#Immigrants

Thread: What makes a diaspora influential.1. It is very misrepresentative to define the ability of a diaspora to influence policy based on numbers or financial means dedicated to it alone.
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The indifference to actual human life that @DHS_Wolf @ICEgov @USCIS @CBPMarkMorgan it’s appalling & inhumane-19 detainees 7 staffers positive CV-19-6 ICE facilities@DHSOIG needs to investigate.DHS ADMITTED IT does NOT have
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This article correctly and powerfully documents the political pressures in the CDC.It mysteriously downplays the fact that the reason CDC was so easy to push around is they flagrantly ignored
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For weeks I’ve been haunted by this photo by @irelandincolour, taken in 1854 in Tipperary. Haunted because it speaks to me in the voice of my Great Great Grandfather's voice.
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Flushing and Corona are two adjacent neighborhoods in Queens, NY. They are both working-class immigrant neighborhoods whose residents experience high degrees of covid comorbidities like hypertension. 1/ Both neighborhoods are
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A thread on populism because apparently no one knows what it is /1 Populism sees "the people" as a homogenous group who is inherently good fighting against "the elite" or
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Rt now so I can find it easier when the deaths spikehttps://twitter.com/thehill/status/1243007344528801794 Temporary morgues and 45 refrigerated trailers brought into NYChttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-city-coronavirus-epicenter-unite
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From @dianebederman:Quit trashing Obama's accomplishments. He has done more than any other President before him. Here is a list of his impressive accomplishments:1) 1. First President to be photographed smoking
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Thousands of migrant children have been expelled from the U.S. since March under an emergency health order from the Trump administration. Some have been sent back to danger in their
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I held my finished book in my hands for the first time. #BoyEverywhere has actually been printed. I can’t explain how it feels to hold something you’ve worked on for
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Some good news at last!Government must release migrant children in detention centers because of coronavirus, judge ordersChildren held more than 20 days at certain facilities should be released by July
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What do you do when your country breaks your heart? When not once but repeatedly it fails to live up to the aspirations of even those citizens with the most
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As folks suffer from FL's broken unemployment system and lack of COVID19 relief @GovRonDeSantis announces legislation to punish protesters, creating CRIMINAL penalties, essentially trying to incarcerate MORE people. Fear mongering
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Dogs are a tool of white supremacy and gentrification. That’s not just my opinion. There is research that shows how white newcomers dogwalking routes stake out territory. And white owners
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Every four years, the world watches the US electionDonald Trump won in 2016 – now he’s in a close race with Joe BidenWhoever wins will shape America’s foreign policy and
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The Trump Superspreader Tour 2020 has come to Sanford, Florida. Follow for a video thread. A lot of people without masks in the crowd behind Trump "Chinnaaaaa" "We are winning
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