Alejandra ✨
@alevazquezbaur.bsky.social
🇲🇽 de NM
JUSTICE & DIGNITY FOR ALL
ed equity & immigration justice
co-founder & director #NationalNewcomerNetwork
fellow at The Century Foundation
former teacher
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JUSTICE & DIGNITY FOR ALL
ed equity & immigration justice
co-founder & director #NationalNewcomerNetwork
fellow at The Century Foundation
former teacher
views mine
https://linktr.ee/avazquezbaur
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@alevazquezbaur.bsky.social
· Jun 13
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
It’s the way his voice broke when he said “imagine what they’re doing to farmworkers” 😣😣
As the granddaughter of migrant farmworkers and an immigration expert, I have this exact fear. They’re kidnapping and abusing our loved ones. How else are we expected to respond?
Thank you, @padilla.senate.gov
As the granddaughter of migrant farmworkers and an immigration expert, I have this exact fear. They’re kidnapping and abusing our loved ones. How else are we expected to respond?
Thank you, @padilla.senate.gov
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As year two of the new Trump presidency begins, we continue to choose each other, support our communities, and stand strong as we work to rewrite history and build a society where all of us are welcome. 🦋
We resist, organize, and care for one another because we know a better world is possible. 🌟
We resist, organize, and care for one another because we know a better world is possible. 🌟
January 23, 2026 at 2:50 AM
As year two of the new Trump presidency begins, we continue to choose each other, support our communities, and stand strong as we work to rewrite history and build a society where all of us are welcome. 🦋
We resist, organize, and care for one another because we know a better world is possible. 🌟
We resist, organize, and care for one another because we know a better world is possible. 🌟
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What are your rights as an educator?
What can you do to protect your students’ rights?
Our new TK-12 Toolkit can help you develop a strategy to protect your students’ well-being and futures:
tinyurl.com/SafeTK-12
What can you do to protect your students’ rights?
Our new TK-12 Toolkit can help you develop a strategy to protect your students’ well-being and futures:
tinyurl.com/SafeTK-12
January 23, 2026 at 3:03 AM
What are your rights as an educator?
What can you do to protect your students’ rights?
Our new TK-12 Toolkit can help you develop a strategy to protect your students’ well-being and futures:
tinyurl.com/SafeTK-12
What can you do to protect your students’ rights?
Our new TK-12 Toolkit can help you develop a strategy to protect your students’ well-being and futures:
tinyurl.com/SafeTK-12
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
It’s only gonna get worse from here, folks. The moment demands we step TF up, push harder, and rest deeper… bc we have *at least* 3 more years.
Big love to all the immigrant-connected people dealing with the personal suffering behind closed doors and returning every day to fight the good fight. ❤️
Big love to all the immigrant-connected people dealing with the personal suffering behind closed doors and returning every day to fight the good fight. ❤️
January 23, 2026 at 12:33 AM
It’s only gonna get worse from here, folks. The moment demands we step TF up, push harder, and rest deeper… bc we have *at least* 3 more years.
Big love to all the immigrant-connected people dealing with the personal suffering behind closed doors and returning every day to fight the good fight. ❤️
Big love to all the immigrant-connected people dealing with the personal suffering behind closed doors and returning every day to fight the good fight. ❤️
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ICE is using children as bait. The cruelty is the point.
Look at this photo of a terrified 5-year-old and ask yourself: Is this how I want my tax dollars spent?
Then tell your members of Congress right now and make it clear: NO MORE FUNDING FOR DHS.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Look at this photo of a terrified 5-year-old and ask yourself: Is this how I want my tax dollars spent?
Then tell your members of Congress right now and make it clear: NO MORE FUNDING FOR DHS.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
ICE detains four children from Minnesota school district, including 5-year-old
Columbia Heights Public Schools district officials accused ICE officers of using the 5-year-old “as bait.” A 10-year-old and her mother were also detained.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:11 PM
ICE is using children as bait. The cruelty is the point.
Look at this photo of a terrified 5-year-old and ask yourself: Is this how I want my tax dollars spent?
Then tell your members of Congress right now and make it clear: NO MORE FUNDING FOR DHS.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Look at this photo of a terrified 5-year-old and ask yourself: Is this how I want my tax dollars spent?
Then tell your members of Congress right now and make it clear: NO MORE FUNDING FOR DHS.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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It's illegal & unconstitutional for ICE to break down doors & arrest people without warrants.
If an ICE agent has entered/enters your home without your consent or a warrant signed by a judge, contact NILC if you're interested in joining a legal challenge to this policy at DemocracyDefense@nilc.org.
If an ICE agent has entered/enters your home without your consent or a warrant signed by a judge, contact NILC if you're interested in joining a legal challenge to this policy at DemocracyDefense@nilc.org.
January 22, 2026 at 11:23 PM
It's illegal & unconstitutional for ICE to break down doors & arrest people without warrants.
If an ICE agent has entered/enters your home without your consent or a warrant signed by a judge, contact NILC if you're interested in joining a legal challenge to this policy at DemocracyDefense@nilc.org.
If an ICE agent has entered/enters your home without your consent or a warrant signed by a judge, contact NILC if you're interested in joining a legal challenge to this policy at DemocracyDefense@nilc.org.
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"If you tell me that is not your No. 1 duty, to make sure that your students, your families, feel like this is their school district and that we are here for them, then I think you failed at leadership."
www.edweek.org/leadership/w...
www.edweek.org/leadership/w...
Why This Leader Is Willing to Risk Losing His Job to Support Immigrant Students
This small Vermont district defies backlash to support immigrant families.
www.edweek.org
January 20, 2026 at 10:14 PM
"If you tell me that is not your No. 1 duty, to make sure that your students, your families, feel like this is their school district and that we are here for them, then I think you failed at leadership."
www.edweek.org/leadership/w...
www.edweek.org/leadership/w...
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[10] “Congress must refuse any additional funding for immigration enforcement and instead protect the sacred spaces where our children learn and grow.”
Alejandra Vázquez Baur, National Newcomer Network
Alejandra Vázquez Baur, National Newcomer Network
January 20, 2026 at 10:01 PM
[10] “Congress must refuse any additional funding for immigration enforcement and instead protect the sacred spaces where our children learn and grow.”
Alejandra Vázquez Baur, National Newcomer Network
Alejandra Vázquez Baur, National Newcomer Network
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As CLASP releases “The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers,” a new timeline showing how the Trump Admin remade the federal landscape in 2025.
www.clasp.org/publications...
www.clasp.org/publications...
The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers | CLASP
CLASP’s new timeline, “The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers,” provides a clear illustration of just some of the ways that President Trump and his administrat...
www.clasp.org
January 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
As CLASP releases “The First Year of Trump’s Second Term: Harms to Children, Families, and Workers,” a new timeline showing how the Trump Admin remade the federal landscape in 2025.
www.clasp.org/publications...
www.clasp.org/publications...
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🧊Have you heard about 287(g) agreements?
287(g) is a way ICE seeks to seize local resources for mass deportations. Passing the New York for All Act would prevent our local law enforcement from acting as an extension of the Trump admin’s deportation machine.
Call your rep: win.newmode.net/ny4all
287(g) is a way ICE seeks to seize local resources for mass deportations. Passing the New York for All Act would prevent our local law enforcement from acting as an extension of the Trump admin’s deportation machine.
Call your rep: win.newmode.net/ny4all
January 20, 2026 at 8:43 PM
🧊Have you heard about 287(g) agreements?
287(g) is a way ICE seeks to seize local resources for mass deportations. Passing the New York for All Act would prevent our local law enforcement from acting as an extension of the Trump admin’s deportation machine.
Call your rep: win.newmode.net/ny4all
287(g) is a way ICE seeks to seize local resources for mass deportations. Passing the New York for All Act would prevent our local law enforcement from acting as an extension of the Trump admin’s deportation machine.
Call your rep: win.newmode.net/ny4all
"Congress must refuse any additional funding for immigration enforcement and instead protect the sacred spaces where our children learn and grow."
Thank you to @clasp.org’s Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) for leading this critical effort.
childrenthriveaction.org/2026/01/chil...
Thank you to @clasp.org’s Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) for leading this critical effort.
childrenthriveaction.org/2026/01/chil...
Children’s Advocates to Congress: Protect Our Children, No More Money to ICE - Children Thrive Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACTS: Melissa Stek, Communications Consultant, melissa@mountgem.com Tom Salyers, Director of Communications, tsalyers@clasp.org Washington, D.C., January 20, 2026—In...
childrenthriveaction.org
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM
"Congress must refuse any additional funding for immigration enforcement and instead protect the sacred spaces where our children learn and grow."
Thank you to @clasp.org’s Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) for leading this critical effort.
childrenthriveaction.org/2026/01/chil...
Thank you to @clasp.org’s Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN) for leading this critical effort.
childrenthriveaction.org/2026/01/chil...
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"[T]here were no details on how exactly the policy that top GOP leaders rolled out on Thursday would play out inside Tennessee schools." www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/20...
Tennessee GOP wants to make K-12 students verify their immigration status
It’s not yet clear how they would do so, or if the data could be used by ICE or state immigration enforcement.
www.chalkbeat.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"[T]here were no details on how exactly the policy that top GOP leaders rolled out on Thursday would play out inside Tennessee schools." www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/20...
Recapping 2025 with @jonapolitano.bsky.social for
@the74.bsky.social:
“Since January 2025, the administration has blanketed communities with ICE agents, which—predictably—has only brought chaos, cruelty and violence to our schools, and we anticipate this is just the beginning." shorturl.at/KOcrF
@the74.bsky.social:
“Since January 2025, the administration has blanketed communities with ICE agents, which—predictably—has only brought chaos, cruelty and violence to our schools, and we anticipate this is just the beginning." shorturl.at/KOcrF
From Head Start to Civil Rights, 8 Ways Trump Reshaped Education in Just 1 Year
‘The breadth and scope … was pretty astonishing': Experts predict more 2026 unraveling in areas from special education oversight to immigration.
www.the74million.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Recapping 2025 with @jonapolitano.bsky.social for
@the74.bsky.social:
“Since January 2025, the administration has blanketed communities with ICE agents, which—predictably—has only brought chaos, cruelty and violence to our schools, and we anticipate this is just the beginning." shorturl.at/KOcrF
@the74.bsky.social:
“Since January 2025, the administration has blanketed communities with ICE agents, which—predictably—has only brought chaos, cruelty and violence to our schools, and we anticipate this is just the beginning." shorturl.at/KOcrF
"That’s the work. That’s our No. 1 responsibility. If you tell me that is not your No. 1 duty, to make sure that your students, your families, feel like this is their school district and that we are here for them, then I think you failed at leadership." 👏🏽 www.edweek.org/leadership/w...
Why This Leader Is Willing to Risk Losing His Job to Support Immigrant Students
This small Vermont district defies backlash to support immigrant families.
www.edweek.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:35 PM
"That’s the work. That’s our No. 1 responsibility. If you tell me that is not your No. 1 duty, to make sure that your students, your families, feel like this is their school district and that we are here for them, then I think you failed at leadership." 👏🏽 www.edweek.org/leadership/w...
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BIG NEWS: Today, Gov. Hochul and Mayor Mamdani announced a sweeping child care plan: free child care for 2-year-olds in NYC and more affordable care for all kids under 5. 🎉
January 8, 2026 at 4:50 PM
BIG NEWS: Today, Gov. Hochul and Mayor Mamdani announced a sweeping child care plan: free child care for 2-year-olds in NYC and more affordable care for all kids under 5. 🎉
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"I don’t think that this is the last time that we’ll see decisions like that being made." www.edsurge.com/news/2026-01...
Peering Into the Future: Look for These K-12 Education Trends in 2026 - EdSurge News
To help readers focus on top trends worthy of their attention, EdSurge journalists distilled expertise from education sources of all sorts into about ...
www.edsurge.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"I don’t think that this is the last time that we’ll see decisions like that being made." www.edsurge.com/news/2026-01...
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
Pay attention🚨 ICE wielded weapons and physical force against students and staff on school property. Against KIDS.
We know this isn't about safety––it’s a performance of dominance that keeps NO ONE safe, and it poisons the learning environment for the entire community, not just immigrants. Shame.
We know this isn't about safety––it’s a performance of dominance that keeps NO ONE safe, and it poisons the learning environment for the entire community, not just immigrants. Shame.
After a 37-year-old woman was shot dead, armed Border Patrol agents swarmed a high school, reportedly cuffing and tear gassing students and staff www.the74million.org/article/minn...
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Pay attention🚨 ICE wielded weapons and physical force against students and staff on school property. Against KIDS.
We know this isn't about safety––it’s a performance of dominance that keeps NO ONE safe, and it poisons the learning environment for the entire community, not just immigrants. Shame.
We know this isn't about safety––it’s a performance of dominance that keeps NO ONE safe, and it poisons the learning environment for the entire community, not just immigrants. Shame.
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From Los Angeles to Minneapolis, the pattern is clear: when communities rise to protect each other, ICE answers with violence. Last week in Northridge, Keith Porter was killed by an off-duty ICE agent. Days later, Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis lost her life. 🕯️
January 8, 2026 at 1:25 AM
From Los Angeles to Minneapolis, the pattern is clear: when communities rise to protect each other, ICE answers with violence. Last week in Northridge, Keith Porter was killed by an off-duty ICE agent. Days later, Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis lost her life. 🕯️
Some reports say that she was a citizen—a stark reminder that this could be any of us. Your citizenship no longer protects you. If ICE deems you a threat for any reason, all the protections afforded you by the Constitution are lost.
ICE Kills.
What a devastating day in America.
ICE Kills.
What a devastating day in America.
After a federal immigration officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, police removed barricades and left the scene. As they walked, hundreds of protesters followed them, pelting them with snowballs and chanting, “ICE out now!” Follow updates.
Minneapolis ICE Shooting Live Updates: Agent Kills Woman Amid Immigration Crackdown
Federal officials said a 37-year-old woman was trying to kill agents with a car in Minneapolis. City and state officials called that account false, demanding an end to the immigration crackdown.
nyti.ms
January 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Some reports say that she was a citizen—a stark reminder that this could be any of us. Your citizenship no longer protects you. If ICE deems you a threat for any reason, all the protections afforded you by the Constitution are lost.
ICE Kills.
What a devastating day in America.
ICE Kills.
What a devastating day in America.
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Don't look away
New Data shows at least 3,800 children, including infants, have been put in detention since Trump took office. Many were held for long stretches. “There is no other way to describe it; it’s a jail for children," one parent said.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/17/c...
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Don't look away
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The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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Immigrant Resources from National Newcomer Network: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Immigration Resources from NNN Members
Immigration Resources from NNN Members NNN Bimonthly Membership Meeting Last Updated: January 21, 2025 Family-Facing Resources Emergency Planning Creating a Family Immigration Raid Emergency Plan – ...
docs.google.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Immigrant Resources from National Newcomer Network: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Are you a teacher working with newcomers or English learners? Join the National Newcomer Network in the EVEN Fellowship to uplift their strengths and stories! 🌟 Apply now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Are you a teacher working with newcomers or English learners? Join the National Newcomer Network in the EVEN Fellowship to uplift their strengths and stories! 🌟 Apply now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The National Newcomer Network is launching Elevating Voices of Educators of Newcomers fellowship to empower teachers to tell stories about the many ways immigrant students make their schools & communities better.
Learn more and apply now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Learn more and apply now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
buff.ly
December 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The National Newcomer Network is launching Elevating Voices of Educators of Newcomers fellowship to empower teachers to tell stories about the many ways immigrant students make their schools & communities better.
Learn more and apply now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Learn more and apply now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...