New York’s Ejection of Amazon Is the Start of a Movement
New York’s Ejection of Amazon Is the Start of a Movement
In a letter released Wednesday by the advocacy organization Local Progress, representatives from New York City, Chicago, Columbus, Austin, Dallas, Indiana, Somerville, D.C., Philadelphia, and...
In a letter released Wednesday by the advocacy organization Local Progress, representatives from New York City, Chicago, Columbus, Austin, Dallas, Indiana, Somerville, D.C., Philadelphia, and Dallas city councils—including some who signed the original non-aggression pact—stated that they’d “do all we can to prevent our cities from participating in Amazon’s rigged game.
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Report: Jobs from Amazon's New York expansion likely won't come to Seattle
Report: Jobs from Amazon's New York expansion likely won't come to Seattle
"In fact, they funded the opposition," Mosqueda said during a briefing hosted by Local Progress. "And what we saw was not just an attack on policy, but on the very existence on public policy...
"In fact, they funded the opposition," Mosqueda said during a briefing hosted by Local Progress. "And what we saw was not just an attack on policy, but on the very existence on public policy making and the role we have to play."
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Latinopia Event 2015 Puerto Rico Debt Crisis
The restructuring deal has met with opposition from both creditors and large segments of the Puerto Rican community. Some of the bond holders are rumored to be considering an appeal of the...
The restructuring deal has met with opposition from both creditors and large segments of the Puerto Rican community. Some of the bond holders are rumored to be considering an appeal of the restructuring plan. Meanwhile, many Puerto Rican civic and oversight groups such as the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), the Citizen Front for the Debt Audit (Comisión Ciudadana Para la Auditoría Integral del Crédito Público), and Puerto Rico’s Citizens for Debt Audit (Frente Ciudadano por la Auditoría de la Deuda) all denounce the approval of the restructuring plan as an easy way to appease bondholders while ignoring the long term development needs of the Puerto Rican economy.
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Open Letter to Members of Congress on DHS Funding Deal
02.14.2019
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02.14.2019
Open Letter to Members of Congress
Re: Vote NO on the DHS funding bill
Dear Members of Congress,
We, the undersigned membership-based organizations, write to ask you to vote against the DHS funding bill negotiated under duress by conference committee this week. The bill, which contains over $1.3 billion for a racist border wall, an 12% increase in the number of detention beds to incarcerate immigrants, and an increase in ICE agents and custom officers, is an offense to our communities and a concession to politics of fear and manipulation. We urge you to vote NO on this bill and to not only stand strong against the wall, but to demand funding cuts to ICE and CBP, restrictions on transfer and reprogramming authorities to prevent those agencies from raiding other accounts, and a commitment from the executive branch to not use emergency powers to undermine Congress. We reject any DHS funding bill that does not contain these provisions, and until such a deal can be reached, Congress should pass a clean continuing resolution without any additional detention or enforcement funding. President Trump cannot be allowed to hold our communities hostage so that he can waste more taxpayer money to worsen a problem he created.
We have been fighting for more than a decade to reverse the laws criminalizing our people, and the brutal systems created to enforce those laws, which have led us to the current era of mass incarceration and mass deportation. We ask that you, our elected representatives, stand in solidarity with us by insisting that the much needed reforms to our immigration system start with the rollback of draconian enforcement policies which are causing the separation of thousands of families every year. Furthermore, we ask you to ensure that all changes to our immigration system happen through a fair, transparent and responsible legislative process, not through emergency negotiations to appease a tyrant.
We need a permanent solution that looks past the question of “how many detention beds” or “how many ICE officers” to the real problems that are facing our communities: the need for jobs, education, access to health care, public transportation and a living wage. The bill that we need is one that:
Creates a straightforward path to citizenship for the millions of loved ones living here without documentation.
Welcomes the refugees and asylum seekers asking for protection at our doorstep, and reunites the families that have already been separated.
Create a pathway to permanent residency for all 13 countries that had protections at the beginning of this administration, and expands the program to include any country where U.S. foreign policy is in part responsible for creating the conditions that drive people to seek refuge here.
Protects asylum seekers and provides resources to enable them to obtain a fair adjudication of their claims.
Ends the criminalization of migration by repealing the federal statutes that are allowing the Trump administration to prosecute and incarcerate people for crossing the border.
Dramatically decreases funding for enforcement, and ends the practice of immigration detention.
Moves the billions of dollars that have been spent every year to surveil, jail and deport our communities into programs that will begin to make restitution, and allow the people who live here to heal and thrive again.
We urge you to fight for this agenda. In addition to rejecting more funding for enforcement, in the immediate future this means:
Holding oversight hearings to hold DHS accountable for every penny spent persecuting our communities.
Using the subpoena power to question ICE and CBP leadership, as well as the DOJ and other senior administration officials, about the motivation for, conduct of, and impact of, their immigration enforcement practices.
Conducting investigations into the human and civil rights violations at the border, in detention centers, and in the daily operations of local ICE offices.
Requesting similar investigations by the Office of the Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office.
We need elected representatives who have the courage to stand with us not just because we have a common enemy, but because we have a common vision of the future. We need elected representatives who will not throw our communities under the bus because it is politically expedient. Prove to us that you will fight for a country in which all of us have the freedom to thrive by voting NO on the DHS funding bill.
Signed,
Sunflower Community Action National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC) Korean Resource Center UndocuBlack Network NAKASEC VA United for a New Economy (UNE) New York Communities For Change Southeast Asia Resource Action Center Make the Road NY United We Dream Center for Popular Democracy Make the Road CT HANA Center Make the Road PA Make the Road NV Make the Road NJ Local Progress Churches United for Fair Housing (CUFFH)
House Dems hold presser to cut funding for "deportation force"
House Dems hold presser to cut funding for "deportation force"
Reps Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley and Omar will participate in a news conference with members of United We Dream, MoveOn.org, Indivisible, the Center for Popular Democracy and CASA to call on...
Reps Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley and Omar will participate in a news conference with members of United We Dream, MoveOn.org, Indivisible, the Center for Popular Democracy and CASA to call on Congress to cut funding for Pres Trump's "deportation force."
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Democrat lawmakers urge no more funding for ICE
Democrat lawmakers urge no more funding for ICE
The groups United We Dream, CASA Maryland, Indivisible, Move On and the Center for Popular Democracy organized the event under the slogan "Defund the deportation force."
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The groups United We Dream, CASA Maryland, Indivisible, Move On and the Center for Popular Democracy organized the event under the slogan "Defund the deportation force."
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250,000 Strong: Frontline Organizers Call for NO to Racist Border Wall!
250,000 Strong: Frontline Organizers Call for NO to Racist Border Wall!
The petition was circulated by progressive groups United We Dream, the Center for Popular Democracy, Move On, Casa and Indivisible.
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The petition was circulated by progressive groups United We Dream, the Center for Popular Democracy, Move On, Casa and Indivisible.
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Ocasio-Cortez Claims Latinos Have the Same Status as Native Americans
Ocasio-Cortez Claims Latinos Have the Same Status as Native Americans
Ocasio-Cortez, along with Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Aryanna Pressley of Massachusetts have been promoting an anti-ICE/CBP petition which was first...
Ocasio-Cortez, along with Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Aryanna Pressley of Massachusetts have been promoting an anti-ICE/CBP petition which was first circulated by left-wing activist groups including Move On, United We Dream and the Center for Popular Democracy (CPD), reported The Hill. The petition has over 200,000 signatures.
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She confronted Jeff Flake over Kavanaugh. Now she’s a guest at the State of the Union.
She confronted Jeff Flake over Kavanaugh. Now she’s a guest at the State of the Union.
Today, Kavanaugh sits on the Supreme Court. But Archila, the co-executive director of the progressive Center for Popular Democracy, will attend the State of the Union on Tuesday night as the guest...
Today, Kavanaugh sits on the Supreme Court. But Archila, the co-executive director of the progressive Center for Popular Democracy, will attend the State of the Union on Tuesday night as the guest of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). And she believes her decision to confront Flake and share her story of experiencing sexual assault was not in vain.
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Guest list: Lawmakers' plus-ones at Trump's State of the Union
Guest list: Lawmakers' plus-ones at Trump's State of the Union
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.): Ana Maria Archila, the co-executive director at the Center for Popular Democracy and one of two activists who confronted former Sen. Jeff Flake in a Capitol...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.): Ana Maria Archila, the co-executive director at the Center for Popular Democracy and one of two activists who confronted former Sen. Jeff Flake in a Capitol Hill elevator last year over his support of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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