A heart-rending viral image of a 2-year-old girl crying as she and her mother are detained at the U.S.- Mexico border inspired two people to begin a fund-raising campaign. Their project also went viral, raising $4,000 a minute, reported The Verge. Charlotte and Dave Wilner originally started the campaign to raise $1,500, enough to help pay the bond fees for the 2-year-old girl’s mother, who is an asylum- seeker from Honduras. Under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, people caught crossing the U.S.- Mexico border illegally … [Read more...] about Viral image fundraising campaign for 2-year-old asylum seeker
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Deportation Crimes Explained
In Trump’s first six months of 2017, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more than 65,000 immigrants, up 37.6 percent from the same period last year, reports The Washington Post. Almost three out of four of those arrested have criminal records. Immigration advocates question whether ICE is truly prioritizing the most serious criminals. “We see a ton of people deported for misdemeanors, probation violations, petty theft, shoplifting,” said Alisa Wellek, executive director of the Immigrant Defense Project, a legal services … [Read more...] about Deportation Crimes Explained