Tennessee may be a conservative state, but the sudden arrests of 97 long-time immigrant residents and workers have galvanized the people of Hamblen County to come to the aid of their neighbors, suggesting a break with Trump's immigration policy.
The fact that these reproductive health proposals failed is, perhaps, not surprising to political insiders familiar with the dysfunction in Albany, but we should all be angry.
The 15-year-old girl who was detained alongside her father in an otherwise all-male facility told Rewire.News prior to her release on March 23, "The only privacy I have is when I shower. I don't feel comfortable here."
"When someone's whole life has been built here—they've created a family, started a business, become a reliable employee, bought a home—no one gains by disrupting these lives and communities by ending their status and providing no way for them to adjust their status and lawfully remain in the U.S. This is very much tragic for America."
The original two-layer, belted regalia worn to Pueblo ceremonies made it hard for me to feed my child and honor my ancestors. But armed with community feedback and ingenuity, we're literally redesigning it.
An attorney with the American Immigration Council finds ICE’s new policy "extra alarming" given the added context that the Trump administration is also moving to both “lower standards in detention centers and crack down on due process for immigrants in detention, creating extra barriers for individuals to have a meaningful day in court.”
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