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Visiting Scholar @Cornell (Former ED of @NILC & @NILCJusticeFund) #Colombiana 🇨🇴#DerechosHumanos #Democracy #justice #storytelling #birds
Feb 24, 2020 10 tweets 4 min read
Today, as the implementation of Trump's harmful #PublicCharge policy weighs heavily on the minds of immigrants & their families, all of us who value diversity & share a vision for a more just & equitable country must strengthen our resolve to keep fighting. 1/ #ProtectFamilies Over the past three years, the Trump administration has used threats, false starts, exaggeration, and misinformation around #PublicCharge to deliberately spread fear and confusion among immigrant communities navigating an already dysfunctional system. 2/ #ProtectFamilies
Sep 5, 2018 6 tweets 6 min read
Exactly a year ago, @realDonaldTrump made the cowardly decision to terminate #DACA but sent AG Sessions to face the nation. Sessions glowed as he delivered the hate-filled news. 1/ Within hours, our courageous plaintiffs Martin Batalla-Vidal @elianadreams @antonioalarconc & many more members of @MaketheRoadNY courageously sued to block Trump's decision to end #DACA 2/
Oct 25, 2017 9 tweets 4 min read
My thread re news that @SpeakerRyan tells conservatives that #DACA will be part of spending deal huffp.st/IItqvQl This is a great 1st step by the Speaker. It's clearly a trial balloon but also critical that he's being proactive & starting discussions