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3 Aug, 8 tweets, 2 min read
Today on the 2nd anniversary of the #ElPasoShooting we stand in solidarity with our siblings of El Paso to honor the lives of those we lost that day. #ElPasoStrong #ElPasoFirme
El Paso is the heartbeat of the border, a city that unites cultures & languages. It shines as a beacon of hope for refugees, asylum seekers & immigrants from all over the world.
The shooting in El Paso was the deadliest assault on the Latinx community in history. Yet, gun violence fueled by white supremacy is still a clear & present danger.
nbcnews.com/news/latino/wh…
When we have politicians like Abbott spewing xenophobic rhetoric + unchecked access to guns, this fuels the rising tide of hate in Texas & beyond.
We know there are those policymakers who advocate against gun control because they profit from the proliferation of guns. These same politicians benefit from caging children and immigrants in detention centers like those run by GEO Group and CoreCivic.dallasnews.com/news/politics/…
They choose campaign contributions & personal gain over human rights for children & families.
El Paso’s strength comes from its people. The millions of people who embrace the spirit of inclusion while welcoming with dignity all who arrive at her door. Nothing will change that.
Today, we reaffirm our commitment to that strength and redouble our commitment to fighting against and ending white supremacy.

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On this #WorldRefugeeDay let's remember that:

👉🏾The U.S. has uprooted millions from their homes through war, trade agreements & interventions
👉🏾Climate change displaces people
👉🏾We're a rich nation.

So why welcome refugees & asylum seekers? Because it's our moral obligation.
Let's expand.

In the U.S., we often view immigration as a domestic policy issue. However, when viewing other regions of the world, it’s clear that government responses to migration today are creating a global human rights crisis.
With populations from North Africa in Italy and Spain, from Southeast Asia in the Middle East, and from Central American across the United States, migration is not the fault of the people that have to leave their homes.
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Happy #JuneTeenth2021! Let's take a minute to remember what this federal holiday symbolizes and the ongoing fight for freedom.

On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, promising to free slaves in states controlled by the Confederacy if the Civil War was won.
After the war was won on April 9, 1865, the news of the promise began to be communicated across the Slave States of the Confederacy.

Texas was one of the most remote of these states, and the news of the liberation of slaves was suppressed until June 19, 1865.
June 19th being the date when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, more than TWO months later.

The reason for that delay?

Texas slave-owners saw the opportunity to exploit and complete one final crop harvest from their unpaid workers.
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Governor @GregAbbott_TX's decision is going to uproot the lives of thousands of children while pushing them into even more sub-standard conditions.
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@GregAbbott_TX This order is clearly another brazen attempt by Abbott to align himself with the former president, who endorsed his reelection yesterday, and demonize immigrants.

Meanwhile, Abbott is doing nothing to solve the problem of the Texas foster care system.
@GregAbbott_TX Abbott is using facilities housing migrant children as a diversion from his terrible governing.

If he cared about children in TX then he would spend money on child welfare rather than pouring tons of $ into an unnecessary armed response at the border to children seeking asylum.
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The world's 👀 are on Colombia 🇨🇴 as human rights violations rack up amidst peaceful protests.

26+ ppl killed by police
10+ cases of sexual assault
87+ disappearances

🚨 We urge @POTUS to denounce the situation & pressure @IvanDuque to cease the violence
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To make matters worse, the ruling political party is asking the gov't to declare emergency powers to deal w/the protests, which they say have been infiltrated by illegal groups 🙄

That means taking control of radio/tv, restricting protests...censorship. elespectador.com/noticias/polit…
Let's picture the equivalent to that here in the U.S. ⬇️

Republicans calling for Trump to get emergency powers because....Antifa.

Not a good look, huh?
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