๐ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ.
โ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ.โ
This quote has long been attributed to Voltaire, but it seems to have first appeared in a book in the early 1900s. With the importance of free speech to democracy, I have always considered it a wonderful expression with the intention of inspiring open thought and truly hearing the viewpoint of others with the goal of understanding rather than disagreement.
As long as I can remember, people in the United States have discussed the need for immigration reform and better enforcement at the southern border of the United States. Bill Clinton signed an immigration bill into law in 1996, George W. Bush discussed illegal immigration on numerous occasions including laying out a comprehensive plan in his 2007 State of the Union address, and Barack Obama signed an immigration reform bill in 2013. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ฐ.
As Donald Trump has returned to office, he has taken aggressive steps against immigrants. However, many of this administrationโs actions have been aimed at people who have entered this country legally, following the steps outlined by the federal government. It makes sense to tackle the real issues of illegal immigration, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ.
This week, a student at Tufts University was detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The video of her arrest can be easily found online and is rather disturbing; she was taken in by plain clothes ICE officers in masks, and she was immediately moved to a detention facility across the country. This student has committed no crime; she did not destroy property, she did not attack anyone, and she did not support any sanctioned international organizations.
She was detained and had her legal immigrant status revoked for speaking in support of Palestinians; Secretary Rubio has suggested another 300 visas have been similarly revoked. The fact that she is here on a student visa should have no bearing on her constitutionally protected right to free speech. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ.
Since the new Trump Administration has come back into the Executive Branch, there have been numerous reports of tourists being detained within the United States. This includes a German tourist who was detained for several weeks in San Diego, a Welsh backpacker who was detained at the border and held for nearly three weeks in Washington State, among others.
As a result of these detentions of people in this country legally, numerous European governments are understandably updating their travel advisories related to the United States. ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ.
The Trump Administration has stripped hundreds of thousands of immigrants of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) that was granted by the Biden Administration. These immigrants came to the United States legally from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela as they faced hardships in their homelands.
Whether the decision to grant TPS to these people was a good decision or not, they followed the protocol of the United States Federal Government and were admitted to under a legal pathway to residency. In addition to these countries, President Trump is reportedly also expected to revoke legal residency to Ukrainian refugees who have fled the Russian invasion of their country. ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ.
As I have mentioned before, Donald Trumpโs executive order allowing ICE to conduct raids on schools is a troubling move. Schools now are being forced to consider their best, legal options for dealing with the possibility that immigration agents come to their schools to take away individuals on their grounds. Moreover, students will potentially witness another student, parent, or school employee be taken by force. With the Executive Branch revoking legal statuses at will, people taken away could have been here legally. ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
As we see these many immigration policies that work only to harm people who have worked to come into the United States on legal grounds provided directly by the federal government, I continue to question what exactly Congress has to say about these issues. Unfortunately, I hear almost nothing from my representation; I will write again today to my Senators and Representatives and ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ:
๐๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ โ (๐๐๐) ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐
๐๐จ๐ง๐ข ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ โ (๐๐๐) ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ง โ (๐๐๐) ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐
Thank you for reading.
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