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JillMarieB
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Immigration law and policy. Posts are mine. Reposts/likes do not = endorsement. Called to Welcome (Matthew 25:35). Social justice. Random animal posts. #WherePolicyMeetsPractice
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“PRRI found that independents’ views on these cuts, as well as the increase in funding going toward Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), are more closely aligned with Democratic respondents.”
“Most respondents said they believe the Trump administration’s cuts in federal funding for health care, universities and research institutions and the administration’s new tariffs have all gone too far.”
“Sixty-two percent of respondents said they think the nation is on the wrong track, including 92 percent of Democrats and 71 percent of independents. Only 24 percent of Republicans said they feel the same way.”
thehill.com
Perhaps because it is impossible to perform cardiovascular exercise without a heart? 🤔
“President Donald Trump’s plan to double the size of the ICE workforce has met a foe more powerful than any activist group. It is decimating new recruits at the agency’s training academy in Georgia. It is the ICE personal-fitness test.”
ICE’s ‘Athletically Allergic’ Recruits
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.
www.theatlantic.com
At #ILPC2025 and disappointed but not surprised to hear the keynote speaker, Fareed Zakaria, using his power, privilege, and platform to engage in the lazy and predictable practice of trying to pit one or more immigrant communities against another.
Do better, Fareed!
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We learned how to peacefully de-escalate encounters with ICE, how to help those being targeted, and how to engage in mutual aid.
 
Make sure to #KnowYourRights: Go to quigley.house.gov/KYR to learn more. (2/2)
Immigration Protection Kit
With increased ICE activity around Chicago, the office of Congressman Mike Quigley is here to help.
quigley.house.gov
🚨Now more than ever we need your support for our vital program!
✅ Please share info about our licensed and qualified immigration legal services widely.
✅ Please make a donation to support our program so that we may continue to provide accessible services. lnkd.in/eHbjuurb
In the two years since opening our program, we have served thousands of recently arrived individuals and families, including Afghan, Congolese, Cuban, Guatemalan, Haitian, Nicaraguan, Ukrainian, and Venezuelan nationals.
The immigration legal services program at Global Refuge is one of our newest ministries of service and justice.

It is an honor and a blessing to lead this growing team of dedicated professionals who serve with compassion and experience.
If you or someone you know is seeking low-cost counsel for a range of reasons, including:

✅ work permits
✅ affirmative asylum
✅ family reunification & sponsorship
✅ green cards & renewals
✅ naturalization

... schedule a consult with our Legal Services team at globalrefuge.org/legalservices 📩
Today starts Day 2 of Fasting and Praying. If you are in DC, here are the places for nightly community prayer. 🙏🏼
More info here: metrodcelca.org/for-such-a-t...
In our experience serving clients with family members still in country and facing serious threats, they are very aware of how dangerous the country conditions are.
Couldn’t agree more with AWA Executive Director Kim Staffieri that, “it is astonishing to hear our government take the stance that Afghanistan has improved and that its safe for our allies there.”
👏🏼 Also thankful to the Association of Wartime Allies (AWA), a founder of the Evacuate Our Allies coalition and partner to Global Refuge in our advocacy and service to allies, for their leadership.
🙏🏼 Grateful to Congressman @morelle.house.gov and his dedicated team for their consistent advocacy for our #AfghanAllies in New York and beyond.
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down federal programs designed to resettle Afghan nationals who risked their lives to protect American troops is unconscionable.
Sweet, curious finch babies learning about treats at the feeder. 🪶
🇦🇫🚨 IMPORTANT & URGENT Update on TPS for Afghanistan! In response to an emergency request for action, a Circuit Court Judge has extended TPS protections for Afghans seven (7) days, until July 21.

More about the emergency motion filed with the Court of Appeals ⬇️

wearecasa.org/updates/lega...
Trump’s second term has actually led to the most sympathy for migrants on record in the 21st century, per Gallup. Fully 79% of Americans now say immigration is a “good thing,” compared with 64% last year.
Trump’s mass deportation is backfiring | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump and his administration continue to bet big on the issue that, more than any other, appeared to help him win him a second term in 2024: immigration.
amp.cnn.com
They can be very vocal until our red-shouldered hawks stop by.
A study in backyard Bluejays (Columbia, MD, USA). So vibrant! 🐦🪶💙
Backyard friends in Columbia, MD 🤍🤎🪶
Titmouse
Wren
Chickadee
Red-bellied woodpecker 🪶
🚨Then contact the White House to urge the administration to make good on our promises by restoring #TPS4Afghans
www.whitehouse.gov/contact/