America Immigration Council — This Week in Immigration: The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Is Ugly for Tax-Paying Immigrant

America Immigration Council — This Week in Immigration: The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Is Ugly for Tax-Paying Immigrant

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I Just Finished a Life-Changing Semester Abroad. But Thanks to Trump’s Policies, I’m Afraid Other Students Won’t Have the Same Opportunity.  After a bittersweet goodbye, I returned to the U.S. in May. Yet while I still was ecstatic over the life-changing experience I had just concluded abroad, the Trump administration was increasing its efforts to target international students wanting to study in the U.S. International students are now increasingly prevented from having the same educational and personal opportunities that I, a U.S. citizen, had just been able to access.
Chicano Latino Law Student Association at ASU launches a hotline to help people change their immigration hearings to online, by phone, in light of ICE arrests

Chicano Latino Law Student Association at ASU launches a hotline to help people change their immigration hearings to online, by phone, in light of ICE arrests

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Over the last several months, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has targeted and arrested individuals as they leave or attempt to attend immigration court hearings. This sends a deeply troubling message — that those who attempted to follow the legal process may be placing themselves in harm's way. These tactics risk undermining trust in the legal system and may deter people from pursuing lawful avenues to resolve their immigration status.
‘THE FUTURE IS INDIGENOUS: Messages to the Seventh Generation’ exhibit at Coconino Center for the Arts through June 7

‘THE FUTURE IS INDIGENOUS: Messages to the Seventh Generation’ exhibit at Coconino Center for the Arts through June 7

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Contemporary Indigenous Perspectives is a dedicated biennial exhibition for artist voices in the Indigenous community. Curated by Jihan Gearon, THE FUTURE IS INDIGENOUS: Messages to the Seventh Generation (through June 7) includes work by Zefren Anderson, Corey Begay, Averian Chee, Jihan Gearon, Jay Redhouse, Monica Wapaha, and Janet Yazzie. There is no doubt we live in challenging times. The impacts of climate change are being felt by more people than ever before. We are witnessing major challenges to long held frameworks and systems – like colonization, capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy – as well as the backlash to these challenges. Much like Mother Earth, these frameworks have reached their limits. Today’s context calls for abilities, skills, and frameworks that most of us have not been equipped with. Thankfully, they are available and ready for us to pick up.
Indivisible Northern AZ to hold community gathering in Flagstaff on April 21

Indivisible Northern AZ to hold community gathering in Flagstaff on April 21

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Please join us at our Community Gathering on Monday, April 21st at 5:30 at the Flagstaff Federated Community Church!   We will celebrate the success of the protest movement across the country, and talk about why it’s important  and what we see coming next.  We’ll discuss the actions you can take in-between protests. We will  revisit some key elements of the Indivisible Guide, which lays out the tactics that underpin the actions we need to take to reclaim our democracy; in other words, Activism 101.