July 31, 2018 Immigrant Justice Minnesota
ICE Snatches 25-Year Minnesota Resident From His Family in Harrowing Video
Carlos knew it was dangerous for him to go to the courthouse on July 26. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have dramatically stepped up their hunt for undocumented people, friends …
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Kansas City Erects First Memorial To Remember A Victim Of Lynching
Harrington’s lynching will be remembered in a ceremony Saturday with the placement of a memorial marker in West Terrace Park overlooking the West Bottoms. He will be the first Missouri …
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Widening circles of community
My community’s yes to this exploration is, to me, a sign of our collective openness to these questions and this unfolding. And I know that what is unfolding now has …
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Immigrant Justice District of Columbia
Will Congress continue to be complicit in family separations?
It is easy to raise our voices and oppose unjust actions. But this moment requires more than vocal or fleeting outrage. Fresh off the heels of an election in which …
Continue readingNovember 29, 2018
Criminal Justice, Gun Violence Alabama
‘He’s a black man with a gun’: Emantic Bradford’s shooting divides city of civil rights
On Tuesday, five days after their son was shot, Bradford’s family received a call from Hoover police, Crump told the Guardian. The family has also received the body of their dead …
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Immigrant Justice District of Columbia
CAIR Leader Mocks Muslims in US Military
IPT noted Billoo received a Community Builder Award last month from the San Jose-based group People Acting in Community Together. Earlier this month, at a gathering with the Ecumenical Peace Institute, Billoo declared …
Continue readingNovember 29, 2018
Asylum-Seeking Families Should Not Be Abandoned to Suffer on San Diego Streets
At a November 19 press conference, the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties joined with Jewish Family Service of San Diego, San Diego Organizing Project, Catholic Charities, Casa Cornelia, …
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