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art exhibit

A powerful art exhibit, a death in Texas

December 9, 2019 Renee Shur Children, Fine Arts Leave a comment

Entering the contemporary art space located just a few minutes’ walk from my home in the Hudson Valley last fall, I had no idea

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dreamer

Going Back: The Untold Story of Dreamers Returning to Mexico

February 15, 2019 Renee Shur Immigration, Obama Leave a comment

It’s been a long and contentious eighteen years since the first Dream Act was introduced in Congress in 2001. The issue of providing a

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immigration

Zero tolerance for Trump’s cruel immigration policies

February 1, 2019 Renee Shur Children, Immigration, Trump One comment

On December 8, 2018, seven-year-old Jakeli Caal, a Guatemalan refugee who endured a grueling journey with her father to seek asylum in the U.S.,

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Justin Trudeau trumps Trump’s dumbed-down view of immigration

January 19, 2019 Renee Shur Immigration, International, Trump Leave a comment

At a recent town hall meeting in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a tough question about Canada’s immigration policies. Trudeau’s low-key

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foreign born

Fact: American health care depends on foreign-born-and-trained professionals

November 15, 2018 Renee Shur Health, Health care, Immigration Leave a comment

The misinformation about legal immigration peddled by the Trump administration is going to get up close and personal for many of us rather quickly.

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De-naturalization

De-naturalization: Trump’s latest weapon in the war on immigrants

June 25, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Immigration, Trump Leave a comment

The Trump administration is employing a new weapon in its war on immigrants: de-naturalization. Yes, that’s a real word. It’s exactly what it sounds

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hostage

The hostage crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border

June 7, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Immigration, Legal issues/Law, Trump Leave a comment

The Trump administration is holding children hostage. They can call it “family separation.” They can say that it’s meant as a “deterrent” to illegal

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DACA

Trump’s SOTU DACA dis: All Americans are Dreamers

January 31, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Democracy, Immigration, Refugees, Trump One comment

Buried in the 90-minute smorgasbord of exaggerations, lies, false conflations and middle-school platitudes passed off as a State of the Union Address on Jan.

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DACA

Who did Trump consult on his cruel DACA decision? Anybody?

September 11, 2017 Renee Shur Human Rights, Immigration Leave a comment

When Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on September 5 that the Trump administration would be terminating DACA, Trump and members of his  governing gang

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border walls

Where the border walls are: Spoiler alert — everywhere

July 18, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Human Rights, Immigration, International Leave a comment

The U.S-Mexico border wall may or may not be under construction, but it’s not the only contemporary attempt at a barrier between countries. According

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