Erika Andiola
@ErikaAndiola
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Immigrant Rights & Progressive Advocate | Comms Director for @TheYoungCenter | Former Press Sec for Bernie 2016 | ❤️ @Kai_Newkirk 🐾 Luna | Opinions are my own
Tempe, AZ
Joined May 2010
Don't. Look. Away.
BREAKING: Our attorney was aggressively rejected from trying to offer help to immigrant children illegally detained at a Hampton Inn in McAllen, TX. He and another of our staffer were violently shoved into the hotel elevator and were told they could not offer help. #FreeThemALL!
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Y'all have no idea the rupture that is happening in Latino families right now. It's crazy to hear the stories of men voting for Trump even if their parents are undocumented because of the economy. Ladies telling me they will never speak to their brothers again, etc. So, so sad.
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I am so ashamed to have worked for @kyrstensinema. I had considered her to be, not only my former boss, but a friend that I could count on. That's all gone. I have no idea what happened, but she's not there anymore. The vote she just took is devastating and dangerous. Period.
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In Trump's America, a 17-year-old privileged, white teenage boy can’t be held accountable for sexually abusing teenage girls, but toddlers brought to America are detained, held in cages and expected to defend themselves in immigration court. Think about it.
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This quote: When I worked with the farmworkers in California I learned the difference between charity and justice. "Charity asks, 'what's wrong, how can I help?'. Justice asks, 'why is it happening and how can I change it?'. And that's when people get uncomfortable. Because. .
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🚨 It's official. We turned Arizona blue!!! Let me be clear about this again, this is a result of a 10+ years of grassroots organizing. Latinos and Native Americans came out in record numbers to support Biden because WE DID THE WORK. This is how we flipped the state.
Decision Desk HQ Projects Biden (D) Has Won The State Of AZ And Its 11 Electoral Votes. Race Called At 10:29 PM EST. All Results:
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I really need to say this. @MichelleObama talking about children in cages hurts a lot. So much. Her husband used to do this too. The fact that Trump is worse on this issue, doesn't make what they used to do to migrant children any better. Family detention was created under Obama.
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When we crossed the border in 1998 I was 11 years old. My baby brother was 2. We were running from pain that many people in this country have never experienced. I am so thankful that she made that choice. I pray that these little ones can be safe. It takes compassion America.
This is who Trump is telling us to fear. A mother with her 4 month old baby and her 10 year old daughter. America open your heart. #CarvanaMigrante
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It was in 2013. ICE came to my house and took my mom & my brother from us. I still have constant nightmares about this. Imagine having the most precious person in your life taken from you by force. ICE plans to do this to 1000s of people. I can’t sleep just thinking about it.
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@MayraFlores2022 No, you are not. Have you heard of @RepChuyGarcia? Yea, he was born in the same state I was born in. Durango, Mexico 🇲🇽. Do your research ma'am. Chingao.
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The entire nation should be watching this @maddow interview. This is your president, America. Many of y'all call us (immigrants) "criminals" for seeking a better life. Wanna hear about a real criminal? Watch this interview.
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The filibuster killed the Dream Act in 2010. Now it kills voting rights. And it will continue to kill any progress for this country. All in the name of she calls "bipartisanship". I hate to break it to you Kyrsten, but the party you are siding with is not what it used to be.
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Biden just fricken called us aliens. He's campaign needs to apologize to our community immediately. #DemDebate.
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The Republican party has been taken over by Donald Trump and his supporters. It's not the party of John McCain. Why keep pretending that it is?. What you just did, will have consequences for so many of us. 💔.
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Let this be the symbol for what November, 3rd will look like. It’s up to us. Vote. #DontLookAway
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President Joe Biden wants to bring back family detention. Let me remind you what family detention is. These are basically jails where the government locks up immigrant mothers with their children. Sounds inhumane? They are.👇🏾This was the T. Don Hutto detention center.
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#COVID19 has reached the Family Detention Centers. I repeat. COVID has spread to detention centers that imprison ENTIRE families. You might be thinking, "wait, there's family detention centers?" Yes. They are owned by private prison companies. Average age of kids? 4 year olds.
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If you're reading this, I'm still in police custody after being arrested last night at @SenSchumer office demanding he prove claim to support Dreamers by organizing his caucus to block any spending deal w/out a clean #DreamAct. Will remain until he does. #OurDream #NoDreamNoDeal
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BREAKING: It’s official. YES ON #Prop308 JUST WON!!! We have won in-state tuition for undocumented youth in Arizona. My heart is so filled with joy. 😭. @AlientoAZ team, THANK YOU. Your work made this happen. Arizona voters, THANK YOU. Let me tell you why this is personal 👇🏾
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If immigrants were humanized in the media as much as these mass shooters. .
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.@timkaine no matter how much Spanish you speak to us during election time, our community won't forget you just voted to deport dreamers. #NoDreamNoDeal.
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I am a Dreamer and I don't trust you @JoeBiden. At all. Your administration (the Obama administration) raided my home and deported many people I love. That's why our Latinx community is not supporting you so far. No thank you. #ByeByeBiden.
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. it is often the case that these people over here have less, because these people over here have more. And when we try to change that, there's resistance & there's conflict and struggle." -Marshall Ganz. This speaks so much to how I feel when well intentioned allies. .
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That is not correct. Latino vote has been overwhelming towards @BernieSanders. Biden is not telling the truth. Let me tell you why. Our community remembers those 3 million deportations under the Obama/Biden administration. #DemDebate.
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No, “God may be with you all” is not enough. You’ve spent your entire presidency attacking our immigrant community in an effort to “protect our borders”. The border today was terrorized by a U.S. born man with an American gun in one of the safest cities in the U.S.
Terrible shootings in ElPaso, Texas. Reports are very bad, many killed. Working with State and Local authorities, and Law Enforcement. Spoke to Governor to pledge total support of Federal Government. God be with you all!.
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As someone who fought so hard for a popular immigration bill (DREAM Act) under a gov ran entirely by Dems in 2010, and seeing it fail right in front of my eyes, I’m having a hard time feeling hopeful tonight regardless of the results. Please don’t let us down Dems. Not again.
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And we keep on walking. And we keep on fighting against white supremacy. Charlottesville to DC, our march keeps growing. Join us! #Cville2DC
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This is actually happening. Americans are calling for ICE to be abolished. They've been terrorizing our communities for years! It's time. Every progressive candidate must say it! Everyone who says they care about immigrants should say it. #AbolishICE! #WomenDisobey
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. to the undocumented experience want to help, but when undocumented people start organizing and speaking their truth, someone always starts feeling uncomfortable. Not a general statement about allies to this struggle, just an observation to some experiences I've had.
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Some things never change. We gotta elect more Democrats with a spine. Keep pushing @Ocasio2018! We got your back.
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You know what hasn't been canceled due to #coronavirus? ICE raids. Yup, they are still in the streets putting people in detention centers that have no prevention measures. We at @RAICESTEXAS will have more info about what is happening in some of these detention centers soon.
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The Des Moines police release a photo of the cages they took from the streets this morning. Isn't this photo ironic?. Remember America, #DontLookAway. #IowaCaucuses
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My fam was actually raided by Arpaio & I organized that visit. Would be great if you tell the real story. Thx!
Worth recalling that Jane Sanders appeared w Arpaio once and toured his tent jail
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Breaks my heart to hear mom say . “I’m so happy that @JoeBiden is going to pass immigration reform, but I probably won’t qualify.” Why she thinks this? Bc she was placed in deportation proceedings by the Obama administration. I pray people like her are not left behind again.
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"If Black Lives Matter protesters would show up at a polling place with guns, you would lose your mind". - @VanJones68 🔥.
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I'm heartbroken. To be clear, it's not just about @BernieSanders. It's knowing that we were so close to winning policies that would change my life & the life of many who are often forgotten by the gov. working class people, immigrants. Thank you Bernie for inspiring a movement.
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As you sit in your house contemplating . "When will things go back to normal?". "Are we gonna be ok?". "How will I pay my rent?". "I'm afraid to go outside". Think of your immigrant neighbor & how many of these questions under different circumstance are the reason why they moved.
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I'm sure your fam wasn't harmed by the Obama deportation machine. Mine was. Some of the fams of the ppl who were protesting Biden were. Stupid is running on a pro-immigrant platform, having an entire Democratic gov, not passing any legislation & instead deporting millions of us.
Blasting Obama was so moronically stupid. It's mind boggling to me. It's a sign campaigns are listening to the wrong signals, which is usually a sign a campaign is off.
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Finally out of jail. Thank you all for your love and support ❤. We did this to show what will happen to Undocumented Youth if the #DreamAct doesn't pass. ICE was called on me 1st day. What a shame to see @SenSchumer hasn't had the same courage to meet our demand. #NoDreamNoDeal.
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We need to work so damn hard to defeat Trump. But I can assure you. We will continue to remind a Biden administration that he MUST end family detention on day 1. Yes, kids are STILL in cages and some of those cages were created by Obama and Joe.
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Children who are born in the U.S. cannot be immigrants in the U.S. I repeat, children who are born in the U.S. cannot be immigrants. @nytimes, how about an apology with the heading “This government wants to go after the parents and family members of thousands of U.S. citizens.”.
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For a minute it felt like they were standing for us. Like Democrats were finally listening to our pain and doing something about it. Standing up for us. Man, this hurts so much. It's been 17 years! 17 years of inaction, deportations, waiting, hope, disappointment. I am so tired.
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First of all, your administration takes our fingerprints every time we renew DACA. So far I’ve done this 4 times at @USCIS, so if we were such “hardened criminals”, we would not get DACA in the first place. Secondly, we are in fact very tough. I mean, we have to put up with you.
Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from “angels.” Some are very tough, hardened criminals. President Obama said he had no legal right to sign order, but would anyway. If Supreme Court remedies with overturn, a deal will be made with Dems for them to stay!.
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I knew it! This is what CBP does. They put families with kids in places like these for days or weeks. Migrants call them hieleras. This child had a heart condition and they just let her get worse until she passed. None of this has changed under Biden. None of it. #DontLookAway
Breaking update:. Mother of Panamanian girl who died in BP custody on Wednesday said they were detained over a week and that requests for an ambulance were denied repeatedly, including on the day her daughter, Anadith, died.
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My dear young progressives, don’t walk out on us. We need you in this election. Just as important, we need you to be pumped and ready for accountability time in a Biden/Harris administration. We’ve come so far. The road looks different, but the destination is still the same.
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BREAKING: Major victory for Dreamers. DC district court Judge Bates “reaffirms its conclusion that DACA’s rescission was unlawful and must be set aside.” His earlier ruling, reaffirmed today, required govt to accept renewal and new applications.
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BREAKING: Another immigrant rights activist detained by ICE. My dear friend, Immigrant rights and reproductive rights organizer Alejandra Pablos detained by ICE in Tucson. Watch her video and write a letter of support for Alejandra here: We need you!
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Shame on you @JoeBiden for not apologizing for the millions of deportation under your and Obama’s watch. You and Obama left a strong deportation machine for Trump to use. #DemDebate.
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My dear reporter friends, if you are going to interview several people about the possibilities of a path to citizenship for millions, how hard is it to find one of those millions of people & include them in your piece? . We have voices, you know. We can speak for ourselves.
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Now I really want ice cream!.
Ben & Jerry's two co-founders want to make it easier for Americans to sue police officers who abuse their authority, a move that reform advocates say is a key step towards substantive police reform.
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We were sitting at a Senator’s office, on the floor, wearing caps & gowns and asking for DREAM to be voted on in 2010. The Capitol Police had NO PROBLEM arresting us. We were charged with a misdemeanor (which I still have). This is why the images of the #CapitolTerrorists hurt.
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Just a Friday night reminder that no human being is illegal. ✌🏾.
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The queen! Have not heard anyone else talk about colonization and there it is. @AOC had to say it. Love you hermana. 💕.
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.@Ocasio2018, you make me proud. I can’t run for office because of my immigration status but hearing a powerful, Brown, democratic socialist young woman like you, it makes me wanna change that faster. I can only imagine how many more young Latinas you’re inspiring to lead #NN18.
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Dear Congress,. Please impeach that racist, white supremacist, sexist, lying bigot. It’s been too much. #ImpeachDonaldTrumpNOW.
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Starting my DACA renewal application! It doesn't expire soon, but there's a chance we might lose the ability to renew with today's court decision. We still don't know what's gonna happen, but if you have not renewed, GET ON IT. If you don't have money, let's fundraise for you.
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"When we have more people in jail, mostly Black and Latino, we know we need to invest in education, not incarceration." - @BernieSanders.
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With all due respect, @MSNBC pundits, calling immigrants “illegals” is not just “something people on the left will care about”. It’s something that immigrants care about. We have worked hard to stop people from calling us that because it’s demonizing and dehumanizing. Period.
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My undocumented ppl, I ask you to lift your head up and just keep walking. Remember, #Somos11Millones. #WeAre11Million! You're not alone. ❤.
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How did I miss this?! Listen to this. Listen closely. This is unacceptable!. “If we don’t invest, everything that the very wealthy are concerned about. what xenophobes are concerned about will only gets worse, not better.”. What are they concerned about @JoeBiden? Say it.
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This whole immigration video was like putting salt on the wound. Narrated by Obama? Come on. Yes, I am angry because it was his administration who almost deported my mother and then Trump came to try to deport her again. I get it. This is politics, but I am a human. This hurts.
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They went after DACA recipients. They went after asylum seekers. They went after migrant children. They tried to cut “legal” immigration. They went after US residents. Now they’re trying to end birthright citizenships. They’re not gonna stop until we stop them. Please VOTE!.
Breaking News: President Trump said he was preparing an executive order to end birthright citizenship. It is unclear whether he can do so unilaterally.
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Still can’t believe we fought so hard for this little piece of plastic that means so much to so many people. Just got my #DACA renewal and I’m so grateful for it! In 2017, after I spent 6 days in jail fighting for Dream Act, there was a chance I was going to lose it.
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This is important to know. The ball is back on Trump's court and he can still take #DACA away if he chooses to. We need to be ready to keep fighting if he tries to do this again. #DontLookAway America. We still have a long fight against white supremacy.
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Here are the facts about @21savage. He needs to be released NOW and ICE needs to stop spreading lies about his case! He wasn't a problem to them until he became outspoken about all the horrible actions this administration has taken against us immigrants. #Free21Savage.
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I’ve been telling people this the whole year. In Arizona we’ve been fighting racists and mobilizing against white supremacy for the past 10+ years. It’s not a swing state because of chance. We’ve been working our asses off and it’s paying off.
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.@LuciaAllain1 and I disrupted the #DemDebate tonight, calling out the 3 million deportations of immigrants under the Obama administration. Here is why. #DontLookAway .#MigrantJusticePlatform
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The govt. shutting down tonight. Dems held the line thanks to our work. This is historic, Dreamers. We might not be able to vote, but they have pushed us to learn how to organize to fight for our community. Now, let's get the Dream Act. It's all on Trump & GOP. #TrumpShutdown.
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I love this quote from @BernieSanders “We have socialism for the rich and rugged individualism for everyone.” #DemDebate.
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Latinx is not a race. Many immigrants are Black. Many Latinxs are Black. Not all immigrants are Latinx. Not all Latinxs are immigrants. Some Latinxs are racist. Not all Brown ppl are Latinx. Identities aren't clear-cut. What's clear-cut? White supremacy & our need to end it.
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"I believe the US has the moral responsibility to receive refugees who are escaping violence" - @BernieSanders.
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Did you know that @BernieSanders is the only candidate who has called for deported Veterans to return? Yes, it is #realistic. #DemDebate.
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How do I feel today with this 5th circuit ruling on DACA?. 1. As an advocate, I feel tired and a bit numb. 2. As a DACA recipient, I feel so much pain knowing how much these politicians and judges hate us. 3. As the sister of a young DACA recipient, I'm terrified for his future.
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"We need to protect refugee children. I just met one from El Salvador. I disagree with Clinton. They should not deported" #BernieAtTheBorder.
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Horrible to hear @HillaryClinton calling us "illegal" when it is politically convenient & "dreamers" when she is in front of our community.
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Hundreds of people, led by @RevDrBarber and Jesse Jackson, marched to @kyrstensinema’s office. Over 30 people are about to risk arrest in her office. Everyone is demanding for our Senator to support an end to the filibuster. We cannot wait any longer. #EndTheFilibusterNow
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No matter who is in office:. Separating families is wrong. Incarcerating kids is wrong. Incarcerating entire families is wrong. Unjustly deporting people is wrong. Denying asylum to people who need protection is wrong. Period.
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We demand justice for Carlos Gregorio Hernandez-Vasquez. We demand answers. This child died at the hands of @CBP. He was 16. He was kept for 6 days in custody. Max is supposed to be 72 hrs for a minor. He was dying and was administered Tamiflu. He is the 5th death. Enough!
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UPDATE: Erika &other Dreamers arrested Fri will be in DC jail until at least Tues. Have reason to believe ICE contacted. All 8 are on hunger strike &will stay in jail until @SenSchumer & @RepCurbelo confirm votes to block any spending deal w/out clean #DreamAct. #NoDreamNoDeal
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@BernieSanders is gonna win Nevada. No only that:. 📢Moratorium on deportations will win NV.📢Healthcare for All.📢College of All.📢Green New Deal.📢Democratic Socialism will win in NV. Yes, it doable and yes, our Latinx community cares about all these issues. #NevadaCaucus.
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Dear Democrats in Congress (specially Senators), . If you are not ready to support a path to citizenship as part of the reconciliation process, then please save your "I support #DACA recipients" tweets. You have the power to give us the relief we need. Use it.
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BOTH parties have failed us for almost two decades since the Dream Act was introduced. Let's get the facts straight. YOU took our DACA away @realDonaldTrump. YOU ran on a platform to deport us. We will not forget. #NoDreamNoDeal
Democrats are doing nothing for DACA - just interested in politics. DACA activists and Hispanics will go hard against Dems, will start “falling in love” with Republicans and their President! We are about RESULTS.
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We (Mexicans) defeated the French Empire in 1862 in the Battle of Puebla. That's all. No need to celebrate the day by pretending that you love Mexicans by wearing a sombrero and poncho. No need to remind us about all the stereotypes you have about us. No need. #CincodeMayo.
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My mother was a victim of domestic violence. We had to cross the border to be safe so that my mom, my siblings and I could be free from pain and suffering. I know exactly what it takes to migrate as a domestic violence survivor and it hurts so much to see this happening. #MeToo
Jeff Sessions has ordered immigration judges to stop granting asylum to most victims of domestic abuse and gang violence, a move that would block tens of thousands of people, especially women, from seeking refuge in America.
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The rhetoric that the President used today hurt y’all. This personal for me. I’m so afraid of Trump winning, but I just can’t stay silent when a Democratic president who campaigned against the “kids in cages” party, speaks about our community in that way. Words matter. 🧵.
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Jeff Bezos over there visiting space and me over here begging the government to give me papers so I can drive 3 hours towards the border, cross it and be able to visit my family that I haven’t seen in 20+ years. 🙄. Freedom of movement is definitely a privilege is this world.
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As someone who has been fighting to keep mom home after ICE put her in deportation proceedings, I believe that no one should have to go through that. But, wow! A white family is placed in deportation proceedings and now Fox News cares about how unfair our immigration system is?.
German family facing deportation: America used to be a free country
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