Alida Garcia
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Mom of twins / Founder Twin Impact
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Joined April 2010
Turns out you’re a United States Senator. How about you introduce it?.
Great if Senate could pass bill that deals with DACA,Border,Nuclear Family reunification&lottery.But we need a “Plan B” bill = DACA+Border.
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As a Mexican who’s been aware that Trump’s a racist since the 1st 90 secs of his campaign - it’d be REALLY great if we weren’t debating if he’s a racist but if it’s right that he’s putting 800,000 Dreamers, & 300,000 TPS holders on a path to deportation cuz of his racism. #DACA.
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I’ve been staying out of everything but as both an Obama & Biden staffer who is an immigration expert I just gotta say this is such a bad take that completely ignores the actual facts of what has occurred over the last 15 yrs I cannot comprehend your comfort saying this.
Yup! Dems had a very popular message and policy on immigration. But thanks to a small group of activists who never represented most Latinos or immigrants, this is what happened when Biden used the same exact language in 2020:
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The fact that so many Dreamers are tweeting that they don’t want relief if it means harming others and our country in a deal is a sign of just how American they are. Far more American than the GOP will ever be.
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Immigrants, you get the job done. Except today. Take a break. #UnDiaSinImmigrantes.#DayWithoutImmigrants.
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“This isn’t a time to throw up our hands. It’s a time to roll up our sleeves.” @KamalaHarris today in her conversation with conservative women in Michigan on reproductive freedom.
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Don't forget US Virgin Islands in your recovery conversations. Our fellow Americans on multiple islands are hurting.
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Pls help Rosa Maria - the 10year old girl detained on her way to surgery. This is verified by my friend in Texas:.
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Hey Democrats - that whole Virginia & Alabama thing was supposed to mean you don't cave into Bannon, you lean into the base. And now you're in the press okay voting to deport Dreamers on Friday. 90% of America wants otherwise. What gives? #DreamActNow.
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34 House Republicans to @SpeakerRyan "Reaching across the aisle to protect #DACA recipients before the holidays is the right thing to do.". #DreamActNow!
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BRING A VOTE TO THE FLOOR THEN.
Majority of Americans stand with #DREAMers. Congress must do all we can to #DefendDACA.
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#FreeRosa - because parents shouldn't have to choose to not take their babies to surgery because of checkpoints in between hospitals!.
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I really can't believe he's going to send the National Guard down there to wait for refugee 6 year olds & their moms to show up.
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I'm pretty disappointed w/ Congress this wk. But I'm very proud of the young immigrants who stormed the capitol all wk long making Senators unable to ignore them. We're going to win. It's the only option we have. We can do it. I believe that January 19 we will pass the Dream Act.
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#FreeRosa - because a 10 year old shouldn't wake up from emergency surgery with Border Patrol waiting outside of her hospital room!.
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Is it me or has Josh Shapiro been watching lots of Obama tapes lol?.
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I’m sick of all of the “progressives” talking about if this was a good choice. I’ve been working on this for 14 months straight it was a BAD choice. Trust the people who were lied to & actually doing the work. It was a HORRIBLE & racist-I-won’t-fight-for-brown-people choice. Fin.
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#ToImmigrantsWithLove: We've been here before. We can do this again. You are not illegal. You are #HeretoStay. You are loved.
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YOU IDIOTS ON TV TALKING ABOUT A 12 YEAR PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP LIKE THAT'S A GIVE - THAT'S THE DREAM ACT YOU FOOLS. #MakeitStop.
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Young people in New York just disrupted the #MacysDayParade to fight for protections for undocumented youth. #OurDream #DreamActNow .
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NEW policy alert! @VP announces a new national maternal health standards building on her accomplishments of expanding postpartum care. This mama of twins couldn’t be happier & prouder to have a fighter for maternal health care like @KamalaHarris!
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This is all bullshit. Don't believe a single word coming out of a Democrat right now. They are liars.
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These are the 14 @HouseDemocrats who just voted for funds to deport Dreamers - call them:. #DreamActNow #DACA #DreamAct #ProtectDreamers #HereToStay #NoDreamNoDeal
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.@TomPerez @keithellison - I sat in a meeting with you all weeks ago where you told me we didn't have to worry about The Democrats. Why are your Senators CHEERING IN A CAUCUS MEETING as they decide to BE OKAY with Latino families being deported. SPEAK UP NOW! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!.
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The following Democrats broke and voted with Republicans to deport more people today cc: @IndivisibleTeam @flippable_org @dccc . #HereToStay
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If family is the center of American life we should stop separating them with the admin’s deportation force. #SOTU #immigration #StateOfTheDream.
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CCM signals it’s time to get moving on immigration deals this year.
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What world do you live in? They are treated badly because you ended DACA and you are actively fighting DACA in court.
Cannot believe how BADLY DACA recipients have been treated by the Democrats. totally abandoned! Republicans are still working hard.
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12 days to March 5th - no signs from @SpeakerRyan to take the DACA deadline seriously. What is it going to take for Congress to do what 86% of Americans want—to #ProtectDreamers?.
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Yeah, cuz @KamalaHarris is smart, and a prosecutor, and knows when people are lying. Unlike the rest of her caucus.
Harris says she doesn’t believe McConnell made any commitment on DACA and that it would be “foolhardy” to believe him.
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#FreeRosa - because we the taxpayers find ZERO reason to be paying for FIVE AGENTS to stalk small children in surgery in America!.
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Tell that to DACA recipients.
I appear to be the only person who thinks the Dems played this pretty well.
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OKAY LATINAS - let's try this again! This zoom link TOMORROW will not cap us at 3K lolololz .
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Today in NC @KamalaHarris absolutely hammered the national security contrast between Trump & @JoeBiden. She knows what’s at stake on the intl stage after meeting w/ over 150 world leaders as Vice President, including meeting with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine 6 times.
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To my undocumented friends, I love you so much & I am so sorry you have to hear this. You are wonderful Americans. #RNCinCLE.
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Stop telling the movement it has no agenda. The movement just unseated the top prosecutor in Chicago. #ByeAnita.
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@TheDemocrats I appreciate all those who have opinions of this choice. Particularly the mansplainers. I’m pretty aware about campaigns and primaries. I’ve worked on many in my day. This is principle.
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.@JDVance1 is horrible for women in America. Here are some facts on his commitment to take away our reproductive freedoms from @emilyslist #OnNotice website.
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Guys it's cute trying to parse this out, but he just spent an hour talking about all of the ways he's gonna deport people. It's simple.
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.@KamalaHarris closes out her interview at #ESSENCEfest30 making it clear that we can expect results in a second Biden-Harris administration because they’ve delivered tangibly on policies for the American people their first term.
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Rep. Jayapal should give a master class to the entire Dem Caucus on immigration. This was so impressive.
I went on FOX News with @TuckerCarlson to set the record straight about family immigration. This is a cornerstone of our system that helps families stay together, strengthens our country's diversity and economy, and goes to the heart of what America is all about.
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You created the #DACA crisis when you ended the program in September & then told Congress to fix it. Now you're trying obstruct them fixing it to cut family immigration despite marrying two immigrants and being born from one.
The Democrats have been told, and fully understand, that there can be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL at the Southern Border and an END to the horrible Chain Migration & ridiculous Lottery System of Immigration etc. We must protect our Country at all cost!.
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People should be clear - that the White House & Senate & House Republicans will now use a standalone context to try to change our ENTIRE immigration system. This has been the white nationalists' plan since Sessions, Miller worked w/ Ken Paxton to end DACA.
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AT LEAST KAMALA HARRIS IS THE NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM CA! We've now TRIPLED Women of color in the US Senate! #ElectionNight.
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I never thought my lifetime in America would afford me the opportunity to see a young Latina lead us through one of our most important movement moments. Thank you @Emma4Change. I hope you rest soon.
Watch Emma Gonzalez take the stage for 6 minutes and 20 seconds — the exact amount of time it took for a gunman with an AR-15 to take 17 lives in Parkland
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Durbin literally went to your office with a bipartisan deal last week & you ambushed that deal w/ Cotton, Perdue, Goodlatte, & McCarthy, who will never support anything & are screwing you over to appease racists.
DACA is probably dead because the Democrats don’t really want it, they just want to talk and take desperately needed money away from our Military.
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Word of caution to not get apathetic from the SCOTUS cert denial of the CA case. This doesn't help teenagers, people losing status today, and is only temporary reprieve. This is a welcomed lifeline for so many who need it. But I'm sure Stephen Miller has plan B & C. #StayWoke.
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To every member of Congress including any Democrats who act like they can wait until 2018 on the #DreamAct tell that to Osman's baby. We are not hyperbolic crazy people we are trying to help you avoid this.
BREAKING: A PA immigrant who lost his DACA bc of mail delays — & was waiting for instructions to reapply — is now in detention.
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.@davidaxelrod why does the pain of Black mothers have 2b validated by additional pain? Their power compelling as is.
Mothers of Movement were incredibly moving, but it would have been powerful to have included widows of fallen police officers. #DNCinPHL.
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WELCOME TO THE SENATE DOUG JONES - WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO PASS THE DREAM ACT THIS MONTH. #DREAMACTNOW.
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To the Dems upset about my tweets today, try spending the last wk getting less of you to vote like garbage instead of focusing on house R mods. Trust me I very so much wish I didn't need to pressure you to support people 90% of Americans want legalized. You did this to yourself.
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Headed into the Senate Floor Debate this week I think it's really important that people understand that those who are trying to ensure that #DACA recipients are protected are focusing on achievable *narrow* bipartisan solution that gets 60. Thread on what this does/doesn't mean:.
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Latinas are so fired up about @KamalaHarris that we're breaking zooms and need to do better lolololz - BUT THE ENERGY IS THERE!!!!.
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Alright after that bipartisan failure, back to bed/nap. Onto the Senate Floor debate. 86% of Americans = #DreamActNow .Congress is the 14%.
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Hey @MSNBC @CNNPolitics @FoxNews - as the DACA debate amplifies over the next three weeks, I encourage you to actually book DACA recipients on your shows. I'm pretty sure they're actually the experts. #DreamActNow.
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In New York City - a sanctuary city - Democratic elected officials are being slammed on police cars as community leaders who have lived here for 24 years are detained by ICE. What are you going to do about it @SenGillibrand @BilldeBlasio @SenSchumer!?!?!??! #FreeRavi #RaviRagbir.
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My intern Sam who has DACA tried to politely speak to @RepLarryBucshon in the hallway today about the urgency over his life as a DACA recipient. And Rep. Bucshon threatened to call Capitol police on him if he kept talking to him. Disgusting.
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.@jomalleydillon being like yes I’m here to respectfully talk to you about your off the record group chat on air data but our operation knocked on 100,000 doors yesterday is the most woman/mom getting stuff done response. 🤣.
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If Congress had half the courage of the Dreamers, we wouldn't be here. We will keep fighting. We have no other choice. They must deliver.
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"WHOOO OK!" said every woman leader in every workplace across America trying to keep a smile & remain constructive after bs. #debatenight.
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Hi Pals - I too can't stand Stephen Miller. & yes, most of this comes from him & his history in Sessions' Senate office in coordination w/ eugenicists NumbersUSA, CIS, and FAIR. Butttt, Nielsen, Kelly, & Short are ALSO having meetings on this madness to cut legal immigration too.
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With Kevin McCarthy as speaker in 2 months, Democrats have two options: fight like hell in lame duck to get the best policy they can while in control of both chambers. Or, own the end of #DACA while he’s speaker. That’s what it is. It’s their choice while they’re in control.
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Why would Trump pull the rug out of nearly 1M people prematurely? Sounds like a Miller plot #DefendDACA.
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#FreeRosa - because a 10 year old shouldn't be separated from her family & doctors to be detained! It is inhumane!.
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Hold strong - you can do it @SenSchumer! #TrumpShutdown .
In intvw, SCHUMER lays out demands: "Bipartisan agreement" on domestic/defense spending, disaster relief, DACA. Won't accept 3-week CR. Defends past resistance to immig+CR. Says WH "not called me" today. And Mulvaney "doesn't know what he's talking about."
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THEY ARE NOT ILLEGAL ALIENS THEY ARE MY COWORKERS AND FRIENDS THEY ARE AMERICANS MORE AMERICAN THAN YOU'LL EVER BE JEFF SESSIONS. #DACA.
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#FreeRosa bcuz as a Catholic American I am taught to be kind to strangers, to look after the sick, and to visit the imprisoned. Let her go!
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Please work with your Republican colleagues to bring an immediate vote to the floor on the bipartisan DREAM Act.
Rescinding DACA forces #DREAMers back into the shadows & puts them in danger of being deported from the country they love & know as home.
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WELCOME TO THE #DREAMACTNOW PARTY SENATOR!.
It's unconscionable that Republicans are leaving the Dream Act and long-term children's health insurance funding out of their last-minute spending bill. I can’t vote for a CR without those items.
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Powerful image of Mexican-American farm worker turned astronaut @Astro_Jose as part of the #IAmAnImmigrant campaign.
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Watched last two Sunday shows on CNN and the hosts asked nothing about #DACA to Seung Min Kim and Jeh Johnson. Pretty sure no one cares the US Senate is debating this in 24 hours. Sad stuff for such an urgent crisis.
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Thank you @Bourdain & @chefjoseandres for always recognizing that immigrants make America great! #IAmAnImmigrant
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We ask General John Kelly to release Daniel Ramirez a DACA recipient from Seattle, from detention NOW! #HereToStay.
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Wish #StephenMiller was trending because he's the architect behind taking down DACA & putting my friends at risk in the hope of redefining America in whiteness by cutting legal immigration channels in negotiations. But I guess @jaketapper cutting him off is equally as important.
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LEAVE. DACA. ALONE.
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A year ago yesterday we launched @wendycarrillo's congressional race w/ a medium post. People didn't believe. Today she's off to represent LA in Sacramento. A victory for immigrants, working class people, Dreamers, Salvis & women across the country in a dark time. Si Se puede!!!!.
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#FREEDANIELA and #FREEDANIEL .#FREEDANIELA and #FREEDANIEL .#FREEDANIELA and #FREEDANIEL . #HereToStay.#NoBanNoWallNoRaids.
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We are 10 days away from the President's #DACA deadline - & I have some questions for some members of the House of Representatives about prior commitments & statements they've made about the need to #ProtectDreamers - thread to follow:.
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I watched @marcorubio lead on immigration reform briefly in 2013 & then bail on it a few mos. later & then just last week vote for the largest legal immigration cuts since the racial quota laws of the 1920's, I encourage #StonemanDouglas students to push him daily until he votes.
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Give DACA Recipient, Daniel Ramirez Medina, His Freedom Immediately!. #HereToStay #ToImmigrantsWithLove #NoBanNoWallNoRaids.
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You’re horrible.
Today, Congressman Paul Gosar contacted the U.S. Capitol Police, as well as Attorney General Jeff Sessions, asking they consider checking identification of all attending the State of the Union address and arresting any illegal aliens in attendance.
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BIG CARE ENERGY!. Let’s go get this paid leave & elder/disability/child care with @KamalaHarris!. #CareCantWait
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This isn't a sign of how reasonable this proposal is, it's a sign of how unreasonable the eugenics/population control/immigration restrictionists/white nationalists are. #DACA .
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Yes I'm sure the Great senators from the states of West Virginia & Maine surely have the interest of the immigrant community driving their work right now. So diverse, those states.
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Watching this @HillaryClinton rally there's a sweetness about @timkaine that is very refreshing after such an ugly cycle so far.
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This is the image of a KY mom w/ #DACA who was detained while helping another immigrant post bail. Awful.
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.@VP after multiple electric chants of “4 More Years” at @SEIU made an incredible closing argument for paid leave, affordable childcare, a pathway to citizenship & affordable home ownership. More of this! #HomeisHere #CareCantWait
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Thanks for asking. I went to Columbia Law School. Have you heard of them?.
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The only thing inspiring about DC right now is the immigrant youth trying to make their country better. #DreamActNow.
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