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8 Key Questions on Immigration for 2020 Presidential Candidates
The issue of immigration and the US/Mexico border has been a major point of focus for Trump. He has even shut down the government over this issue. The revolving door of leadership at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) produces more…
Mijente Founding Member Carlos Garcia Stepped up to run for office in Phoenix, Arizona and won: Here are 8 Highlights from his Inauguration
In case you missed it, Carlos Garcia, a founding member of Mijente and veteran community organizer won his city council election last week in Phoenix, Arizona – a city that is almost majority Latinx yet lacks candidates that truly support…
Scholars Tell UC Berkeley: Cut Ties with Palantir
If you are an academic and would like to add your name to this letter, please sign here. On May 30-31, 2019, Berkeley Law will convene the 2019 Annual Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) in Berkeley, California. [1] A…
Palantir Played Key Role in Arresting Families for Deportation, Document Shows
The data-mining firm Palantir played a key role in federal immigration efforts to target and arrest family members of children crossing the border alone, a new document released this week shows. The document, which details the efforts of Immigration and…
An Introduction to Mijente
Over the next few decades, a steady demographic shift will occur in the United States, the Latinx population is set to double. Alongside these shifts are predictions and assumptions that the power and influence of our community will grow as…
Six Wins to Revel in from Chicago’s Election Beyond the Mayor’s Race
We asked local comic designer and art activist and organizer, Vicko Alvarez Vega, to break down why last night’s election was a victory against Chicago machine politics at every level. References to machine politics and race dynamics in Chicago aren’t…
Case of Detained 15-Month-Old Baby Exposes Continued Separation of Families by Trump
Father’s charging documents did not include details of the family separation, hiding it from the court and from the public. Family and advocates demand her immediate release and demand answers to why the government continues to separate families….
Mijente Statement on Trump Address 1/8/2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 8, 2019 CONTACT: Danielle Moodie-Mills, [email protected], 202-445-5210 PHOENIX — Marisa Franco, Director of Mijente, the national digital and grassroots hub for Latinx and Chicanx organizing, released the following statement about President Trump’s primetime address this…
Immigration Court Orders Alejandra Pablos Deported
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 11, 2018 CONTACT: Danielle Moodie-Mills, [email protected], 202-445-5210 Immigration Court Orders Alejandra Pablos Deported Tucson, Arizona– Today a federal immigration court ordered the deportation of nationally known reproductive rights and immigrant rights activist Alejandra…