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They deported Emerson
Following is a statement from Lynn Tramonte, Executive Director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, after the deportation of Cincinnati teenager Emerson Colindres.
"They did it. The Trump administration deported Emerson Colindres. What…
Scuttling International Humanitarian Assistance
Since the return of Donald Trump to the White House, he and his Republican allies have worked to destroy the U.S. government’s overseas humanitarian aid programs.
This action flies in the face of the U.S. government’s lengthy record of…
Who’s spreading fear- inducing immigration lies? Your MAGA neighbors (surprise, surprise)
Trump’s win convinced local conservatives they too have a mandate to rid Columbus of immigrants, but their tactics amount to nothing more than spreading lies, and hopefully that’s all they do. But the anxiety-inducing damage inflicted by these…
SB 172 would turn Ohio into a police state, facilitating ICE-masked abductions
People move — is a part of life as old as time, as basic as breathing. But U.S. immigration laws have been written through scapegoating, not sensible debate. They are not logical, and do not work the way they did over a century ago, when my…