The DePaulia
Erin Hughes , Contributing Writer|April 18, 2021
A group of DePaul students recently started a sanctuary organization on campus, which has gained more than 150 followers on Instagram in a matter of weeks. Now, they’re pushing forward plans for a more inclusive campus.
When organizers Gurvir Gill, Chloe Brougham and Sarah Stolpe met in a political science honors seminar, they recognized a need for a sanctuary movement at DePaul.
The Sanctuary Movement began in the 1980s to provide refuge to immigrants who were denied legal protections in the United States. Inspired by the late 20th century movement and ongoing efforts of churches and schools to create safe spaces for immigrants, Gill, Brougham, Stolpe and classmates felt motivated to keep up the momentum with the tools they acquired during their winter quarter course. Under the mentorship of professor Kathleen Arnold, the class recently founded an organization called DePaul Sanctuary.
The drop-offs of asylum-seekers in Southern Arizona began roughly a month after President Joe Biden’s inauguration. Justified by U.S. Customs and Border Protection as a response to capacity and resource issues, the off-loading in rural communities is one example of the Biden administration doubling down and in some ways intensifying a controversial Trump-era practice on the border. Under President Donald Trump, large groups of asylum-seekers were for a time released in the western city of Yuma, creating major strains on the community. Under Biden, similar releases are now happening in communities a fraction of the size of Yuma and with far fewer resources, creating a fraught and untenable situation for humanitarian aid providers in some of the border’s deadliest areas.
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ALBANY â Activists are pushing harder as top state executives continued Friday to negotiate tax increases on New York millionaires and billionaires in the past-due 2021-22 budget.
Top Democratic legislative leaders persisted with discussions to finalize the late state spending plan, which deadlined at midnight Thursday. The largest sticking point, officials have said, is a fight to increase taxes on the stateâs wealthiest residents.
A few dozen interfaith leaders and demonstrators with Columbia Countyâs Sanctuary Movement gathered with signs and megaphones outside Gov. Andrew Cuomoâs Executive Mansion on Eagle Street in Albany for several hours Friday, shouting âTax the rich!,â for the governor to âwake up!â and âFund excluded workers!â in support of the proposed tax hike on millionaires and billionaires and fund benefits for forgotten essential workers.
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