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They launched this new network before midnight last thursday, called here to stay. tonight united we dream says more than 24,000 people have signed up pledging to bodily stand up for immigrants in their communities. joining us now is christina jiminez, a co-founder of united we dream. ms. jiminez, thank you for being here, appreciate your time tonight. thanks for having me, rachel. let me ask if i explained that right. it wasn t a lengthy explanation but that s what i understand in terms of how you re what i under terms of how you re approaching this tactically and what this network is for. did i basically get it right? yes, you got it. this is a network of ally, folks all across the country who are committing to join news this moment to protect immigrants from deportation. what we are seeing right now is the direct result from trump s executive orders. this is trump s america where no one is safe. if you are an immigrant, or you look like an immigrant like ....
They launched this new network before midnight last thursday, called here to stay. tonight united we dream says more than 24,000 people have signed up pledging to bodily stand up for immigrants in their communities. joining us now is christina jiminez, a co-founder of united we dream. ms. jiminez, thank you for being here, appreciate your time tonight. thanks for having me, rachel. let me ask if i explained that right. it wasn t a lengthy explanation but that s what i understand in terms of how you re what i under terms of how you re approaching this tactically and what this network is for. did i basically get it right? ....
People can join the network by texting here to stay to 877877. and you can stop us in stopping deport take, cristina jimenez, co-founder of unite wed dream. thanks for helping us understand what you re doing. keep us apprised as to how this organizing effort goes. thanks, rachel. we ll be right back. stay with us. ....
Clinic at new york university of law. and joining me now is christina jiminez, co-founder and managing director of united we dream. let me start with you. there is a kind of joking about this whole trump discourse going on in the media and for many of us. oh, it s so funny he is saying these sort of patently ridiculous and, again false final with data kind of things. it doesn t feel funny at all to me. this is not at all funny, melissa. the latino and immigrant community are taking donald trump s comments very seriously. they are deeply offensive. and, to be quite frank, what you have seen in the last couple of weeks, he has completely galvanized the latino immigrant community. you re going to see protests today in arizona, you will see he will be in california the next few weeks and you will see them wherever he s going to show ....
correct the mistakes of the past? fresh off the anniversary of the iconic fill being i found myself wondering about those presis questions as i thought about correcting the mistakes of presidents who came before him. castro announced that the federal government would finally be fulfilling a past commitment and to enforce the dismantling of segregation in the creation of racially integrated communities as required by the fair housing act. the act was passed and signed by president lyndon johnson after the assassination of martin luther king jr. sparked riots in 125 cities. and when he charged with investigating the underlying causes the truth about residential segregation in america. what white americans have never fully understand but what the negro can never forget is that what so siciety is deeply integrated in the ghetto. white institutions created it maintain it, and white soeoociety condones it. reassembling with integrated mixed income communities the law banned r ....