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25 Jan, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Just so folks are clear, as a former immigration & social justice attorney, I watched firsthand under President Obama, and later Trump, that @ICEgov acts as a rogue agency that disregards the law and human rights. #AbolishICE once and for all.
.@ICEgov targets U.S. Citizens, and get away with it.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/marin…
I urge my colleagues to find the courage not to look away. @ICEgov
is hurting our communities. It's an agency that is violent and lawless.

latimes.com/local/lanow/la…
When I was a Michigan State Rep, @ICEgov terrorized the schools in my community, and I believe they still do.

mlive.com/news/detroit/2…

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3 Jun 20
A thread on policy action for systemic change:

We must listen to the folks on the ground. We must move with meaningful action and not tear gas, rubber bullets, and handcuffs.

These are the concrete policy proposals needed to tear down structural racism: 1/10
➡️ Remove access and funding for military equipment for police departments. newsweek.com/how-americas-p… 2/10
➡️ Create emergency response teams of health and human services professionals to respond to situations where police interaction may increase conflict. 3/10
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31 May 20
Instead of *who* killed #GeorgeFloyd, we should focus on *what* killed George.

Until then, we won't have justice.
Thank you @RevDrBarber for your sermon this morning that helped re-center us on how we fight for true freedom from oppression, poverty, and all this sickness, that has led to so much death and pain.
Know that it's still both, but don't let the "who" overshadow the decades of structural racism that has created the system that allows police officer after police officer off the hook for murder. I just want us to dig deeper so that the #DefundPolice movement isn't brushed aside.
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1 Feb 20
My statement regarding last night:

“I am so incredibly in love with the movement that our campaign of #NotMeUs has created. This makes me protective over it and frustrated by attempts to dismiss the strength and diversity of our movement. (1/4)
“However, I know what is at stake if we don't unify over one candidate to beat Trump and I intend to do everything possible to ensure that Trump does not win in 2020. (2/4)
“In this instance, I allowed my disappointment with Secretary Clinton's latest comments about Senator Sanders and his supporters get the best of me. You all, my sisters-in-service on stage, and our movement deserve better. (3/4)
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2 Oct 19
I'm sharing some scholarly research on facial recognition w/ @detroitpolice to continue the dialogue. While facial recognition identifies a white man’s gender 99% of the time, it misidentifies darker-skinned females up to 35% of the time. nytimes.com/2018/02/09/tec… 1/7
Another study in 2018 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology found that facial recognition falsely matches Black women’s faces 10 times more frequently than white women.  This is a deeply flawed technology. wired.com/story/best-alg… 2/7
Because this technology is untested, it will rely on real people to make judgments about whether someone is a match. Scientific research about the cross-race effect shows that people are less accurate in judging faces of people of a different race.  ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… 3/7
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11 Sep 19
I will #neverforget 9/11. I was working at a nonprofit Arab American human services organization, ACCESS, while in law school. My day started like any other—until I heard gasps from coworkers in the lunch room. I rushed in and saw faces of shock facing the television. (1/4)
Then we saw a plane hit the second tower and the room erupted in tears and heartbreak. Our country was being attacked. Soon, our phones began to ring with many threatening those at ACCESS and the local community with violence. (2/4)
Still, our communities came together to mourn, to stand in solidarity with fellow Americans across the country, and to reject hate and the terror that comes from it. (3/4)
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21 Jul 19
#13thDistrictStrong: No matter what HE is tweeting, I am working for you every day.

Bills Introduced:
✔BOOST Act - Tax Credit for families ($3,000 for single filers, $6,000 for joint and families).

✔PAID Act - Stops the use of non-driving factors for auto insurance rates.
✔Credit Fairness - Prevents medically necessary debt from being put on your credit report.

✔Working to get pet coke on the list of toxic chemicals list.

✔American Cars, American Jobs - Helps residents purchase cars made by workers in the U.S.
Amendments Passed:

✔An amendment to hold auto title & insurance companies accountable to stop discriminatory practices.

✔An amendment to prevent the closure of EPA stations in areas that our not adhering to environmental standards. Wayne County is one of those places.
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