Democracy Now! Daily Digest Ravi Ragbir of the New Sanctuary Coalition: I Was Detained Because of Our Immigration Activism & Two Immigrants Detained in NJ While Taking Children to School; Third Seeks Sanctuary in Church 30JAN18

Tuesday, January 30, 2018 democracynow.org Stories Exclusive: Ravi Ragbir Speaks Out After Being Freed from "Unnecessarily Cruel" ICE Detention On Monday, a federal judge in New York City ordered the immediate release of immigrant rights leader Ravi Ragbir from immigration jail, calling his detention ... Read More → Ravi Ragbir of the New Sanctuary Coalition: I Was Detained Because of Our Immigration Activism Last month, Ravi Ragbir was one of several nationally recognized activists to be taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He was ... Read More → Two Immigrants Detained in NJ While Taking Children to School; Third Seeks Sanctuary in Church In New Jersey, immigrant rights advocates and faith leaders are speaking out against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency for detaining multiple ... Read More → Headlines → FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Resigns Abruptly Alex Azar Sworn In to Head Health and Human Services Dept. House Intelligence Committee to Declassify Nunes Memo Gov’t Watchdog: Pentagon Restricting Key Information on U.S. War in Afghanistan Trump’s Friend, Billionaire Steve Wynn, Resigns as RNC Chair U.S. Oil Extraction to Surpass Saudi Arabia’s This Year New Sanctuary Coalition Director Ravi Ragbir Released from Detention Court Rules Immigrant Children Have No Right to Government-Appointed Lawyer DHS Imposes Further Restrictions on Refugees Seeking to Enter U.S. U.N.: 30 African Refugees Drowned Off Coast of Yemen Report: 33 People Killed by Airstrikes in Idlib, Syria Yemen: 15 Killed in Suicide Bomb; 36 Killed in Fighting in Aden Gaza: 13,000 UNRWA Workers Launch Strike to Protest Trump’s Funding Cuts Kashmir: Protests & Strike After Indian Soldiers Kill 2 Students Brazil: Landless Workers’ Movement Leader Márcio Oliveira Matos Assassinated In Victory for Native Activists, Cleveland Baseball Team Drops Its Racist Logo Historian Gar Alperovitz Reveals His Role in Helping Ellsberg Leak Pentagon Papers Forward this email → Donate today → Follow

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