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By Frank Sharry
January 28,2017
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 Donald Trump. Photo: Whitehouse.gov President Trump’s immigration executive order creates a blueprint for mass deportation and builds up the Deportation Force he called for during the campaign. But is his hard-edged approach to undocumented immigrants popular with the American people or not? No. In fact, Trump’s approach is wildly unpopular with the American people and diametrically opposed to what the vast majority of Americans, including Republicans... |
Special To The Black Star News
January 27,2017
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 Prayers this afternoon at Foley Square, Manhattan
Today at Foley Square in Manhattan, the New York Immigration Coalition, Majlis Al Shura: The Islamic Leadership Council of Greater NY, and the Interfaith Clergy of New York City held a special interfaith rally and Jummah prayer to stand with New York's Muslim and immigrant communities facing anti-immigrant and... |
By Mary Kay Henry
January 27,2017
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 Mary Kay Henry. Photo: laborunionreport.com [Op-Ed] President Donald Trump’s executive action on immigration today limiting immigration from certain Muslim-majority countries continues what he started on Wednesday, increasing the criminalization of hard-working immigrants and their families instead of fixing a system that has been rigged against working families. His actions will divide and weaken our nation rather than honor... |
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Special To The Black Star News
January 27,2017
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 Mayor de Blasio. Photo: Nyc.gov
New Yorkers can call 311 or text CoveredNYC or SeguroNYC to 877877 for free, in-person enrollment assistance information Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Public Engagement Unit is partnering with the Health Department, NYC Health + Hospitals and others to remind New Yorkers of the deadline to... |
Milton G. Allimadi
January 26,2017
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 NYC Comptroller Stringer. Photo: Black Star News New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer says President Donald Trump's tweets are "idiotic," "harmful," "embarrassing," and "not presidential," but he's against curbing them; he also says the tweets have become the best mobilizing tool for opposition to Trump's administration and to the Republicans. Trump Wednesday... |
Milton G. Allimadi
January 25,2017
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 Jumaane Williams-- resistance from day one. Photo: Keith Dawson Elected officials and leaders of human rights groups and immigrants' advocates slammed President Donald Trump's announcement today that he'd signed two executive orders, for the construction of a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, as well as plans to punish so-called |
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Marc Morial
January 25,2017
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 Trump -- with 2.8 million less votes, hardly a mandate |
William Reed
January 25,2017
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 John Lewis. Photo: Biography.com |
Over the last few days, during this observance of the first anniversary of the execution of Michael Brown, in Ferguson, were now hearing chants of Weve got to fight back and We are ready for war.
That weve reached this dangerous place in the fight against police abuse was...
Last week a New York Police Department officer was suspended after a video emerged showing him kicking a suspect being arrested, now a group of NYPD officers are being investigated for bringing down Sandra Amezquita a...
The Ebola crises in West Africa is another occasion where the whole world gets to see inept leadership in many African countries.
There have recently been many postings on social media critical of the United States for deploying military personnel and medical workers to West Africa in...
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