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Immigrants held at GEO Group’s Delaney Hall in Newark are on a labor and hunger strike, refusing to perform jobs that keep the place running. Daily demonstrations take place by families and supporters, at the private prison, financed by Citizens Bank

Amid Trump’s lies and xenophobic rants, people struggling to pay bills and make ends meet are unlikely to be moved

There’s anger in the land

Demonstrations against deteriorating living conditions have widened to include criticism of how Iran is governed

From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history

How can the New York respond to aggressive, spectacle-driven immigration operations without triggering the showdown with federal agents that the administration is trying to provoke?The plan is a split approach -fight deployment, and act as buffers..

“Trump’s higher education policies have been catastrophic for our communities and our democracy,” said one union leader as the president pressures universities to sign a “loyalty oath.”

Illinois Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh was thrown to the ground by ICE agents on Friday during a protest outside the Broadview Processing Center in Chicago, where immigrant detainees are held.

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