter 2, "Seal the Border, and Stop the Migrant Invasion," Subsection 3 titled "Begin Largest Deportation Program in American History." Click HERE and scroll down to find Chap. 2
07/12/2024. Arizona Proposition 314 (HCR 0260), the Arizona Immigration and Border Law Enforcement Measure, is on the ballot in Arizona as a legislatively referred state statute on November 5, 2024. Click HERE
Senator Tim Kaine challenges use of dangerous "Invasion" rhetoric to describe Immigration. Click HERE
Forbes 03/20/2024 by A. J. Semotuk: Recently the Supreme Court of the U.S. temporarily allowed a Texas immigration law to stand. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the ruling; putting the law on hold until the full court could decide the case. Click HERE
American Immigration Council 02/08/2024: Last week, the Senate passed the long-awaited supplemental funding bill without any of the immigration measures in the legislation. Though the immigration measures didn’t pass in this bill, the ideas in the bill may live on and could be incorporated in other legislation in the future. Click HERE
ACLU-Arizona, KBI, ProtectAZ Health, Sikh Coalition Report: From Hope to Heartbreak: The Disturbing Reality of Border Patrol's Confiscation of Migrants' Belongings. Click HERE
The Hill 01/03/24: Opinion by J. Houser: The GOP's border proposals are a human trafficker's dream. Click HERE
Human Rights Watch 12/18/23: Israel: Starvation used as weapon of war in Gaza. Click HERE
12/10/2023: Open letter to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. There is a humanitarian crisis currently unfolding at the border, east of Sasabe, Arizona, as we are seeing drastically increased numbers of asylum seekers for a variety of reasons. Customs and Border Protection has not mirrored that with an appropriate level of response, as temperatures plummet and food and water are scarce. No More Deaths / No Más Muertes, fellow humanitarian aid groups, community groups, and individuals have stepped up to help care for them, but the situation is continuing to escalate. Click HERE
12/08/2023: Human Rights First expressed outrage over reports overnight that the White House is ready to make a deal with Senate Republicans that would result in the rounding up of migrants across the country, a dismantling of U.S. asylum laws, and other harmful anti-immigrant policy changes. Click HERE
Stop the Hate Collective 11/15/2023: On Oct. 17 Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 in favor of a resolution "Stand With Israel". Supervisor A. Grijalva's decision to support the resolution cannot be justified and it is contrary to what this Collective stands for. We call on Supervisor Grijalva to rescind the vote and join people of conscience everywhere in the call for "Cease of Fire Now". Click HERE
America's Voice 10/25/2023: Rep. Mike Johnson elected as the Speaker of the House. Click HERE
America's Voice 10/12/2023: Trump's Nativism moves in even More Dangerous and Incendiary Direction. Click HERE
The Texas Tribune 08/28/23: Texas National Guard member fires across Tio Grande, wounds Mexican Citizen. Click HERE
America's Voice 08/28/23: Reaction to Racist killings in Jacksonville. Click HERE
NYT 08/07/2023: Native Americans caught in border strife on their own land. The killing has stirred up resentments. CLICK HERE The New York Times: It needs subscription
NIJC: The Administration must oppose violent rhetoric and actions against immigrants. Click HERE
08/01/2023: On El Paso Anniversary, National Coalition urges Congressional Leadership to denounce white supremacy, anti-immigrants rethoric and its use by Members of Congress. Click HERE
07/28/2023: U.S. Senate on DHS spending bill. The bill includes significant increased funding. Click HERE
ACLU 07/28/2023: Federal Court ruled that the Biden Administration's new asylum ban is illegal. Click HERE
Add your name to stand with Amanda Gorman and petition adding the book The Hill We Climb to every recommended reading list in the country. Click HERE
07/22/2023: ACLU request to take action to protect the rights of people in South Texas. Click HERE
07/11/2023: CAIR-Arizona Condemns racist vandalism targeting homes in Tucson. Click HERE
The Supreme Court allows the Biden Administration to re-institute its Immigration Enforcement Priorities in the interior of the U.S., also known as enforcement priorities. Click HERE
Local news, 06/20/2023. In rural AZ, queer communities brace for impact. Click HERE
The Supreme Court of the U.S. struck down President's Biden plan to provide millions of American with much-deeded student loan debt relief. Click HERE
Words from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: "With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today majority pulls the ripcord and announces 'colorblindness for all' by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life." CNN 06/29/2023 Supreme Court guts affirmative action in college admission. Click HERE .
Human Rights First. Report: Xenophobia & anti-immigrant extremism -from fringe to mainstream. Click HERE
Art is Power. Report calls for greater protections for threatened artists. Click HERE
SPLC Hatewatch monitors and exposes the activities of the American radical right. Click HERE
SPLC ha added the conservative group Moms for Liberty to the list of extremist organizations. Click HERE
06/23/2023: Today, the US Supreme Court surprisingly declared the validity of the Biden Administration's prosecutorial discretion (PD) memo that guides immigration enforcement guidelines. Click HERE
AIC, 06/02/2023: States Legislatures in Florida and Texas propose and enact Immigration Bills Click HERE , HERE and HERE
05/30/2023: The New Yorker: The rise of Latino white supremacy Click HERE ; The Atlantic: Latinos can be white supremacists HERE
HRC, 05/11/2023: Florida Gov. DeSantis signs extreme Healthcare bill, SB1580: Protection of Medical Conscience. Click HERE , HRC HERE, and ACLU HERE
FCNL, 05/30/2023: Indian Boarding Schools Bill introduced in Senate. S. 1723 is a bipartisan bill to establish the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the U.S. In depth article Click HERE
SPLC, 05/24/2023: Anti-Asian violence underscores need for honest history, rejection of hate. Click HERE
MSF, 05/10/2023: US ends Title 42 only to roll our sweeping new asylum restrictions. Click HERE
Mexico Daily Post 05/28/2023: Letter sent by Mexican Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma to U.S. Sen. J. Kennedy. Click HERE
The New York Review: Asylum in Limbo by A. R. Flores. Like the Trump-era policy it replaces, Biden's new asylum ban suggests that certain migrants are less deserving of protection than others. Click HERE
Sanctuary cities and states: Recent documents reveal that U.S. ICE has established relations with private technology companies to skirt sanctuary policies. Click HERE
ACLU: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis very recently signed into law SB 264 . This racist law -starting on 07/01/2023- forbids many immigrants from China, Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, and North Korea from buying a home in the state – with very limited exceptions. (Click HERE)
05/17/2023: Pen America v. Escambia County School District. Click HERE
ACLU is suing to stop the Administration's new asylum ban. What to know - and action you can take Click HERE
05/ 16/2023: UN marks International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia Click HERE
05/14/2023: Weekly summary from the American Immigration Council (AIC)
NIJC, 05/10/2023: Title 42 expulsion policy expire, only to be replaced by the Biden administration's new asylum ban rule
The White House, 05/02/23: Mexico and United States strengthen Join Humanitarian Plan on Migration
ACLU, 05/02/2023: ACLU comments on Biden Administration sending troops to Southern Border
04/26/2023: The Guardian: Get Cancer: How election lies morphed into a plague of hate in Arizona
04/20/2023: Pen America: Banned in the USA: State Laws. Supercharge book suppression in schools
04/12/2023: Human Rights Watch: HRW testimony on Texas state HB 20 and HB 7. Click HERE