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Margaret Donnelly speaks at a press conference regarding Venezuelan government Did you know that Dallas-Ft. Worth is home to the sixth largest Hispanic population in the United States? Dallas is almost half Hispanic today, and soon Hispanics will be the majority. Yet only two of 15 Dallas City Council members are Hispanic, and we have […]
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When I was in high school, my grandmother told me about a relative of mine – an immigrant – who had written a famous poem during the Civil War. I was intrigued and researched the poem. It was a touching story about a woman who lived in the vicinity of a Mississippi battlefield who couldn’t
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Have you ever considered what happens to the children of immigrant parents who are deported? Officially, parents who are being deported are supposed to be given the option of taking the children with them or leaving the children with relatives in the U.S. who can take care of them. However, once parents are put into
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New Year’s Eve is a day to bring closure to the past and to celebrate the hope of the wonderful things to come in the future. While we always have hope for the future, today we must speak out against a plan that would bring incredible sadness and hardship to a number of immigrants at
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Immigration has been one of this year’s hot button topics. Immigration policy has sparked arguments and division amongst friends and family. Politicians and Presidential-hopefuls have gathered supporters or alienated crowds based on the way they believe immigrants and refugees should be treated. The country of Guatemala has actually banned Donald Trump based on his “racist”
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In light of all of the anti-immigrant rhetoric we have been hearing, today I wanted to share optimism about immigrants in our country. Last night I watched a documentary about a group of four teens from Arizona – Oscar Vazquez, Cristian Arcega, Luis Aranda and Lorenzo Santillan. They lived in an impoverished neighborhood and attended
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Each year, roughly 65,000 immigrants graduate from high school here in the U.S. Unfortunately, it’s estimated that only about 10% go on to pursue higher education; these students often mistakenly think they don’t qualify for needed financial aid. This incorrect assumption may cost them a lifetime of bigger paychecks that they could be earning if
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When you think of what you most value about our country, what comes to mind? Most of us would say our freedoms. Freedom of speech and freedom of religion. The freedom promised by a justice system that says we are innocent until proven guilty. The freedom to participate in our democracy and protest when we
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When you imagine what the United States will look like 50 years from now, what do you think the average American will look like? Blonde hair and blue eyes? Black hair and black eyes? Dark skin or light skin? What racial or ethnic group will be in the majority? Do you want to be in
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Let’s face it, if you need to relocate to a foreign country in order to protect your health, safety, family, or livelihood, the obstacles you must overcome are unnecessarily challenging. It would be nice if we could just pick up and move to any place we wanted to go, wouldn’t it? Unfortunately, the globe is
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