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• 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)

• AIC, 05/10/2023: Coalition letter urges vote against Border Bill H.R. 2 Secure the Border Act 2023 that dismantles U.S. Asylum system

• NIJC, 05/10/2023: Title 42 expulsion policy expire, only to be replaced by the Biden administration's new asylum ban rule 

• DHS,05/10/2023: Fact Sheet: Dep. of Sate and DHS announce additional sweeping measures to Humanely Manage Border through Deterrence

• The Daily Wildcat, 05/09/2023: Opinion: The line between free speech and hate speech on school campuses needs to be reviewed

• ACLU, 05/05/2023: Protect the Right to seek Asylum

• The White House, 05/02/23: Mexico and United States strengthen Join Humanitarian Plan on Migration 

• DOD News, 05/02/23: Secretary of Defense Austin approves Homeland Security request for troops at the border 

• ACLU, 05/02/2023: ACLU comments on Biden Administration sending troops to Southern Border

• DHS, 05/01/2023: Fact Sheet: Update on DHS Planning for Southern Border Security Measures as the Title 42 Public Health Order ends 

• 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