Pushing Back Against Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Cruelty

Vt. farmers wanted stricter immigration policies. Now Trump’s deportation push is hurting their businesses. - The Boston Globe

Farm owners and workers alike have been on edge in the month since US Border Patrol officers detained eight Mexican men on Vermont’s largest dairy operation, Pleasant Valley Farms.

Again, U.S. immigration policy is a national agenda issue. The executive order that seeks to restrict citizenship by birth, the initiative to tax remittances, and the mere possibility of holding a contest among migrants with the promise of winning citizenship are certainly regressive and discriminatory measures, but also possibly counterproductive for the Americans themselves. Fortunately, last Tuesday Noem denied that the National Security Secr…

Pushing back against Trump’s anti-immigrant cruelty

"Our neighbors are living in fear. And that’s what the administration wants. They want people to be scared. So, we’re combating that by bringing the neighborhood together and saying, 'You’re not going to frighten us into complicity; you’re not going to frighten us into hiding; we’re one neighborhood, regardless of anyone’s immigration status, and we’re going to stay one neighborhood.'"That is how Gabe Gonzalez, an organizer in Rogers Park, descr…

Schools across the U.S. are losing immigrant students under Trump

Some families who came to the US for better schools are leaving. Their departure could spell trouble for schools, which depend on enrollment for funding.

Lehi immigrant families face deportation fears and uncertainty

Megan Wallgren | Lehi Free Press As concerns over deportation increase throughout the United States, Lehi immigrant families face ongoing uncertainty over their resident status. This uncertainty has led to the quiet disappearance of some multilingual learners from area schools. According to a report from October 2024, Alpine School District had 6,712 multilingual language learners (MLL) students. Those students represented 40 different languages…