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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

Big Money for Bad Immigrant Detention Policies

Big Beautiful Bill ICE Immigrant Impunity October 22, 2026 by Chief Organizer

            New Orleans      Watching “The Mayor of Kingstown” on Netflix is an eerie experience of art seeming to be different from life in a darker, more violent sense, but maybe in fact this series is a warning about life duplicating art.  We’re only two seasons down as we follow the tale of how a …

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Supreme Court Brings the Immigration War to all Communities

Immigrant Supreme Court June 27, 2026 by Chief Organizer

            Little Rock       I hope Trump, Miller, ICE and all the haters have a great celebration about their Supreme Court’s greenlight for the president to end of temporary protective status for Haitians and Syrians.  I’d make a bet this is going to be a case of maybe “they should have been careful about what they …

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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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Interview with NPR Gulf States Newsroom

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