Juliana Macedo do Nascimento, Deputy Director of Federal Advocacy at #UnitedWeDream said: “The detention and deportation of DACA recipients is unacceptable, unconscionable, and a betrayal of the promises made by the United States government when immigrant youth trusted their information, their persons, and their families to the Department of Homeland Security.”
I agree with her.
#immigration #HumanRights #ethics
**This Friday, January 23rd,** we're joining a unified, nationwide economic strike in solidarity with Minnesota communities being targeted by ICE. Last week, over 2,000 ICE agents terrorized our neighbors in Minnesota and took the life of Renee Nicole Good, a beloved community member and ally. Our tax dollars should never fund death and destruction in our own communities. **We know we deserve better.** Our tax dollars should build accessible healthcare, create green spaces, and fund services that work FOR us, not against us. **This Friday, we’re calling on folks to:** - Stay home from work and school 🏠 - Refuse to shop or spend money in large corporations 💵❌ - Choose rest and community over businesses 💯 This is our chance to lead with our moral heart and show our collective economic power - let’s come together to say NO to increased ICE funding and YES to protecting each other. ❤️🔥 **If you can't miss work or need childcare,** please know that solidarity has many forms. Whether you strike for an hour, share this pledge, or contact your representative, your participation matters. Resistance is built from whatever each of us is able to give. **Will you join the strike? Will you bring your family and friends with you?** 🫵🏽 It takes all of us. Pledge to join the strike and make your commitment to protect immigrants today!
#Midcoast #Maine communities participate in #NoKings Day of Peaceful Action
Several events are scheduled around Maine, including in #BathME, #BrunswickME, #FreeportME, #RocklandME and #WiscassetME.
October 14, 2025
"No Kings, a peaceful protest movement against the Trump administration, has recently announced there are now over 2,500 community events scheduled for its Day of Peaceful Action on Saturday, Oct. 18. These events are organized by average Americans across personal, political and geographic demographics in all 50 states.
"There are five event locations in the Midcoast: the corner of Main and School streets in Freeport, 8-11 a.m.; Wiscasset Bridge on Route 1, 10-11 a.m.; 191 Maine St., Brunswick, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Rockland’s Chapman Park, 294 Main St., noon to 1 p.m.; and Sagadahoc Bridge in Bath, 1-2 p.m. Go to nokings.org/#map to see all No Kings Day of Peaceful Action events.
"Building on the momentum of the June 14 day of action, which drew more than 5 million people across all 50 states, the #October18 mobilization is the next chapter in the No Kings movement. According to a prepared release, the aim of the Day of Peaceful Action is to send a unified message: We are a nation of equals, and our country will not be ruled by fear or force.
"Groups organizing the No Kings peaceful protests across the country include #ACLU, #AmericanFederationOfTeachers, #CommonDefense, #50501Movement, #HumanRightsCampaign, #Indivisible, #LeagueOfConservationVoters, #MoveOn, #NationalNursesUnited, #PublicCitizen, #SEIU and #UnitedWeDream, among others.
"All No Kings events adhere to a shared commitment to nonviolent protest and community safety, the prepared release said. Organizers are trained in de-escalation and are working closely with local partners to ensure peaceful and powerful actions nationwide."
Archived version:
https://archive.md/TdPF7
#NoKings2 #MaineResists #ResistFascism #Resistance #NoCrowns #NoThrones #October18th #MaineEvents
The Trump Administration Is Arguing It Can Hold Dreamers Indefinitely
By Jessica Washington, Sept 29, 2025
Excerpt: "According to a tracker launched by a coalition of immigration organizations, including the National Immigration Law Center and United We Dream, nearly 20 #DACA recipients have been detained within the last year.
" 'We’re really concerned,' said Juliana Macedo do Nascimento, deputy director of federal policy for the immigrant advocacy organization, #UnitedWeDream.
"Macedo do Nascimento said that the #Trump administration appears to be intentionally going after DACA recipients, who should not ordinarily be targets for #deportation.
" 'There are two cases right now, that we’re aware of, Jean Carlos and [Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira], where ICE showed up to in Paulo’s case, to his mother’s house while he was dropping off his kids, specifically to apprehend him, and then in Jean Carlos’s case, to his own house specifically to detain him,' she said. 'So that shows that de-prioritization is not happening anymore.'
"They’re trying to 'kill DACA by 1,000 cuts,' said Macedo do Nascimento, noting that the administration has been urging Dreamers to 'self-deport.' "
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/09/29/trump-daca-dreamer-deport/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/vtn55
#USPol #IndefiniteDetention #authoritarianism #Dreamers #NoOneIsIllegalOnStolenLand #CharacteristicsOfFascism
United We Dream
Pro-Palestine activists laid down in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Thursday in a show of support for Gaza.
The 13 protesters, from the group United We Dream, lay next to a sign saying “Ceasefire Now” covered in roses. Police arrived and arrested members of the group.
[Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo]
#HereToStay via #UnitedWeDream
#ImmigrantsRights #Politics #Society #USofA
Also, via #NILC:
https://www.nilc.org/get-involved/community-education-resources/know-your-rights/
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