Luis Valentan spent more than three decades in the United States. He arrived as a young man from México in the 1990s and worked in construction and landscaping as a day laborer for years before becoming a host for Radio Jornalera, a show on the National Day Laborer Organizing Network that advocates for the rights […]
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Immigration Attorneys Are Here to ‘Cut Through the Chaos’ of Trump’s Racist Plans
On Monday, President Donald Trump was sworn in to his second term in office. By Wednesday, he’d signed a slew of terrifying executive orders and policy changes targeting immigrant communities. On day one, Trump declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship — an unconstitutional move […]
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Leave Vanessa Guillén’s Sister Alone
(Editor’s note: After this story was published, Guillén’s family appeared with former President Trump on Friday at an event in Austin.) Leave Vanessa Guillén’s sister alone. Guillén, a 20-year-old Houston native and daughter of Mexican immigrants, was last seen in April of 2020 on a military base in Killeen. She was brutally murdered in Fort […]