Notices by Gabe Ortíz (tusk81@mastodon.social)

“I am a proud child of immigrant parents, with dreams and dignity and hardworking hands,” Zoë Saldaña said during her #Oscars acceptance speech last night, also becoming the first Dominican American to win an Academy Award: https://americasvoice.org/blog/i-am-a-proud-child-of-immigrant-parents-zoe-saldana-honors-immigrant-roots-during-oscar-speech/ #Oscars

GOP Rep. John Rose, who is running for Tennessee governor in 2026, acknowledges that Republicans knew exactly what Project 2025 was during the campaign.

“How do you think the president was prepared to issue all these executive orders?" Rose said. "How do you think they were prepared to make all of these appointments in such quick succession after he got into office? Project 2025."

https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/john-rose-governor-project-2025/article_e264fa21-aa96-502d-9814-09c75eecc30b.html

“Two men who held signs reading ‘Vance is a traitor go ski in Russia,’ said they were told to leave the resort at around 9:30 a.m.” https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/01/metro/jd-vance-vermont-visit-sugarbush-resort/

Corrupt as fuck. https://popular.info/p/breaking-sec-halts-fraud-prosecution

ICE can’t enter religious sites that sued, including Philadelphia Quakers, judge rules.

"Baptist, Sikh, and Quaker groups, including the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, filed the lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security.” https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/immigration-raids-quakers-houses-worship-lawsuit-20250224.html

Earlier this month, Pope Francis wrote a powerful letter urging US bishops to defend immigrant and refugee communities.

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has followed up with action, suing the Trump admin over its sudden halt of mandated funding for the US refugee program 👇🏽 https://americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/us-conference-of-catholic-bishops

“In rural La Grande, Oregon, attendees of Rep. Cliff Bentz’s town hall erupted in boos and shouted ‘Tax Elon!’ according to local news outlet The Observer.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/21/doge-georgia-town-hall-gop/

“The backlash extends far beyond federal workers in the Beltway, reaching purple districts that will decide control of Congress in 2026 and swing states like Georgia that helped return Trump to the White House. Layoffs just hit the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Funding freezes have halted clean-energy projects championed by President Joe Biden.”

“Town halls this week for congressional Republicans from Georgia to Wisconsin to Oregon grew testy as voters showed up to vent, outraged at the firing of workers and the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to sensitive data. Protesters showed up around the country at lawmakers’ offices.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/21/doge-georgia-town-hall-gop/

“President Trump is conducting an illegal and dangerous power grab, to call it what it is,” said Rep. Summer Lee. “Elon Musk is stealing from you, the American people, your jobs, your benefits, your data.” https://www.pghcitypaper.com/news/summer-lee-calls-out-donald-trump-and-elon-musks-doge-in-virtual-town-hall-27547754

Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.

"To pay for this detention and enforcement bonanza, as well as planned tax cuts and other GOP priorities, Congress is reportedly considering slashing services across the government, seeking at least $4 billion in total cuts ... Republican leaders acknowledged that to reach the level of spending cuts required to keep their budget deal deficit neutral would likely require extensive cuts to Medicaid."

"Providing at least $175 billion to immigration and border enforcement would be unprecedented . For context, in the two decades since the U.S Department of Homeland Security was created in 2003, Congress has provided an estimated combined total of $409 billion for ICE and CBP. Now Congress is poised to increase that amount by nearly 43% in a single bill."

"The Senate deal will reportedly include at least an unprecedented $175 billion for immigration and border enforcement, nearly six times the latest annual budget of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) combined."

How are Republicans planning on paying for this? By cutting YOUR benefits.

https://immigrationimpact.com/2025/02/21/gop-budget-reconciliation-plan/

"Children so young their feet can’t touch the floor when they sit in courtroom chairs have been left without representation in immigration court because of Trump administration cuts, according to organizations that help these kids navigate the legal system when they arrive in the U.S. without a parent or guardian."

https://apnews.com/article/trump-legal-aid-unaccompanied-children-immigration-court-5b5573cc022ebfdf8dc6b961bfcc0768

“This decision flies in the face of ensuring children who have been trafficked or are at risk of trafficking have child-friendly legal representatives protecting their legal rights and interests," responded Shaina Aber, Executive Director of the Acacia Center for Justice: https://acaciajustice.org/acacia-center-for-justice-urges-immediate-restoration-of-unaccompanied-children-program/

“In late January, students at Jocelynn Rojo Carranza’s school spread rumors and speculation that immigration authorities would deport families of students at the largely Hispanic school, according to a parent and another student.” https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/us/texas-ice-jocelynn-rojo-carranza/index.html

Here’s the actual government waste: “Trump’s Department of Homeland Security has now budgeted as much as $200 million on anti-immigrant ads …”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-musk-admin-ads-immigration-homeland-security-noem-1235271900/

"The Gainesville Intermediate School was aware Carranza was being bullied and mocked by students who told the young girl she would be left alone when her parents got deported. It had gotten so aggressive, Carranza was meeting with a school counselor multiple times a week. Her family, however, was never notified."

https://www.latintimes.com/11-year-old-texas-girl-bullied-over-familys-immigration-status-takes-her-own-life-575984

The ACLU, Center for Constitutional Rights, International Refugee Assistance Project, and ACLU of the District of Columbia have sued the Trump admin for access to immigrant workers transferred from US detention centers to Gitmo: https://www.las-americas.org/blog/groups-sue-trump-administration-for-access-to-immigrants-sent-from-us-to-guantnamo-baynbsp