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The 42-Member Congressional Hispanic Caucus advocates for issues important to Hispanics via the legislative process in Congress.
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Of these 250 children, 15 had the flu. A sick 2 year old had detained teens caring for him. The children were eating uncooked frozen food. They hadn’t bathed or worn clean clothes in weeks. This is a violation of the Flores agreement and the human rights of these children.
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Lawyers say 250 children are locked in a Customs and Border Protection station in Texas without adequate food, water and sanitation, and some have been there for as long as 27 days. @viacedar, @garanceburke @mendozamartha apne.ws/MCE4MbB
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus
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The travel ban. Family separation. Caging children. Asylum limits. Blocking refugees. Ending TPS & DACA. Xenophobic rhetoric. Demonizing Latinos. This is all Stephen Miller. This is what happens when a white nationalist oversees federal policy.
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Opinion | Stephen Miller’s Sinister Syllabus (Published 2019)
Leaked emails from 2015 and 2016 show one of Trump’s top advisers trying to teach Breitbart editors a thing or two about white nationalism.
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🚨 WARNING 🚨 Pres Trump is deploying tactical SWAT-like units to “sanctuary cities”. This will only terrorize communities & undermine public safety. We must stay true to our American values & #ProtectEachother. Please, be prepared & #KnowYourRights.
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Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities (Published 2020)
Agents from a special tactical team that normally confronts smugglers on the border are being sent to sanctuary cities across the country.
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus
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@DHSgov
is forcing young migrant girls and teens who are menstruating to bleed through their clothing and denying them showers or more than one sanitary pad per day. State AGs are suing for these girls’ basic dignity and to end this humiliating practice.
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Menstruating Migrant Girls 'Visibly' Bleeding Through Pants While Detained, Lawsuit Says
Court filings detail reports from teen girls who say they were given one sanitary pad a day. After that, they were forced to sit in soiled underwear and pants.
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This is alarming – Bank of America is freezing accounts of customers and questioning their immigration status. This can be terrifying for families who suddenly cannot access their money to pay their bills, buy groceries, or cover rent.
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Bank of America freezing accounts of customers suspected of not being US citizens
Saeed Moshfegh woke up earlier this month to discover the strangest thing: though he had plenty of money in his Bank of America account, he couldn’t access it.
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“In my 22 years of doing visits with children I have never heard of this level of inhumanity. Our country at this crucible moment where we have forsaken children and failed to see them as human is hopefully a wake up to move toward change.” – Holly Cooper, Attorney
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These
@CBP
officials have no business representing the US government. Their deragatory and sexist comments regarding immigrants and members of Congress are unacceptable. These officers must be removed from their posts immediately, and
@DHSOIG
must launch a full investigation NOW.
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ProPublica
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NEW: We got access to a secret, 9,500-member FB group where current and former Border Patrol agents make explicit and derogatory remarks and “jokes” about migrants, female lawmakers and more. @CPB hasn't responded to our requests for comment. propub.li/2JlpwfF
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Ramon Timothy Lopez was burned and killed by police after being restrained face-down on the searing hot Phoneix asphalt for over five minutes. We're mourning his death and monitoring the investigation. The Lopez family deserves justice and accountability.
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Man who died in Phoenix police custody remembered as loving son and father
Ramon Timothy Lopez, 28, became unresponsive after police restrained him face-down on hot pavement on Aug. 4.
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Our condolences to Judge Salas — New Jersey's first Latina U.S. District judge. Our hearts go out to her family after this horrific attack. We will be monitoring the investigation. Those responsible for this heinous violence must be brought to justice.
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A Latina trailblazer: Esther Salas, federal judge whose son was killed, described as 'mentor'
“A lot of hearts are breaking right now,” said David Lopez, co-dean of Rutgers Law School, about the Latina judge who made history in New Jersey.
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A headline from 2016 that is especially relevant today: "Haiti-born cadet weeps at West Point graduation." Our nation’s strength and the American Dream stem from our immigrant roots and diversity. usat.ly/1VjU9n3 cc: @OfficialCBC
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Haiti-born cadet weeps at West Point graduation
A touching photo captured the raw emotion of graduation for a Haiti-born cadet, who says he never thought he would fulfill his American dream.
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus
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, since you ended #DACA, Democrats & Republicans in both the House & Senate have introduced at least 14 bills, the majority being bipartisan and many bicameral. You rejected them all. We sent you a letter last week - did you read it? hispaniccaucus-lujangrisham.house.gov/media-center/p
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Donald J. Trump
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It’s March 5th and the Democrats are nowhere to be found on DACA. Gave them 6 months, they just don’t care. Where are they? We are ready to make a deal!
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Trump & Republicans helping Hispanics: ❌ Terminated #DACA ❌ Abandoned Hispanic outreach for #ACA ❌ Passed #TaxScam ❌ Ended #TPS for many ❌ Torpedoed #DreamAct ❌ Worked to repeal #ACA ❌ Emboldened deportation force ❌ Failed response to Hurricane Maria Should we go on?
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POLITICO
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“I do want the Hispanic community to know that Republicans are much more on your side than the Democrats who are using you for this purpose,” President Trump said at the omnibus bill presser just moments after saying “the Democrats did not want DACA in this bill.”
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Welcome news from #SCOTUS on #DACA. Trump admin violated the law & created an unnecessary crisis by terminating DACA. This painful process demands that Congress permanently protect Dreamers—Senate must pass the American Dream and Promise Act. Immigrant youth are here to stay.
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Not at all surprising – ICE didn’t communicate with the communities, with the teachers and day cares who are responsible for these children the day. This level of negligence by a federal agency is inexcusable. They’re tearing families and communities apart.
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CBS Mornings
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.@CBSNews has learned ICE did not notify local school districts before the massive immigration raids in Mississippi. Schools had to scramble to make sure students had somewhere to go, if their parents were swept up in the raids.
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Hate crimes against Latinos have risen 41% since 2016. Just last week, a Latino suffered an acid attack. In August, 22 were killed in El Paso by a white supremacist targeting Latinos. Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric has consequences – he must stop inciting violence against Latinos.
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BuzzFeed News
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The number of violent hate crimes reported in the United States last year was the highest in 16 years, according to the FBI — but advocacy groups warn that the real number is far higher buzzfeednews.com/article/elliev
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🚨NEW🚨 A federal judge has stopped Trump’s rule to indefinitely detain families & roll back protections for children because it violates the Flores Settlement Agreement. Flores is #NotALoophole – we must uphold it & protect children in
@DHSgov
custody.
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Migrant detention ruling: Judge blocks government effort to indefinitely detain migrant families
Judge rejects Trump administration action that would have scrapped a landmark court agreement on the treatment of migrant children and families in custody
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🚨HUGE NEWS🚨 The 9th Circuit Court affirmed the illegality of Trump’s dangerous #RemainInMexico policy & #AsylumBan 1. Enough with making a mockery of our asylum system - families at our border need help NOW, we MUST restore the rights of asylum seekers afforded by US law.
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ACLU
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BREAKING: We just won another round in our forced Return to Mexico lawsuit. MPP is again blocked in its entirety, by court order. aclu.org/cases/innovati
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Including a citizenship question in the #2020Census only serves to suppress participation & will result in inaccurate data that does not reflect the makeup of our nation. It’s a discriminatory decision by the Trump Admin to target communities & further an anti-immigrant agenda.
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The women of color in Congress have served far more honorably than this President. They are US citizens and this IS their country. They are fighting #ForThePeople - this racist, sexist President will not stop them.
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So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly......
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In the dead of night, ICE deported Jose without notifying his family or multiple lawyers even as they were still fighting to keep him in the US. Jose is a veteran with PTSD & a traumatic brain injury. He sacrificed so much for our freedom - this country owes him so much better.
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Marine Corps vet who served in Iraq deported to El Salvador, where he left at age 3 hill.cm/9E2zafR
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The women stopped by
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Member. It could have been your mother, father, sister, brother, son or daughter. This is wrong for a number of reasons including violating CBP’s own policy /1
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NowThis
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Border patrol questioned these 2 U.S. citizens in Montana because they were speaking Spanish. This is America in 2018.
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Babies don't belong in migrant detention facilities. For 23 days & counting, this child has had persistent diarrhea & been too sick too eat. It is clear he is not getting the medical care he desperately needs while in
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custody. He must be taken to a hospital immediately.
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RAICES
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We're continuing our series of #StoriesFromKarnes this evening but please take note: the story we are about to share is devastating and the baby is currently very ill while locked up.
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“The Latino community has also suffered from police brutality: #AndresGuardado & #CarlosIngramLopez are the latest to be killed.” -
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Joaquin Castro
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The #GeorgeFloyd Justice in Policing Act is a first, yet significant step to save lives, especially Black lives. In my hometown of San Antonio, police violence has existed for generations. Marquise Jones. Antronie Scott. Charles Roundtree. Hector Santoscoy. Bobby Jo Phillips.
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As we watch wildfires spread across the West, we cannot forget the farmworkers who will continue to be out there working — through smoke, heat, and a deadly pandemic. Farmworkers put themselves on the line to feed America. They deserve better.
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United Farm Workers
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Farm workers don't get to use Zoom to harvest our food. Ramiro sent us this photo from Salinas CA where he is currently harvesting lettuce during the wildfires, despite the air quality being "very unhealthy ." #WeFeedYou
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We now know that CBP lied about Carlos Vasquez’s death – CBP failed to provide critically necessary medical care & failed to notice his death until his cellmate discovered his body. This is criminal negligence –
@HispanicCaucus
will demand answers & accountability from CBP.
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ProPublica
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Video obtained by ProPublica shows the Border Patrol held a sick teen in a cell without proper medical attention and did not discover his body until his cellmate alerted guards. The video doesn’t match the Border Patrol's account of his death.
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NOW:
@HispanicCaucus
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@HouseJudiciary
members are inspecting the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia. We’re investigating reports of abuse of immigrant women detained by
@ICEgov
, including hysterectomies & medical procedures without their consent.
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Immigrant Women Detained By ICE Said A Gynecologist Performed Procedures Without Their Consent
"All I could think was, what else happened to my body while I was unconscious?"
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It's clear that Trump is using the lives of children, mothers, and fathers as political bargaining chips to get his nativist, anti-immigrant demands. He puts politics over people. He puts inhumanity over compassion. He's a disgrace. #KeepFamilesTogether
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Donald J. Trump
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Democrats are the problem. They don’t care about crime and want illegal immigrants, no matter how bad they may be, to pour into and infest our Country, like MS-13. They can’t win on their terrible policies, so they view them as potential voters!
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"The census is a count of everyone in the United States, no matter your immigration status. The census count is how our communities get billions of dollars for programs that we all rely on." -
@RepAOC
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on the importance of #Census2020
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AOC, Lin-Manuel Miranda urge New Yorkers to participate in the census
The congresswoman and the star of "Hamilton" have a new ad out aimed at preventing an undercount that could jeopardize the city's federal funding.
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