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1/ Thank you to @congressmin.bsky.social and @chu.house.gov for leading 43 members of Congress in demanding answers on ICE’s failure to meet basic medical & notification standards which have led to 25 deaths since Jan 2025. This is a humanitarian crisis & must end now. min.house.gov/media/press-...
Reps. Min, Chu Lead 43 Representatives in Letter Demanding Answers on Systemic Pattern of Deaths in ICE Detainment Facilities
Washington, D.C. — Following the death of Gabriel Garcia-Aviles, a constituent of Representative Dave Min (CA-47), in ICE custody, Reps. Min and Judy Chu (CA-28) are leading 43 of their colleagues in ...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
1/ Thank you to @congressmin.bsky.social and @chu.house.gov for leading 43 members of Congress in demanding answers on ICE’s failure to meet basic medical & notification standards which have led to 25 deaths since Jan 2025. This is a humanitarian crisis & must end now. min.house.gov/media/press-...
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[4] “As advocates for kids, we will do everything in our power to put a stop to this proposal and ensure that providers and families have access to accurate information.” @wendydcervantes.bsky.social of @clasp.org [2/2]
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
[4] “As advocates for kids, we will do everything in our power to put a stop to this proposal and ensure that providers and families have access to accurate information.” @wendydcervantes.bsky.social of @clasp.org [2/2]
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139,000 people in #TN07 depend on Medicaid to see a doctor. They aren't looking for handouts. They're working at Walmart, Starbucks & small businesses -jobs that don't offer insurance. What happened to taking care of hardworking Americans? Vote for Aftyn Behn
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
139,000 people in #TN07 depend on Medicaid to see a doctor. They aren't looking for handouts. They're working at Walmart, Starbucks & small businesses -jobs that don't offer insurance. What happened to taking care of hardworking Americans? Vote for Aftyn Behn
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The reason why so many foreigners pose as MAGA influencers is because the formula is pretty basic. Post:
1. Immigrants cause 90% of our problems.
2. The other 10% are trans people.
3. Trump is the greatest.
4. All Dems are Marxists who hate America.
5. All news is fake.
1. Immigrants cause 90% of our problems.
2. The other 10% are trans people.
3. Trump is the greatest.
4. All Dems are Marxists who hate America.
5. All news is fake.
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The reason why so many foreigners pose as MAGA influencers is because the formula is pretty basic. Post:
1. Immigrants cause 90% of our problems.
2. The other 10% are trans people.
3. Trump is the greatest.
4. All Dems are Marxists who hate America.
5. All news is fake.
1. Immigrants cause 90% of our problems.
2. The other 10% are trans people.
3. Trump is the greatest.
4. All Dems are Marxists who hate America.
5. All news is fake.
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Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
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Economists and investors are raising concerns about the companies that aren’t part of the AI investment boom — in other words, most businesses in the United States.
What the S&P 500 is hiding about the economy
A few trillion-dollar companies are powering the market’s gains. Here’s what’s happening to most other businesses in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Economists and investors are raising concerns about the companies that aren’t part of the AI investment boom — in other words, most businesses in the United States.
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[1] A new proposed rule would allow DHS to deny people green cards based on their past or potential use of federal health or social service programs. childrenthriveaction.org/2025/11/prop...
Proposed “Public Charge” Rule is a Direct Attack on Children in Immigrant Families - Children Thrive Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, [email protected] Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, [email protected] Washington, D.C., November 19, 2025—T...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
[1] A new proposed rule would allow DHS to deny people green cards based on their past or potential use of federal health or social service programs. childrenthriveaction.org/2025/11/prop...
Inadequate legal protections against discrimination & harassment lead to more dangerous working conditions for women & gender expansive people. We demand @dol.gov maintain regulatory protections in apprenticeship to ensure safe & equitable workplaces for ALL #WomenInApprenticeship
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Inadequate legal protections against discrimination & harassment lead to more dangerous working conditions for women & gender expansive people. We demand @dol.gov maintain regulatory protections in apprenticeship to ensure safe & equitable workplaces for ALL #WomenInApprenticeship
A vibrant vision for America’s economy must put public investments for care at the center. Read @tcfdotorg.bsky.social and @caringacross.org’s new report to learn more about how investing in care can secure a brighter future for families everywhere go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative
The Care Imperative: Why Investing In Care Grows America’s Economy
Executive Summary A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible, within reach, and necessary if we are to secure a brighter future for
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November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A vibrant vision for America’s economy must put public investments for care at the center. Read @tcfdotorg.bsky.social and @caringacross.org’s new report to learn more about how investing in care can secure a brighter future for families everywhere go.tcf.org/TheCareImperative
Yesterday, Homeland Security proposed to repeal the 2022 public charge rule. This would allow officers to arbitrarily deny green cards to immigrants based on their health, economic situation, or potential use of benefits like health care & food assistance. Learn more:
www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
Public Charge Proposal Threatens the Health and Well-being of Immigrant Families and All Communities | CLASP
CLASP is committed to ensuring that all families are able to meet their basic needs, and we will work alongside our partners to defeat this reckless public charge proposal as we did under the first Tr...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Yesterday, Homeland Security proposed to repeal the 2022 public charge rule. This would allow officers to arbitrarily deny green cards to immigrants based on their health, economic situation, or potential use of benefits like health care & food assistance. Learn more:
www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
The @voice4humanneed.bsky.social is seeking its next Executive Director — a strategic and values-driven leader committed to strengthening the fight for economic and racial justice.
If you're ready to guide CHN’s next chapter, learn more and apply: www.chn.org/voices/coali...
If you're ready to guide CHN’s next chapter, learn more and apply: www.chn.org/voices/coali...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The @voice4humanneed.bsky.social is seeking its next Executive Director — a strategic and values-driven leader committed to strengthening the fight for economic and racial justice.
If you're ready to guide CHN’s next chapter, learn more and apply: www.chn.org/voices/coali...
If you're ready to guide CHN’s next chapter, learn more and apply: www.chn.org/voices/coali...
Last night the longest gov't shutdown in history ended. But the crisis it caused didn’t just happen by chance–it was manufactured.
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Last night the longest gov't shutdown in history ended. But the crisis it caused didn’t just happen by chance–it was manufactured.
This MONDAY: ICE out of Child Care and Schools Emergency Call! Nov. 10th at 8pm ET, join us to hear how we can organize to protect our children and care workers/teachers! 👉: bit.ly/ice-OUT
🚨 Emergency Call: ICE Out of Child Care Centers & Schools! · National Domestic Workers Alliance C3
On November 5, ICE took a childcare worker from her workplace — in front of the children she dedicates her life to protecting. This is unacceptable. We all deserve to feel safe at home, at work, and i...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This MONDAY: ICE out of Child Care and Schools Emergency Call! Nov. 10th at 8pm ET, join us to hear how we can organize to protect our children and care workers/teachers! 👉: bit.ly/ice-OUT
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The cruel ICE enforcement will touch us all—The care workers who are targeted because of their race and where they work, the day care center that is now short staffed, the families desperate to find affordable care so that they too can work.
ICE is a problem for us all.
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ICE is a problem for us all.
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VIDEO: Day care teacher detained by ICE agents on Chicago’s North Side
A day care teacher was taken into ICE custody Wednesday morning at the Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center in Chicago’s North Center neighborhood.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The cruel ICE enforcement will touch us all—The care workers who are targeted because of their race and where they work, the day care center that is now short staffed, the families desperate to find affordable care so that they too can work.
ICE is a problem for us all.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
ICE is a problem for us all.
wgntv.com/news/chicago...
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Loan forgivness should NOT be an incentive to join ICE and terrorize our communities. See this new piece from Christian Collins @clasp.org www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Loan Forgiveness Becomes Tool for Authoritarianism (opinion)
The unaffordability of college makes it easier for President Trump to build up ICE and advance an authoritarian agenda.
www.insidehighered.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Loan forgivness should NOT be an incentive to join ICE and terrorize our communities. See this new piece from Christian Collins @clasp.org www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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This is NOT okay and flies in the face of decades of shared belief that places that care for children should be safe havens: Child care worker detained by #ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched 19thnews.org/2025/11/chil... via @19thnews.org
Child care worker detained by ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This is NOT okay and flies in the face of decades of shared belief that places that care for children should be safe havens: Child care worker detained by #ICE inside a Chicago day care as children watched 19thnews.org/2025/11/chil... via @19thnews.org
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It should go without saying that these violent attacks on immigrant communities are deeply traumatizing for immigrant children. @wendydcervantes.bsky.social, Rebecca Ullrich, and Hannah Matthews wrote about this for @clasp.org in 2018. www.clasp.org/wp-content/u...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It should go without saying that these violent attacks on immigrant communities are deeply traumatizing for immigrant children. @wendydcervantes.bsky.social, Rebecca Ullrich, and Hannah Matthews wrote about this for @clasp.org in 2018. www.clasp.org/wp-content/u...
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Schools should be safe havens for every student. 💙
Find strategies to support immigrant youth & families under threat of deportation with this @aft.org guide from @sharemylesson.bsky.social.
👉 sharemylesson.com/teaching-res... @unitedwedream.org @nilc.org @clasp.org @supportkind.org
Find strategies to support immigrant youth & families under threat of deportation with this @aft.org guide from @sharemylesson.bsky.social.
👉 sharemylesson.com/teaching-res... @unitedwedream.org @nilc.org @clasp.org @supportkind.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Schools should be safe havens for every student. 💙
Find strategies to support immigrant youth & families under threat of deportation with this @aft.org guide from @sharemylesson.bsky.social.
👉 sharemylesson.com/teaching-res... @unitedwedream.org @nilc.org @clasp.org @supportkind.org
Find strategies to support immigrant youth & families under threat of deportation with this @aft.org guide from @sharemylesson.bsky.social.
👉 sharemylesson.com/teaching-res... @unitedwedream.org @nilc.org @clasp.org @supportkind.org
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[3] We condemn the actions of today. As @wendydcervantes.bsky.social of @clasp.org said in a statement,“We urge policymakers to hold ICE accountable to these harms and ensure places like child care centers, schools, and hospitals remain safe and accessible to all families.”
Children’s Advocates Condemn ICE Abduction of Early Childhood Educator in Chicago - Children Thrive Action Network
MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, communications consultant, [email protected] Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, [email protected] Danielle Alexander, Communications Director, danielle@child...
childrenthriveaction.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
[3] We condemn the actions of today. As @wendydcervantes.bsky.social of @clasp.org said in a statement,“We urge policymakers to hold ICE accountable to these harms and ensure places like child care centers, schools, and hospitals remain safe and accessible to all families.”
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[1] This morning, federal agents entered a learning center without a warrant and detained a Pre-K teacher in front of the children she cares for. In a video, the woman can be seen telling the agents that she has documentation.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
[1] This morning, federal agents entered a learning center without a warrant and detained a Pre-K teacher in front of the children she cares for. In a video, the woman can be seen telling the agents that she has documentation.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
Nearly a month into the government shutdown, millions of families are paying the price for deliberate policy choices by the Trump Administration and Congress.
This is a 🚨manufactured🚨 crisis that’s putting jobs, food, and care at risk.
This is a 🚨manufactured🚨 crisis that’s putting jobs, food, and care at risk.
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Nearly a month into the government shutdown, millions of families are paying the price for deliberate policy choices by the Trump Administration and Congress.
This is a 🚨manufactured🚨 crisis that’s putting jobs, food, and care at risk.
This is a 🚨manufactured🚨 crisis that’s putting jobs, food, and care at risk.
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Grateful for @clasp.org alumni who continue to do good around the country, and help make connections. Spent 3 days in Colorado with my team talking to immigrant parents and child care providers. Heart is tender and full.
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Grateful for @clasp.org alumni who continue to do good around the country, and help make connections. Spent 3 days in Colorado with my team talking to immigrant parents and child care providers. Heart is tender and full.
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New blog post from @americasvoice.bsky.social
amplifies the voices of some of the more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation.
americasvoice.org/blog/the-ame...
amplifies the voices of some of the more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation.
americasvoice.org/blog/the-ame...
The American Children of Mass Deportation: ‘The New Family Separation Crisis’ - America's Voice
One report has identified more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation—and there are likely more out there Last year, a teen named Billy brave...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
New blog post from @americasvoice.bsky.social
amplifies the voices of some of the more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation.
americasvoice.org/blog/the-ame...
amplifies the voices of some of the more than 100 U.S. citizen children who have been separated from their parents due to mass deportation.
americasvoice.org/blog/the-ame...
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1/ Head Start delivers critical services for families with low incomes across the country, but the government shutdown threatens to close programs that serve 65,152 children nationwide if it extends past November 1st. #HeadStartAwarenessMonth www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
Federal Shutdown Reflects Trump’s Chaotic Government; Children and Families Pay the Price | CLASP
In a functioning government, this budget would be free from interference by a presidential administration. Instead, the administration is manufacturing chaos and dysfunction to continue to weaken the ...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1/ Head Start delivers critical services for families with low incomes across the country, but the government shutdown threatens to close programs that serve 65,152 children nationwide if it extends past November 1st. #HeadStartAwarenessMonth www.clasp.org/press-room/p...
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Los beneficios de CalFresh (SNAP) y CalWORKs (TANF) se proporcionarán hasta octubre de 2025, pero los beneficios futuros podrían estar en riesgo si el cierre del gobierno federal continúa.
Get more info here! 👇
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BenefitsCal. Together, we benefit.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Los beneficios de CalFresh (SNAP) y CalWORKs (TANF) se proporcionarán hasta octubre de 2025, pero los beneficios futuros podrían estar en riesgo si el cierre del gobierno federal continúa.
Get more info here! 👇
benefitscal.com
Get more info here! 👇
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