Editor, @AmericasVoice. Formerly @DailyKos. Immigrant rights, LGBTQ+ rights, cats. Cancer survivor. Views here are my own ✨
Jun 4, 2018 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
'All he’s seen of the United States is a jail cell, a detention facility': Gay Nigerian asylum seeker has been detained for 15 months. dailykos.com/stories/2018/6…#FreeUdoka
"In Adelanto, after Nweke’s plea for asylum was denied, he attempted suicide. Activists...have petitioned for Nweke’s release on parole so he can access lifesaving medical treatments. Otherwise, they fear Nweke’s condition will worsen." #FreeUdoka
May 24, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
"Border Patrol shoots and kills unarmed woman." It's federal immigration agents, not immigrants, who are the danger to public safety. americasvoice.org/press_releases…
Ur Jaddou, Director of DHS Watch, a project of @AmericasVoice: “It is outrageous that an unarmed, undoc women was shot in the head by an agent sworn to uphold law and justice. This incident must be thoroughly investigated and the agent must be held accountable."
Sep 6, 2017 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
“Trump is trying to scare us into hiding, to get us to back down. We’re not going to back down.” #DefendDACA#DACAm.dailykos.com/stories/1696432
"Among those protesting in DC was Jeanette Vizguerra, who spent 90 days in sanctuary before winning a two-yr reprieve from deportation."