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Access clinic: a win-win for Minnesota’s rural immigrants and U of M law students

MinnPost 18 Mar 2019

There is a great, unmet need for legal representation among immigrant communities in rural Minnesota ... Nerves are jangled in the state’s rural immigrant communities, said Deepinder Mayell, executive director of the James H ... James sent many members of the local immigrant community undercover....

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DAAP/FIRE announces senate candidates for ASUC election

The Daily Californian 18 Mar 2019

“We want to send a message to the immigrant community that we will stand in solidarity with them, and we will fight for them,” Gutierrez said ... Tabares said that “multiculturalism makes Berkeley work” and added that he wants to help diversify UC Berkeley by representing the illegal immigrant community and voicing its concerns....

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These Alhambra High students created a center to support immigrant students

San Gabriel Valley Tribune 18 Mar 2019

In addition to offering information to help immigrant students connect with available academic and scholarship resources and a community cupboard for those who may not get enough to eat at home, students can also get after-school tutoring from Daniela Ortiz, Dream Center coordinator and a substitute teacher in the district....

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George W. Bush: 'Immigration is a blessing and a strength'

CNN 18 Mar 2019

Bush appeared at a naturalization ceremony Monday where he praised the nation's immigrant history and called on lawmakers to deliver comprehensive immigration reform ... Bush was joined by his wife, former first lady Laura Bush, who also delivered remarks before the ceremony and noted the deep immigrant community in Texas....

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George W. Bush: ‘Immigration is a blessing and a strength’

Wtop 18 Mar 2019

Bush appeared at a naturalization ceremony Monday where he praised the nation’s immigrant history and called on lawmakers to deliver comprehensive immigration reform ... Bush was joined by his wife, former first lady Laura Bush, who also delivered remarks before the ceremony and noted the deep immigrant community in Texas....

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‘Egg Boy’ Donating GoFundMe Money For Egging Senator To Christchurch Survivors

Inquisitr 18 Mar 2019

One of those messages came from Australian Senator Fraser Anning, who decided to victim-blame those who were attacked by taking a stab at immigration and immigrants....

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Only legislation, not litigation, can fix immigration, say Cristobal Ramón and Theresa Cardinal Brown

Atlantic City 18 Mar 2019

Rather than providing clarity for immigrants and their communities through consensus-driven legislative solutions, each legal victory launches a new round of politicized appeals that threaten trust in the judicial branch as an impartial arbiter of law ... Cristobal Ramón is an immigration policy analyst at the Bipartisan Policy Center....

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Bill Would Allow Florida Attorney General To Take Measures On Immigration Enforcement

CBS Sports 18 Mar 2019

... with federal immigration authorities ... “This provision is about intimidating local officials into spending local tax dollars to go after neighbors in their communities who happen to be immigrants regardless of whether they are a threat to public safety,” Rodriguez said....

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Exodus: As Bay Area moves left, these conservative voters move out

The Daily Democrat 18 Mar 2019

higher taxes, an open immigration policy and no end in sight to the state’s liberal direction ... One-party domination in Sacramento and constant chafing with neighbors has driven conservative Bay Area refugees to communities in Texas, Idaho, Colorado and Florida ... And they go there — anger at welfare programs and weak immigration enforcement....

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Australian senator repeats Islamophobic remarks made after New Zealand shooting

The National 18 Mar 2019

Far-right Australian Senator Fraser Anning has doubled down on the Islamophobic anti-immigration comments he made following the mass shooting in Christchurch that left 50 dead, and refused to apologise ... “Countries that allow large scale Muslim immigration invariably have escalations in crime, violence and terrorist attacks....

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NM knows how to develop Hispanic leaders

Albuquerque Journal 18 Mar 2019

It makes sense ... This rare dynamic has produced tangible results ... Two of the three U.S ... House of Representatives and just 4 percent of the U.S ... The difference in policy outcomes for Hispanic communities could not be starker. In New Mexico, its diverse governing bodies have led to laws that protect and uplift immigrant families and communities of color ... ....

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Christianity and the Gold Coast society

Joy Online 18 Mar 2019

Riis travelled to Jamaica and, in 1843, brought back twenty-four immigrants, including six couples with their children. Most of these immigrants came to form the nucleus of the Christian community, in places like Akropong where, in 1851, a total of thirty-one, twenty-five were West Indians, intermarried with local families....

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The New Zealand shooter wrote a manifesto. An extremism expert explains what it means.

Vox 18 Mar 2019

The rambling, strangely written document is filled with anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric and spans nearly 80 pages ... It’s definitely clearly signaling that the author is a white supremacist, and anti-immigration and anti-Muslim ... It’s anti-Muslim, anti-immigration ... [President] Trump, for instance, called immigrants “invaders” on Friday ....