"Our home is here, North Carolina is all I know. I qualify for DACA, but Donald Trump took away my ability to apply for the program." #DemConvention#DemConvention
.@BarackObama: "We can never say it often or loudly enough. Immigrants and refugees revitalize and renew America. It's not something to take for granted." #DemConvention#DemocraticConvention
.@PrinceRoyce: "Mi Gente, Let's stand by each other."
"Mr. President, my mom is the wife of a proud American Marine and a mother of two American children. We are American families. We need a president who will bring people together, not tear them apart.
Sincerely, Estella."
.@BarackObama: "At minimum, we should expect a president to feel a sense of responsibility for the safety & welfare of all 330 million of us – regardless of what we look like, how we worship, who we love, how much money we have – or who we voted for." #DemConvention
.@BarackObama: "I’ve seen that same spirit rising these past few years. Folks of every age and background who packed city centers and airports and rural roads so that families wouldn’t be separated." #DemConvention#DemocraticConvention
.@KamalaHarris: "There's another woman, whose name isn't known, whose story isn’t shared. Another woman whose shoulders I stand on. And that’s my mother—Shyamala Gopalan Harris. She came here from India at age 19 to pursue her dream of curing cancer." #DemConvention
.@KamalaHarris: "While this virus touches us all, we gotta be honest, it is not an equal opportunity offender. Black, Latino and Indigenous people are suffering and dying disproportionately. This is not a coincidence. It is the effect of structural racism." #DemConvention
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.@vcardenasDC: Donald Trump’s choice of J.D. Vance is a signal that there will not be a substantial change in tone or trajectory from the Trump campaign after the shooting of this past weekend.
.@vcardenasDC: Senator Vance had one of the most combative reactions to the violence, without any consideration of inflaming even more political violence.
.@vcardenasDC: Vance’s reaction fits into his pattern from the last several years, as he has been a leading messenger of the dangerous white nationalist conspiracy rhetoric that inspired multiple deadly domestic terrorists in Pittsburgh, El Paso, Buffalo and elsewhere.
Ahead of tonight's #GOPDebate, advocates and experts raise concerns about the dangers of normalizing rhetoric associated with the great replacement conspiracy theory, like describing migrants and asylum seekers as an “invasion.” bit.ly/3RCMJ1Q
"The media has an obligation not only to avoid normalizing this dangerous rhetoric, but to actively call it out for what it is: anti-immigrant, antisemitic, and racist lies that have fueled a cycle of extremist violence." @amyspitalnick @theJCPA
@amyspitalnick @theJCPA “Rhetoric that is linked to real-world acts of violence like ‘invasion’ and ‘replacement’ has no place in the public debate about immigration and the border. We can disagree on how to approach the challenges we face, but words matter." @vcardenasDC
"My state, through direct orders from Texas DPS, is now pushing small children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande, where deployed razor wire and buoys have already increased the likelihood of drownings." - @_mariocarrillo_
"It’s almost too much to comprehend. Unfortunately, as horrific as this is, it’s not all that unpredictable given the escalation in dehumanization of migrants." - @_mariocarrillo_
HAPPENING NOW: Florida experts and advocates highlight the implications of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s agenda for Florida communities, the economy and the rest of the nation.
Follow along for updates 🧵⬇️
.@tomaskenn starts things off by saying that Florida legislation no longer functions as its own body, but works for Gov. DeSantis
What is sad is that it all of this serves the political aspirations of one man, says @tomaskenn
“It is atrocious that yet another family has to mourn their child because of our collective inability to fix our broken immigration system. Our hearts are with her family, and tens of thousands of other families whose pursuit of a better life ends in tragedy." - @vcardenasDC
@vcardenasDC "The CBP needs to learn from this tragedy and take the necessary steps to ensure it doesn't happen again." - @vcardenasDC
Why @POTUS approach to “downplay or defuse” on immigration is wrong for the U.S. economy and his 2024 re-election: bit.ly/3mKtuWy
"Creating a modern immigration system that works for America and the American economy is a strength to be embraced, not an issue to ‘downplay or defuse’." - @douglasrivlin
"Getting the economy right, combating inflation, progressing in the fight against climate change, and staffing the care economy are all political and policy priorities for President Biden and Democrats." - @douglasrivlin