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Court ruling puts sanctuary cities and towns on notice

The Salem News 22 Jul 2019

BOSTON — Cities and towns that don't cooperate with federal immigration agents could be turned down for public safety grants under a recent court ruling that amounts to a win for the Trump administration's efforts to punish communities for "sanctuary" policies....

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Idaho Music Festival Canceled Amid Immigration Enforcement Fear

Billboard 22 Jul 2019

Leo Morales of ACLU of Idaho said he couldn’t confirm that any Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were in southern Idaho, but he said community members were panicked ... It is important for all community members, regardless of their immigration status, to ......

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US hotels caught in fight over housing detained migrants

The Mercury News 22 Jul 2019

DETROIT — There’s a new target in the clash over immigration ... It’s the latest example of a private industry caught in the political fray of an overtaxed immigration system ... New ICE plan threatens immigrants and communities “People will be upset about this, but in the end, it’s probably cheaper than detention,” he said....

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Free speech at risk with Twitter’s ban of Angel Mom

Boston Herald 22 Jul 2019

Her 32-year-old son, Brandon Mendoza, a cop, was killed in a head-on collision by a drunk illegal immigrant driving the wrong way in Arizona in 2014. Mendoza was booted from Twitter for highlighting the dangers of illegal immigration and liberal-loving sanctuary cities that are harboring criminals and making our communities less safe....

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California struggles to get food stamps to hungry

Santa Cruz Sentinel 22 Jul 2019

Locally things look different across California depending on communities where our participants are living.”. Counties with large populations of working poor, unhoused people and immigrants face unique challenges. In California, immigrants living in the U.S....

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Developing a plan for downtown Niagara Falls

Niagara Gazette 22 Jul 2019

Anthony Vilardo says his new job is a lot like his old job. And that has made his transition from the Falls director of business development to president of USA Niagara Development Corp ... "I had four sets of grandparents (his and his wife's) who immigrated here and came to the shores of Niagara Falls. I am firmly invested in this community ... ....

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Court ruling puts 'sanctuary' cities on notice

Eagle-Tribune 21 Jul 2019

... to punish communities for "sanctuary" policies ... Immigrant rights groups and officials who support the local ordinances say giving police authority to cooperate with immigration agents makes communities less safe, dissuading people from reporting crime for fear of deportation....

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Man jumps in Yampa River to flee from ICE agents amid local searches

Sky-Hi News 21 Jul 2019

Roddy Beall, the interpretation and translator coordinator for Integrated Community, a local nonprofit that offers resources to immigrants, said his organization had received multiple reports of at least two ICE agents in town on Friday ... Her organization helps immigrants ......

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Deportation dilemma Undocumented immigrants without criminal record could face deportation

Enid News & Eagle 21 Jul 2019

As ICE began carrying out raids across the country Sunday with a goal of rounding up thousands of undocumented families, local activists say the shift away from mainly targeting those with serious criminal records is increasing fear and concern throughout the immigrant community....

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Esther Cepeda: Trump can't stop America from offering a safe harbor to huddled masses

The Saratogian 21 Jul 2019

But as with the threat of immigration raids in communities of color and the president's fruitless tooth-and-nail fight to get a citizenship question included on the 2020 Census, all this activity is not truly about "fixing" our admittedly broken immigration system....

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Cepeda column: Trump can’t stop America from offering a safe harbor to huddled masses

Post Independent 21 Jul 2019

But as with the threat of immigration raids in communities of color and the president’s fruitless tooth-and-nail fight to get a citizenship question included on the 2020 Census, all this activity is not truly about “fixing” our admittedly broken immigration system....

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Esther Cepeda: US won't stop being harbor for refugees

Lincoln Journal Star 21 Jul 2019

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Poloncarz walks fine line on Green Light law

The Buffalo News 21 Jul 2019

Business Council backs controversial immigrant driver's license bill ... This Sunday ICE is planning raids on immigrant communities across our nation. Buffalo is a welcoming community to immigrants so we may be a target ... “On one hand, he’s against illegal immigrants getting driver’s ......