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Fighting to end criminalization. Members: @the_ILRC @ImmDefense @Puenteaz @SEARAC @NIPNLG @JustFuturesLaw @familiesfreedom @Grassroots_News & @waisn_org
Aug 16, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
Thread 🧵: Budget reconciliation, pathway to citizenship & criminalization

Last week, the Senate approved a $3.5 billion budget resolution that included a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, farmworkers and essential workers. Budget reconciliation is the best opportunity we have this year to finally get immigration legislation passed in Congress. The passing of a budget resolution is an important step to get us there.
May 27, 2021 5 tweets 4 min read
ICE officials wrote in emails that they hoped targeting Maru Mora Villalpando of @LaResistencia for deportation proceedings would “take away some of her ‘clout.’” #EndDHSRetaliation democracynow.org/2020/4/30/head… Beto Lopez Gutierrez spoke out against inhumane conditions while he was in ICE detention. He was released after his community rallied around him, but ICE deported him even though he had a pending DACA application. #EndDHSRetaliation chicagoreader.com/chicago/fight-…