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Muslim ban protest in front of the White House happening now, "No one should be attacked for the faith they choose to follow." #MuslimBan2
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@ICEgov 666 children are still separated from their families.
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“We demand a government as decent as our citizens. And when our government fails, our citizens respond.” @joekennedy speaking in front of Supreme Court after it rules in favor of the travel ban. #NoMuslimBanEver #GreaterAs1
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@realDonaldTrump You're wrong. Seeking safety is legal. Do you want to meet with one of our immigration experts? We can come to you.
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Secretary Nielsen has a complicated relationship with the truth.
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LIVE from @SpeakerRyan 's office where Jewish and Muslim faith leaders have joined efforts to demand a #DreamActNow .
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Why is passing a clean #DreamActNow a question of moral urgency? Because it’s about keeping American families together.
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Dreamers dropping banner in Senate building @GOP don’t hold #DreamActNow hostage #HERETOSTAY #ProtectDreamers @UNITEDWEDREAM @CASAforall
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Muslim ban protest in front of the White House, "President Trump, history has its eyes on you!" #RefugeesWelcome #MuslimBan2 #GreaterAs1
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DC: We can't let the administration zero out the refugee admissions program. Join us today at noon outside of the White House at noon. #refugeeswelcome #norefugeebans
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Every floor of the Hart Senate Office Building has been occupied by hundreds of local high school and college students who have walked out today to call for a Clean #DreamActNOW !
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At the National Prayer Breakfast holding a vigil for refugees as leaders come in from around the globe #RefugeesWelcome #GreaterAs1
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Rev. Andersen joins Taylor Schilling for a selfie before risking arrest for climate action! #FireDrillFridays
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Faith leaders, parents, and children walk out of the Judiciary Commitee Hearing on the reunification of families in Hart Senate Office building #FamiliesBelongTogether @WomenBelong
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Thank you ⁦Rep. @Ilhan ⁩ Omar! - Representative Ilhan Omar Leads Letter Calling for Refugee Protections in Coronavirus Response
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Award winning actress Taylor Schilling speaks now about the inhumane conditions climate refugees face when detained by our government.
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CWS is proud to stand with @UNITEDWEDREAM in today’s action in the Hart Atrium calling for a clean #DreamActNOW
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We know the U.S. can do more to help those fleeing violence and persecution. JOIN us as we ask the administration: #WhereRtheRefugees ?
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We’re inspired by @SenBlumenthal ’s leadership for introducing a resolution in the Senate calling for the end of the Muslim and Refugee Ban, Asylum Ban, and MPP. Senator Blumenthal and the 16 co-sponsors are champions for refugees, asylees, and all of us.
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NEW: Sanctuary Movement calls for #SacredResistance . Calls for houses of worship to open their doors to immigrant families being target by raids this weekend. Please help amplify.
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Mr. Cuccinelli, America does not belong to the wealthy and white. It belongs to everyone who fights to make a better future for their loved ones--like your own ancestors. #PublicCharge would destroy that and make the American Dream an even more distant memory.
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TELL CONGRESS: #DefendDACA and enact the #DREAMAct : . Our immigrant youth is #HereToStay , and we are #GreaterAs1 .
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10 reasons why we need a #DREAMACTNOW : 1. Nayeli has 120 days left before her DACA expires 2. Andrea, 120 days 3. Indira, 113 days 4. Serna, 109 days 5. Aracely, 107 days 6. Sema, 104 days 7. Lilibeth, 51 days 8. Selina, 34 days 9. Juan, 16 days 10. Alexa, 15 days #GreaterAs1
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Live in DC, steps away from the US Capitol, we’re holding a candlelight vigil to demand Congress pass #DreamActNow
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Trump's Muslim Ban is *STILL* hurting families. Biden ended it going forward — but families already separated by it could wait *years* to be reunited. Fixing this would take one decision by the Biden administration. Drop them a line ⬇️ #NoMuslimBanEver
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THANK YOU to the ten members of the bipartisan House #RefugeeCaucus who wrote to @realDonaldTrump about his administration's proposed cuts to refugee numbers. "American global leadership in refugee resettlement is more critical now than ever." #welcome75k
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Breaking: The refugee resettlement program is at imminent risk. We need your voice NOW.
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A sign about #Dreamers from the Virgin of Guadalupe procession to the US Capitol: “they are American by choice, struggle, sacrifice, and love.” #DreamActNow #GreaterAs1
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What can be done? People like you can make your voice heard. Take action and tell Congress to demand real consultations with the administration, not just rubber stamp a white supremacist wish list. #RefugeesWelcome
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Dreamers, Congresspeople and faith leaders join at the Capitol w @UNITEDWEDREAM to demand #DreamActNow to end #TrumpShutdown #HereToStay
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Seeking asylum is legal, yet @realDonaldTrump continues to try to dismantle it. #NoMuslimBanEver #RefugeesWelcome #WhereRtheRefugees
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HAPPENING NOW: @MoveOn rally behind the White House to protest Trump’s national emergency and border wall
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Ramin Raghifar won a diversity visa after 15 years of applying for the program. However, the Muslim Ban halted his plans of coming to the U.S. Sign the petition to call on the Biden admin to grant entry to ALL diversity visa winners: #ReuniteFamilies
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As President Trump begins his #SOTU we have one very important reminder: SEEKING ASYLUM IS LEGAL, REFUGEES ARE WELCOME, AND #FAMILIESBELONGTOGETHER .
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Reverend Sharon Stanley Rea on why she is being arrested by US Capitol Police. She’s standing with #Dreamers on All Saints Day. #Faith4Dream
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Fasting for #DACA and #TPS outside the Capitol. #heretostay
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Terminating #DACA places the futures of nearly 800,000 DREAMers at risk. #DefendDACA #HereToStay #GreaterAs1 #DACAworks
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RT: We stand united in our rejection of hate & fear. End the detention of families & asylum seekers. #USWelcomes
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Today, we're celebrating the reintroduction of the #NOBANAct in the Senate, which would uphold our nation's principles of religious freedom and our moral obligation to welcome. Read our full statement ⬇️
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CWS live from the largest civil disobedience for immigrants rights in modern history. #dreamactnow
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You tell us, @KenCuccinelli , was your family a #PublicCharge or were they “standing on their own two feet” like you told @rachelnpr we should mandate for all immigrants? #publiccharge #protectimmigrantfamilies
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Good news: Thanks to your messages of support and calls for his release, Osman was reunited with his family last night! Osman’s story reminds us that everyday 122 DACA recipients lose their status and face detention because Congress has failed to act. We need a clean #DreamActNow
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Let’s be clear, we’re glad your family had the chance to live the #AmericanDream & build a better life for you, @USCISCuccinelli . But what would they think about their great-grandson taking away the same opportunity for others? #publiccharge #protectimmigrantfamilies
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Can't share this enough. White Nationalists don't belong in government.
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Are you licensed to practice law in Mississippi? Do you want to help the families harmed by yesterday’s ICE raids? Sign up here:
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“Let us step forward, united as sisters and brothers, and build a nation that is truly for all and welcomes the marginalized and the strangers as every faith tradition teaches.” - Patrick Carolyn, executive director of the Franciscan Action Network #PresidentsDayProtest
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President Trump, you created the crisis at our Southern Border when you: -teargassed families -turned away lawful asylum seekers -separated families -had two young children die in DHS custody. #SOTU
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🚨BREAKING: The Senate just introduced the #NOBANAct & #AccessToCounselAct . We're one step closer to making our immigration system more humane by ensuring that no president can ban people because of their religion or nationality. Learn more👇
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JUST IN: official statement from the 18 leaders that were arrested today on the steps of the US Capitol for #Refugees . livestream here:
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Representative Ilhan Omar, former refugee and the first Somali-American legislator in the US, speaks during press conference at the Capitol, “When we invest in the hopes and dreams of people who have lost everything, we give them the opportunity to contribute to our society.”
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Our #Afghan allies fought alongside us then, we must fight alongside them now. Pass the #AfghanAdjustmentAct .
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Afghans who worked for the U.S. as translators, engineers, security guards, embassy clerks, and cultural advisors remain in danger in Afghanistan. Our troops are leaving, and #Afghans are losing hope. @POTUS must #EvacuateNow and #SaveOurAllies .
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It’s spelled out for you, Congress. #DreamActNow
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President Trump illegally terminated the DACA program despite widespread support.
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Trump: “I’m working very hard on #DACA ” The truth is that Trump is working very hard to DEPORT #DACA recipients & all immigrants. #TrumpTownHall
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We are proud members of Refugee Council USA and support the 300 individuals walking the halls of congress today letting our representatives know refugees are welcome here! #RefugeesWelcome #RefugeeAdvocacyDays2019
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. @WomenBelong Rally in front of the Department of Justice to demand action to end family separation. #FamilesBelongTogether #ValueOurFamilies #GreaterAs1
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Today, Director Homan of @ICEgov spoke before Center for Immigrant Studies (CIS) a hate group identified by @splcenter . Thanks to these young advocates who questioned him outside about his ties to hate. #DefundHate #EndFamilySeparation #EndWhiteSupremacy
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Reminder: Seeking asylum at the U.S. border is LEGAL.
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Our statement on @POTUS budget request, which guts humanitarian assistance, balloons irresponsible deportation force
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No child should learn to walk & talk behind bars. Tell @IvankaTrump it’s time to #ShutDownBerks . #GreaterAs1
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President Trump, you created the crisis when you: -Terminated DACA -Terminated TPS -Separated Families at the Border -Put babies in cages -Put 300,000 feds out of work
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Today we learned of yet another immigrant child’s death. Join us to honor their memories in person on Capitol Hill or online via the livestream tomorrow, Sen. @SenJeffMerkley will open the interfaith vigil. #nomoreDHSdeaths
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HAPPENING NOW: tens of thousands gather in Washington, DC to march in the Families Belong Together protest. #familiesbelongtogether #FamiliesBelongTogetherDC
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Faith communities are united in support of our Salvadoran TPS holder neighbors, their American children, and members of all immigrant communities under attack. #Faith4TPS #SaveTPS #GreaterAs1
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Happening Now: Activists gathering outside of ICE’s office in Philadelphia to pray for Osman and all undocumented youth who face uncertainty everyday without a clean #DreamActNow
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. @SecNielsen blames "loopholes" for #FamilySeparation . ASYLUM IS NOT A LOOPHOLE, IT IS A LEGAL RIGHT.
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RT and SHARE if you believe this is wrong: The Postal Service kept him from renewing his DACA. Now he’s in immigration detention. Separated from his fiance and infant son. #DreamActNow
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Somali refugee Afkab Hussain shares his story of separation from his wife and 2 year old son due to the travel bans. #RefugeesWelcome #NoMuslimBanEver #greateras1
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#OneYearLater since the evacuation from Afghanistan, and for thousands of #Afghans arriving in the U.S., safety is still only temporary. Our Afghan neighbors deserve better. It’s past time for Congress to pass the #AfghanAdjustmentAct . #WeeksOfAction
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BREAKING: @POTUS renews his promise to raise refugee admissions goal to 62,500 #RefugeesWelcome
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HAPPENING NOW: TPS Alliance outside the White House calling for protection and a path to permanent residency for TPS holders
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“The only national emergency we have is a moral one.” - Bishop Garrison, interim director of the Truman National Security Project
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Seeking Asylum is Legal Seeking Asylum is Legal Seeking Asylum is Legal Seeking Asylum is Legal Seeking Asylum is Legal Seeking Asylum is Legal
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Here are the activists putting themselves on the line for a clean #DreamActNow , shutting down traffic in front of House of Rep offices. #DreamActNow #HereToFight
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"If you want to arrest our people, you'll have a confrontation with churches." Pastor at ICE vigil #NoBanNoWallNoRaids #SanctuaryRising
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This is great news! We welcome @DHSgov 's announcement yesterday to waive fees for Afghans applying for U.S. work permits, adjustment of status for SIVs and biometric services. 🧵
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Secretary Nielsen lied about--and then defended--tearing children from their mother's arms. Those children are still traumatized. She has not been held accountable and shouldn't be rewarded with a stage #FortuneMPW .
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THREAD: Wondering why 14 Faith Leaders from across the US were arrested inside the Senate Building? Here from them directly: #Faith4Dream
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@CNNPolitics . @realDonaldTrump There is nothing biblical about ripping young children away from their parents who are seeking safety from violence and persecution #FamiliesBelongTogether
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Rev. Reuben Eckels - we will be judged as a nation for what we do in response to the greatest humanitarian crisis in our history.
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Thank you @WhipHoyer @NormaJTorres for calling on Congress to pass #DreamAct #cleanDREAMAct Christmas caroling in front of the Capitol w @UNITEDWEDREAM
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Marking the 2nd anniversary of the #MuslimBan , @amnestyusa and photographer Lauren Murphy host exhibition “Left Behind: Faces of Those Affected By The Muslim Ban and US Policy” at Longworth Building in DC today #StandWithRefugees
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"We have to keep standing up to say that Muslims, Refugees, and immigrants are welcome. This is what makes America beautiful" #RefugeesWelcome #NoMuslimBanEver
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Advocacy training is underway! Hundreds of Refugee leaders and advocates are here & ready to advocate for refugee rights #RefugeeAdvocacyDays2019 #Welcome75k
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When one faith is under attack, all are. RETWEET and JOIN US October 18 if you agree: #NoMuslimBanEver #GreaterAs1
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Banner Drop in Senate building to demand #CleanDreamActNOW #HereToStay #DREAMAct #DreamActNow
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. @realDonaldTrump & @POTUS : Don't stop welcoming refugees. Resettlement demonstrates the best of our values. #GreaterAs1 #RefugeesWelcome
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. @POTUS : If you want to protect Syrian children, then rescind the refugee travel ban now so they can safely resettle in the U.S. #GreaterAs1
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Today, @PressSec Sarah Sanders tried to defend Jeff Session's characterization of family separation policies as Biblical. Listen to what Rev. Noel Andersen and Rev. Cassandra Nunez have to say. #FamiliesBelongTogether #ValueOurFamilies
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Teacher of the Year hands @realDonaldTrump letters from her refugee students. #GreaterAs1
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Wow. @JoaquinCastrotx says @ewarren will raise the refugee admissions goal to 175,000 in her first year. It’s currently been slashed to 18,000. #RefugeesWelcome #AmnestyForum
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We will not forget about Syrians, Afghans, Eritreans, Ethiopians, Ukrainians, the Rohingya, Cameroonians and ALL people in search of safety. The U.S. must rebuild the resettlement program to welcome our global neighbors. TAKE ACTION: #RefugeesWelcome
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Representatives from the world’s major religions agree: ambitious climate action can’t wait! Today, faith leaders deliver their message to @Potus @StateDept @ClimateEnvoy #Faiths4Climate #COP26
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"In Washington state, 60 percent of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their children." @RepJayapal
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Today, @POTUS announced that he will soon sign an executive order to welcome 125,000 refugees during fiscal year 2022. 👏 We'll have full coverage once it's signed. There is more to be done to fully restore welcome, but for now, we're celebrating! #RefugeesWelcome #Welcome125k
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