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Civil rights advocates are warning President Donald Trump’s recent executive order rolling back cashless bail reforms for certain crimes is a step backward, arguing it punishes individuals with lower incomes. Nationwide, nearly two-thirds of the more than 526,000 people in jail are awaiting trial, most because of unaffordable bail....
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It is worrying to see the wave of misinformation circulating about the rights of green card holders in the United States. These rumors cause unnecessary anxiety. “Legal residents have rights here in the United States. They are protected by state and federal laws. They can petition for residency for...
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Christopher Alam American Community Media Las últimas medidas de la administración Trump para deportar a Mahmoud Khalil por su discurso protegido por la Primera Enmienda —y más recientemente, a la profesora de la Universidad Brown, Dra. Rasha Alawieh, y al estudiante de posgrado de Georgetown, Badar Khan Suri— han...
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Christopher Alam American Community Media The Trump administration’s latest moves to deport Mahmoud Khalil over first amendment-protected speech — and more recently, Brown University professor Dr. Rasha Alawieh and Georgetown graduate student Badar Khan Suri — has imperiled the rights and legal status of communities nationwide. The administration contends...
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California has the nation’s largest population of undocumented immigrants with roughly 1.8 million people. Over the last three decades, Californians’ attitudes about that fact have undergone an astonishing swing. Hostility reached a peak in the early 1990s, demonstrated by passage of Proposition 187 in 1994 by a 3-2 margin....
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A pocos días de que el presidente Joe Biden abandone su cargo, más de 140 organizaciones sin fines de lucro le piden actuar en relación con la Enmienda de Igualdad de Derechos. Aprobada por el Congreso en 1972 y ratificada por 38 estados antes del 2020, él ERA garantiza la igualdad...
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With just a few days before President Joe Biden leaves office, more than 140 nonprofits are urging him to act on the Equal Rights Amendment. Passed by Congress in 1972 and ratified by 38 states by 2020, the ERA ensures constitutional gender equality. Amy Widestrom, executive director of the League of...
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Edward Kissam Ethnic Media Services La rápida aprobación por parte de la Cámara de la Ley Laken Riley (H.R. 29) es un indicador preocupante del deterioro continuo en la toma de decisiones del Congreso que resulta en leyes disfuncionales. Su apoyo entre los demócratas sugiere que en este nuevo...
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Edward Kissam Ethnic Media Services The House’s lightspeed passage of the Laken Riley Act (H.R. 29) is a worrisome indicator of the ongoing decay in Congressional decision-making that results in dysfunctional laws. It’s support among Democrats suggests that in this new political climate, few are willing to stand in...