Long story short, rejecting visa applications because an official considers an immigrant to be "too fat" is where we are right now. Apparently, Trump's America is only for the rich and skinny. 3/

In 2017, I co-founded the Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) campaign to push back against the "public charge" rule. Through a national organizing campaign, we secured over 200,000 public comments on the rule (a record-breaking number), almost all of them opposing the proposal. 2/

Hi. I was also born in Newton to immigrant parents (from Argentina, where my whole family still lives). I’ve worked for over 25 years in. immigration advocacy. What can we do to support you?

This sets a terrifying precedent that no one's tax data is safe. Note that the data protection laws were passed because the Nixon White House had obtained IRS records, including tax returns, for many of Nixon’s political opponents. 2/

While ED is relatively new (Carter created it in 1979), college was, until recently, only for rich, white men. Public education has played a crucial role in promoting class mobility. Without access to public education, capitalist systems are indistinguishable from pure aristocratic oligarchies.

How is this anything more than an authoritarian attempt to silence and target nonprofits Trump doesn’t agree with??

Second, the EO aims to scrutinize + potentially exclude certain nonprofits from PSLF eligibility, particularly those that may “engage in illegal, or what we would consider to be improper activities.” Who’s going to decide a certain 501(c)3 org is engaging in “illegal” or “improper” activities? 3/

First of all, the president cannot eliminate or modify a program enacted by Congress by issuing an executive order. 2/

I know that everyone is overwhelmed, but this is an emergency moment for academic freedom. We have to fight back and resist these attacks.