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Immigration and Refugees

Arrests follow protest of SCOTUS anti-immigrant decision

Atlanta saw four arrests for acts of civil disobedience during a protest of the recent SCOTUS (in)decision which will effectively overturn DAPA — the federal government’s program to protect undocumented parents from deportation. “We are defending the security and stability of our families, sending a direct message to the Obama Administration,” said Carlos Medina of the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, according to Think Progress, adding, “We know that he has the ability to

Equality, Rights & Justice Issues

Undocumented People: The Visibly Invisible

The United States is home to 11.2 million undocumented people, which means that 3.5 percent of our population is living in the shadows. They are our neighbors, they go to school with our kids, but they remain under the radar out of fear that their families will be torn apart. In 2012, President Obama gave the young and undocumented a sign of hope by enacting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DACA helps children who were