Juan Manuel Guzman

Political Animal, Barista & DJ Aficionado.
Del barrio ⚽️/🏀 pal mundo 🌎

[UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy @UCLA_CILP]

🚨BIG NEWS🚨

The @UofCalifornia Board of Regents just unanimously voted to create a plan to implement #Opportunity4All campaign to remove hiring restrictions for undocumented students.

This is a big win & a testament to the power of undocumented student organizing.

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I hugged my brother after 17 years.

In this country there are millions of hugs that await bc of politics, bureaucracy and racism.

I hope that migrants from the global South can soon hug their loved ones without asking permission, visas or documents to countries in the North.

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Heard at the #LP2022:

Colorado is likely to pass unemployment benefits for undocumented immigrants. When enacted, this will be the first policy of its kind in-the-nation!

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While national politics sicken the nation, state/local organizing is changing the world.

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There is no “right” or “wrong” way to migrate.

There is only the safe or unsafe way.

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The “pro-life” foreign policy killed tens of thousands in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The “pro-life” gun policy resulted in Uvalde and thousands of other mass shootings.

The “pro-life” immigration policy is killing migrants is mass.

HOW EXACTLY ARE THESE POLICIES SAVING LIVES??????

[Reuters @Reuters]

Death toll from migrants found in truck in Texas reaches 50, Mexico says https://t.co/UCuAVsmDTN

[Local Progress @LocalProgress]

DACA turns 10 this year! But immigrant communities need permanent relief. ✊

Thousands still face detention & deportation. That's why our members are taking @UNITEDWEDREAM's pledge to secure everyone’s fundamental human rights to live safely & freely:
https://t.co/F87AYdlySC

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

School shootings from 2009 to 2018:

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This. Is. Not. Normal.

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Mass shootings increase while democracy is in decline.

Maybe (maybe) its because is easier to buy a gun than vote.

[Local Progress @LocalProgress]

Let’s protect our immigrant communities!

For @UNITEDWEDREAM's #ReimagineSafety Week of action, LP members @JesseArreguin and @DanielBiss co-wrote a piece calling on localities to reimagine what an inclusive immigration policy looks like. 👇

https://t.co/DEgSF1mI3J

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And DHS Secretary Mayorkas believes ICE is "not the the agency of the past."

[Georgetown Privacy @GeorgetownCPT]

10/ ICE has created a surveillance infrastructure that enables it to pull detailed dossiers on nearly anyone, seemingly at any time.

Anyone can be located by ICE simply by applying for driver’s licenses; driving on the roads; or signing up for heat, water, and electricity.

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After the Roe v. Wade leak, I can no longer say “oh, this will never happen.”

There is a long-term strategy to chip away rights from voting to abortion to even deny basic education to undocumented children!

We can’t take our rights for granted anymore.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

As conservatives see an opening to look at old precedents, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas may target a 1982 Supreme Court decision requiring schools to educate all children. https://t.co/28WFB0NS8P

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@gfrias Es interesante como los “outsiders” anti-políticos y ultra-conservadores predican libertad y después se hacen autoritarios.

Hace 100 años un movimiento parecido se lo conocía como fascismo.

Tengamos cuidado.

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@gfrias Es la sociedad (el público) quien debe salvaguardar la libre expresión—no los intereses privados.

La compra de Twitter por Elon Musk es un retroceso para la democracia.

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In a democracy, the public regulates the private sector.

In a plutocracy, the private regulates the public sector.

Question: Where do you think we are headed?

[HuffPost @HuffPost]

Elon Musk just bought Twitter for about $44 billion to take the company private.

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#AbolishDeathPenalty

[Jolie McCullough @jsmccullou]

Breaking: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halts Melissa Lucio's execution, order lower court to weigh her actual innocence claims.

Story to come.

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La renovación de DACA en línea podría haberse implementado hace mucho tiempo atrás.

La administración Biden tiene mucho por hacer para agilizar los trámites migratorios los cuales tardan muchos meses e incluso años.

Envia: DACA al 877-877 para más recibir información.

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BTW. One way to protect us from disinformation is to support @UWDAction as well as reliable (public) local news and sources of information, which are cutting budgets and staff while suspicious sources keep popping.

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I've personally seen the impact of disinformation on my own friends and family, and it is scary.

Our community is being deliberately targeted by political actors that seek to divide us, spread hate and conspiracy theories or "alternative facts" as they say.

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It is important that we equip ourselves with the tools to combat disinformation and take a proactive approach in protecting our people. Kudos to @JuanitaRoars and @JoseAlonsoMunoz for leading this important work.