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Dec 14, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
It's unacceptable how the @nytimes treats some refugees as a "flood" while other, larger numbers, are just people in need of humanitarian protection. bit.ly/3WdqEWz (1/5)
Monday's @nytimes story says 1,000 Nicaraguans who crossed into El Paso last weekend "flooded" and "overwhelmed" the area. (2/5)
Aug 15, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
According to @Refugees, in 2021 the top 3 origin countries of ppl filing new asylum applications were Afghanistan (125,600), Nicaragua (111,600) & Syria (110k). The top 3 receiving countries were the US (188,900), Germany (148,200) & Mexico (131,400). bit.ly/3oBAbrE 1/6
But that's not the whole story. Those numbers don't capture the total number of displaced people around the world --only those who have filed for asylum. 2/6
Aug 11, 2022 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
DYK CA allows its jails to hand people to @ICEgov for deportation *after* their sentence is over? It does! And, as our latest research shows, that policy is rooted in anti-Asian racism.
A 🧵on our report + why the #VISIONAct can help undo the harm: 1/10 bit.ly/3AcVJl0
The #VISIONAct, which CA Senate will vote on w/in weeks, would protect immigrants from the horrors of deportation by stopping all transfers to @ICEgov.
A couple of key points on why we our research shows it should be passed 👇 2/10 bit.ly/3bMnaJa
