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It’s not just domestic migrant workers from California who are not showing up. Some farmers say seasonal foreign farmworkers they obtained visas for under the federal H-2A agricultural program are getting held up at the border in Mexico too.
Cherry harvest is well underway in Oregon. But some workers aren’t showing up
Oregon orchards have less workers this harvest season because they fear making the journey from California to Oregon out of fear they will get arrested or detained by ICE.
www.opb.org
July 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s not just domestic migrant workers from California who are not showing up. Some farmers say seasonal foreign farmworkers they obtained visas for under the federal H-2A agricultural program are getting held up at the border in Mexico too.
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A 64-year-old Iranian woman, who has lived in the US for 47 years, was detained by agents Sunday morning while gardening. A witness says plainclothes officers in unmarked vehicles cuffed her. She was then taken to a Mississippi jail www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening
Madonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, was taken by plainclothes officers from her home in New Orleans
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A 64-year-old Iranian woman, who has lived in the US for 47 years, was detained by agents Sunday morning while gardening. A witness says plainclothes officers in unmarked vehicles cuffed her. She was then taken to a Mississippi jail www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Raskin: I call on my colleagues to take down the wanted posters with judges’ faces on them outside of offices in House office buildings
March 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Raskin: I call on my colleagues to take down the wanted posters with judges’ faces on them outside of offices in House office buildings
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Colleges and universities in Oregon and California can no longer allow students without permanent legal status access to some federally funded programs meant to help disadvantaged students earn degrees, according to a recent decision from the U.S. Department of Education.
Trump officials bar undocumented Oregon college students from college completion programs
TRIO, which is not an acronym, is a slate of eight programs meant to get students with disabilities, students who come from low-income families, first generation college-students, veterans and foster children to and through college.
www.oregonlive.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Colleges and universities in Oregon and California can no longer allow students without permanent legal status access to some federally funded programs meant to help disadvantaged students earn degrees, according to a recent decision from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Flawed deportation 'checklist' targets Venezuelans using tattoos as one gang identifier. But experts say Tren de Aragua doesn't use tattoos for member identification.
Advocates say flawed 'checklist' targets Venezuelans for deportation under archaic wartime act
Flawed deportation 'checklist' targets Venezuelans using tattoos as one gang identifier. But experts say Tren de Aragua doesn't use tattoos for member identification.
www.npr.org
March 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Flawed deportation 'checklist' targets Venezuelans using tattoos as one gang identifier. But experts say Tren de Aragua doesn't use tattoos for member identification.
EveryLibrary—the national political action committee for libraries—strongly opposes the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget cuts to the South Dakota State Library.
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Statement on Proposed Elimination of the South Dakota State Library and HB 1041 Enacting Legislation
www.everylibrary.org
January 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
EveryLibrary—the national political action committee for libraries—strongly opposes the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget cuts to the South Dakota State Library.
www.everylibrary.org/statement_pr... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statement_pr... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
EveryLibrary—the national political action committee for libraries—strongly opposes the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget cuts to the South Dakota State Library.
www.everylibrary.org/statement_pr... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statement_pr... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Statement on Proposed Elimination of the South Dakota State Library and HB 1041 Enacting Legislation
www.everylibrary.org
January 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
EveryLibrary—the national political action committee for libraries—strongly opposes the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget cuts to the South Dakota State Library.
www.everylibrary.org/statement_pr... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/statement_pr... via @everylibrary.bsky.social