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@paolamendoza

Film Director. Co-author of NYT Bestseller . Co-founder . Co-founder & Women’s March OG. Mama to Mateo.

Brooklyn, NY
Joined February 2009

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    Rosa + her kids are now in the USA! They were released after spending 6 days in a detention center. They are tired but happy to be able to begin their journey in the USA. Life here will not be easy. Lets give them the gift of generosity. Pls donate

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    18 hours ago

    What more can you tell me about Robert Cantrell? He was arrested in Houston hours after Jazmine was murdered on another violent crime spree. We’ve had 20 people call or email us and say he is a racist, violent asshole and always has been. Just tell me everything you know.

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    Nilda & her two-year-old son Keyden fled extreme violence in Honduras only to be separated and detained in the United States. They survived family separation, but now are among more than one million applying for asylum or other legal relief, struggling to survive .

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    Jan 3

    Donald Trump likes to attack and dehumanize immigrants, but his golf club employed undocumented housekeepers. NUMEROUS undocumented people. Hypocrisy. These brave souls blew the whistle, and now they've lost their jobs. Can you help?

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    22 hours ago

    Trump doesn’t mention DACA in his letter to lawmakers. Instead, he pushes to 1) terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement so families can be detained together, and 2) amend the TVPRA to allow unaccompanied minors to be swiftly deported

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    I hear the GOP thinks women dancing are scandalous. Wait till they find out Congresswomen dance too! 💃🏽 Have a great weekend everyone :)

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    23 hours ago

    House Dems first bill introduced today includes: -Automatic voter registration -Nationwide early voting -Public financing of elections -End to Congressional gerrymandering -Release of presidential tax returns This is huge for democracy

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    Jan 3

    Rally on Saturday. Funeral on Tuesday. We should not have to be doing any of this, but here we are. Our reward for the arrest of the killer of 7 year old Jazmine Barnes is now $100,000. Email me today at shaunking@gmail.com with tips and leads. Strictly confidential.

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    Jan 3

    Past five House Speakers: Newt Gingrich – resigned Dennis Hastert – resigned then imprisoned John Boehner – resigned Paul Ryan – resigned Nancy Pelosi – reclaims Speaker role after 8 years

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  10. Jan 3

    Welcome, ! Investigations into the deaths of refugee children under U.S. government custody must be at the top of your agendas. Their names were Felipe and Jakelin. Contact Congress now ↓

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  11. Jan 3

    Take care of yourself and others as you screen These are hard to hear stories about abuse but their told by survivors who deserve that you listen with an open heart The 3 night docuseries event begins TONIGHT at 9pm on

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    Dec 31

    “It’s Surviving R. Kelly’s impulse to move beyond just the individual stories of his victims, and to offer a critical, academic eye at how the music industry is complicit, which makes it one of the more definitive examinations of his abuse allegations”

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    More than 2,600 migrant children were separated from their parents after crossing the Southwest border in the U.S., the majority of them this year. For those who have been reunited, the effects of that separation are far from over.

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    28 Dec 2018

    While many people are on Christmas break, migrants in northern Mexico continue trying to get into the United States. A 25-year-old man died trying to swim to San Diego, reports the . He's not the first one who has tried getting around the wall by entering water.

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    Take action now: Add your name to demand a Congressional investigation on the deaths of 8-year-old Felipe and 7-year-old Jakelin:

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    27 Dec 2018

    Trump is set to release thousands of migrant families from detention along the border over the next several days, per . Good news, right? Well, they’ll likely just be dropped off at bus stops. Yes, literally out in the cold.

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  18. Felipe Gomez Alonzo. Say his name. Rest in power little one.

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  19. A boy has died because the United States refuses to see immigrants, refugees and migrants as human beings. America is suffering from a mass contraction of the heart. The only way out of this darkness is to open our hearts.

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  20. I’m on vacation but this deserves a RT because is 100% right. We we can and must question candidates past, their future vision and if they are the candidate that can win in 2020. Personal and vicious attacks only hurt us as movement. Let’s do this right and WIN!

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    22 Dec 2018

    I don’t just wear locs. They are a part of me. A gift to me. They mean something to me. So to watch this young man’s ordeal, wrecked me. The criminalization of what grows from him. The theft of what was his. Two hours of calls w/ officials yesterday. Two hours of heartache.

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