By Amanda Chavez | Mar 22, 2016

Jacinta Gonzalez on Democracy Now: Arrested for Protesting The Trump Effect

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Watch her interview on Democracy Now where she discusses the Trump effect on state policy, her arrest, and the subsequent racial profiling that led to her transfer to immigration authorities despite being a US citizen.

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Read more about the protest and Jacinta’s arrest here>

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