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Editor, America’s Voice 🇺🇸 Immigrant rights, LGBTQ+ rights, cats. Cancer survivor. Views here my own.

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"President Biden has said the U.S. is a 'close and enduring friend' of Haiti," said America’s Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas. "The way to treat our friend during a time of deep crisis and unrest is not to reinstitute deportations."

https://americasvoice.org/press_releases/us-should-stop-deportations-to-haiti-because-its-against-american-interests-and-values/

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“‘An upsurge in the already extreme violence in Haiti has left citizens reeling,’ US-based migrant rights group Al Otro Lado wrote on X on Thursday after news of the deportation flight first broke.

‘Gangs control key ports, the largest airport + much of the capital city of Port-au-Prince. People are on the brink of famine. Sending [people] back [to Haiti] could be a death sentence.’”

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"In addition to stopping such returns, rights advocates and civil society groups have called on the US government to extend and redesignate a programme called Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/18/unconscionable-us-sends-dozens-to-haiti-on-deportation-flight

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“Sweltering summer heat might have been more bearable for outdoor workers in Miami-Dade County under a proposal that suggested mandated breaks in the shade on the hottest days—but Florida said no.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/18/florida-bans-local-heat-rules-for-outdoor-workers-baffling-experts/73355824007/

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“Some farmworkers in Florida aren't allowed to take breaks, don't have access to shade and are pushed to work faster, said Jeannie Economos, pesticide safety and environmental health project coordinator at the Farmworker Association of Florida.

Some are afraid to drink water because they don't have access to a bathroom. Meanwhile, supervisors discipline them for trying to take breaks when they feel overheated, she said.”

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On , your friendly reminder that undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes annually. Their robust contributions also help sustain programs like Medicare and Social Security (which they can never access unless they become eligible to adjust their status): https://americasvoice.org/blog/on-tax-day-the-facts-speak-clearly-immigrant-workers-pay-billions-into-social-security-and-medicare-help-fund-public-schools-and-libraries-and-boost-our-economy/

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“Iowa is nowhere near the US-Mexico border, but a new immigration law there mirrors parts of a measure passed in Texas.”

Maria Acosta, an organizer in Iowa, said workers have “fear on their faces … even though they’ve been living here for 10 or 15 yrs, and this is their home.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/14/us/texas-immigration-law-iowa-other-us-states-cec/index.html

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Undoc workers also contribute significantly to their communities—including TX, FL, IA, and other states that have passed harsh anti-immigrant bills.

When Tyson Foods offered double IA’s minimum wage in efforts to attract meatpacking plant workers, employers struggled to find US-born workers. Who filled this labor gap? Immigrants.

https://americasvoice.org/blog/in-state-after-state-immigrant-workers-boost-local-economies-through-tax-contributions-purchases-and-essential-labor/

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Key to Stephen Miller’s cruel effort to purge millions of immigrants from their homes and the US will be collaboration from police and National Guard from red states.

We’re already seen two dozen GOP governors send troops to aid in Texas’ anti-immigrant crackdown under orders from Trump:

https://americasvoice.org/blog/stephen-miller-planning-the-great-purge-recruit-red-state-deportation-army-to-round-up-immigrants-rip-them-from-their-homes-and-community-and-forcibly-deport-them/

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Just look at the Trump administration’s record for confirmation. The Washington Post reported in 2021 that the administration “aggressively recruited sheriffs” to participate in 287(g), a controversial and flawed program that allows local police to act as federal immigration agents and has resulted in widespread racial profiling.

While the program shrank to just a few dozen participants under President Obama, it saw a resurgence under the Trump administration.

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Cleansing your timeline with a picture of Juan Gabriel yawning ✨

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“Elon Musk encouraged Republican state attorneys general to use their power to harass their critics and stifle reporting about X. Ken Paxton was one of those AGs that took up the call and he was defeated. Today's decision is a victory for free speech.”

https://www.mediamatters.org/angelo-carusone/media-matters-statement-winning-injunction-against-texas-ag-ken-paxton-federal

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Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump downplays deadly Charlottesville rally — where neo-Nazis and other white supremacists chanted “Jews will not replace us” and later murdered Heather Heyer — as a “peanut”:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/politics/donald-trump-charlottesville-palestine-protests/index.html

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These are bad, bad people. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/04/26/politics/kristi-noem-south-dakota-book-killing-dog

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Melania Trump, who helped spread the racist birther lie, “apparently said nothing about gay or LGBT people in her speech and made no mention of policy, laws, discrimination, or rights. And that’s not a shocker because anything like that would enrage Christian nationalists, who are essential to Trump’s base.”

https://www.signorile.com/p/melania-trumps-pathetically-small

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Good morning. Immigrants are .

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“‘I think Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately, and it’s infected a good chunk of my party’s base,’ Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Puck’s Julia Ioffe last week.” https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-network-europe-buying-politicians-america?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SF_TNR

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Cher and Mary J. Blige among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2024 Class: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rock-hall-fame-2024-cher-ozzy-osbourne-dave-matthews-band-mary-j-blige-1235007784/

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We know the human costs of climate change. Juan de León Gutiérrez, a teen who died while in US custody in 2019, left Guatemala after a severe drought devastated his village. Researchers note that droughts have been a “pivotal factor” in driving many Central American families to the US.

https://americasvoice.org/blog/earth-day-24-a-planet-on-fire-means-people-on-the-move/

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“Troubled cities in Upstate New York, for instance, have benefited enormously from thousands of refugees who have settled in communities along the Erie Canal; so much so that cities have tried to lure them."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/20/migrants-asylum-heartland-development/

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“We can focus so much on Trump’s outright stupidity, though, that we forget how deliberately evil he is.”

“Trump was already experiencing symptoms & should’ve quarantined for 10 days, but visibly unwell, he still attended the first screaming match debate with Biden.”

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-covid-response-revisited

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We know that heat standards ensuring outdoor laborers like farmworkers and construction workers get water, shade, rest breaks, and relevant training recommended by experts and advocates can save lives. More at America’s Voice👇🏽 https://americasvoice.org/blog/on-earth-day-2024-a-reminder-that-extreme-heat-poses-a-deadly-risk-to-essential-farmworkers-construction-workers-and-outdoor-laborers/

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“The White House is weighing ways to provide temporary legal status and work permits to immigrants in the U.S. illegally who are married to American citizens, three sources familiar with the matter said on Monday, a move that could energize some Democrats ahead of the November elections.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-weighs-immigration-relief-spouses-us-citizens-2024-04-22/

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65,000+ Americans have signed up to sponsor refugees in the first three months of the Biden admin’s Welcome Corps expansion.

“Applications have come from every state in the country, with Minnesota, Washington, Texas, California, and Ohio leading the way in submissions …”

https://www.niskanencenter.org/65000-people-sign-up-to-sponsor-refugees-in-the-first-3-months-of-welcome-corps-expansion/ #RefugeesWelcome

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Good morning. Immigrants are .

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“Temporary farmworkers will have more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment practices and other abuses under a Labor Department rule announced Friday.” https://apnews.com/article/guest-agricultural-workers-protections-b68e5567020068579750ddd5be802698

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World Central Kitchen says it is resuming its humanitarian work in Gaza: “We are restarting our operation with the same energy, dignity, and focus on feeding as many people as possible.” https://wck.org/news/chefs

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On New Year’s Day 2023, Florida farmworker Rafael Barajas died on his first day of work at a bell pepper farm. In its investigation, the Department of Labor determined his death was entirely preventable and that his employer had failed to follow basic safety practices around heat. https://americasvoice.org/blog/on-earth-day-2024-a-reminder-that-extreme-heat-poses-a-deadly-risk-to-essential-farmworkers-construction-workers-and-outdoor-laborers/

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“Noem dragged Cricket to a gravel pit, and shot her dead in front of a startled construction crew.” https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kristi-noem-shoots-puppy-she-hated-book-1235011230/

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