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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

Category: Immigrant

Texas and WSJ Highlight Republican Crisis

ICE Immigrant Texas February 2, 2026 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans       As Dylan sang, sometimes you don’t need a weatherman to know the way the wind is blowing.  Trump and his administration are in that position when it comes to their brutal, invasive, and rule-breaking mass deportation campaign.  It turns out that there are limits to the administration’s excesses that go beyond …

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Support Defending the Rights of Immigrants

Immigrant December 4, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans        I was pleased recently, as I read my daily New York Times, to see one of their columnists, Michelle Goldberg, who I read fairly regularly and admire, throw out some suggestions for donations in the Times Opinion Giving Guide 2025.  This is an interesting feature that seems newish to me, but …

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CASA Again on the Frontline

Immigrant Supreme Court August 7, 2025 by Chief Organizer

            Marble Falls        Ok, we all know that one of the first wild and crazy executive orders President Trump signed was a shot at the upper deck in the bleachers to end birthright citizenship.  It didn’t really matter to him that the Constitution is crystal clear that if you were born here under any …

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