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What Happens if You Help an Undocumented Immigrant?

6 days ago | americancommunitymedia.org | Selen Ozturk

With ramped-up immigration crackdowns and deportations since January, what rights do Americans have to help undocumented immigrants? The major federal law codifying U.S. provisions concerning this — the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA) — prohibits harboring unauthorized immigrants, but there is no nationwide, Supreme Court consensus as to what harboring means.
Another ICE Deportation in Defiance of Court Order

1 week ago | americancommunitymedia.org | J. Dale Shoemaker

For at least the second time since President Donald Trump took office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents deported a migrant in defiance of federal judges — this time a Salvadoran man long held in detention in Western New York. The Trump administration’s most recent action occurred May 7.
The Future of Parks Revealed in 100 Top U.S. Cities

1 week ago | americancommunitymedia.org | Selen Ozturk

As some major U.S. cities funnel record-high investment in their parks, the future of green space remains uncertain in many other cities nationwide. While parks are crucial to the social, physical and mental health of their communities, about one in three people in the U.S. — over 100 million people, including 28 million children — don’t have access to a park within a 10 minute walk of their home.
Más de 200 manifestantes exigen a Newsom que financie a víctimas de violencia doméstica

1 week ago | americancommunitymedia.org | Viji Sundaram

EnglishSACRAMENTO – “Soy una superviviente de la violencia sexual y doméstica. Me retuvieron como rehén, me golpearon, me violaron, me torturaron y me dispararon”, escribió Elvira Herrera, de la red de soporte de la violencia doméstica del Sur de California. “Si no existieran los centros de crisis por asalto sexual, nunca habría podido contar mi historia. El personal del centro de crisis por violación me levantó del suelo donde me dejaron morir”, continuó.
Pro-Palestine Students Dig in Despite Government, University Crackdowns

1 week ago | americancommunitymedia.org | Christopher Alam

Students involved in the movement for Palestine say they are not backing down despite ongoing pressure from the government and university administrators. Many insist the crackdown on student activism is in fact hardening their resolve. Their stance comes as Israel’s war in Gaza continues, with reports of widespread famine among Palestinians, and a shooting in Washington DC that killed two Israeli embassy staffers.
Asian Americans Continue to Face Yellow Peril Myth

2 weeks ago | americancommunitymedia.org | Sunita Sohrabji

Amid the tension of the US-China relationship, and post the Covid-19 pandemic, Asian Americans are once again facing the ‘yellow peril’ myth. The 5th annual Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the US Index — STAATUS — was released by The Asian American Foundation earlier this month. The survey polled 4,909 people over the age of 16 from across the US from Jan. 22 to Feb. 25.
Over 200 Ralliers Demand Newsom Fund Domestic Violence Victims

2 weeks ago | americancommunitymedia.org | Viji Sundaram

SACRAMENTO — “I am a survivor of sexual and domestic violence. I was held hostage, beaten, raped, tortured and shot,” wrote Elvira Herrera of Southern California. “If rape crisis centers didn’t exist, I would never have been able to tell my story. The staff at the rape crisis center lifted me from the ground where I was left to die,” she continued.
Of Aunts and Empresses

2 weeks ago | americancommunitymedia.org | Peter Schurmann

Every so often you encounter a story that opens doors and opens imaginations onto previously unimagined or unrecalled realities, to the way things were or might have been, and things that still can be. If only by sheer dint of will. It’s that power inherent in story that so rattles authoritarians, who seek to close those same doors, to be the gatekeepers over which doors are opened and which shut.
Of Aunts and Empresses

2 weeks ago | americancommunitymedia.org | Peter Schurmann

Every so often you encounter a story that opens doors onto previously unimagined or unrecalled realities, to the way things were or might have been, and things that still can be. If only by sheer dint of will. It’s that power inherent in story that so rattles authoritarians, who seek to close those same doors, to be the gatekeepers over which doors are opened and which shut. In the photo there’s a young adult, eyes intent, staring through wire framed glasses, hair closely cropped.
Millions of Children Face Hunger as Congress Pushes Through Massive Cut to SNAP

2 weeks ago | americancommunitymedia.org | Sunita Sohrabji

The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote May 22 on a proposal that would slash $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP currently provides food assistance to over 42 million people, including an estimated 20 million children. The proposed cuts are part of a massive budget reconciliation package, which also includes a $715 billion cut to Medicaid.