Ralph De La Cruz
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Writer, storyteller, observer of human behavior. Husband, father, brother, uncle, cousin. Yoshi’s human.
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Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
April 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
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Letters reveal a decadeslong strategy — starting with targeted programs for needy kids then expanding benefits to all families — by politicians, church officials, and activists who all believe that the separation of church and state is illegitimate.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
The Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
Private letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest — successful in 12 states and counting — by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers…
propub.li
January 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Letters reveal a decadeslong strategy — starting with targeted programs for needy kids then expanding benefits to all families — by politicians, church officials, and activists who all believe that the separation of church and state is illegitimate.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
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“The point of the border buoys was political show, and to try to get into a fight with the federal government. Of course, they’re going to spend more money on the fight than they are on anything that is meaningful.”
Texas Gave $1 Million in Expert Contracts to Defend Border Buoys in Court
Records reveal additional costs of the controversial Rio Grande barrier that the governor describes as “low-cost.”
www.texasobserver.org
January 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“The point of the border buoys was political show, and to try to get into a fight with the federal government. Of course, they’re going to spend more money on the fight than they are on anything that is meaningful.”
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Reposted by Ralph De La Cruz
Donald Trump campaigned hard demonizing immigrants, a strategy that helped catapult him into the White House in a U.S. election unlike any other. Now, the nation’s history of deportation and its consequences merit the closest scrutiny.
The Deep Roots of Deportation
In a divided political climate, many now hold their breath, waiting to see if deportation rhetoric becomes reality.
www.texasobserver.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Donald Trump campaigned hard demonizing immigrants, a strategy that helped catapult him into the White House in a U.S. election unlike any other. Now, the nation’s history of deportation and its consequences merit the closest scrutiny.
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Black hole shoots a plasma beam through space. Captured by NASA
November 15, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Black hole shoots a plasma beam through space. Captured by NASA