[Trump’s Secret Police\Portland]
Brown: “Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland have been shot in the head with kinetic impact munitions, swept away in unmarked cars…We cannot sit idly by and accept this as the new normal — in Portland or anywhere else in this country.”
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement
STUDY SHOWS SIGNIFICANT HEALTH IMPACT ON IMMIGRANTS IF ICE DETENTIONS AREN’T REDUCED
[COVID-19\Immigration Detention Facilities]
The project, which involved a consortium of experts from Brown University, Brandeis University, University of British Columbia, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, and George Mason University.
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HOW DO WE PUBLICLY DEMONSTATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE DURING COVID-19 CRISIS?
[Demonstrating for Social Justice\COVID-19]
Glick: “Some issues demand that we be out there visibly demonstrating, safely and at an appropriate social distance.”
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TEXAS CONGRESSMAN GREEN DECRIES AUGUST ICE RAIDS WHERE IMMIGRANT WORKERS WERE ARRESTED BUT NO EMPLOYERS
[Immigration News\ICE Raids]
Congressman Al Green: “The August ICE raids reflect a complete disregard for humane policies, inflicting significant harm on impacted communities by straining limited resources, separating families, and decreasing overall participation in the local economy…We heard the testimonies of witnesses – including a local sheriff and mayor – who gave their accounts about how these raids have brought damaging effects to Mississippi communities.”
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SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN: PRISON PROFITEERS COERCING IMMIGRANT DETAINEES INTO “VOLUNTARY” WORK PROGRAMS
[Immigration\Mass Incarceration News]
Senator Warren: “GEO’s private claim that ICE policies require, recommend, or allow the use of solitary confinement to coerce participation in a ‘voluntary’ work program is alarming. Despite writing to ICE about the use of these practices nearly one year ago, I have yet to receive any information from the agency about these practices.”
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