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Gabe Ortiz's Profile
Daily Kos Staff
Staff writer at Daily Kos focusing on immigration, LGBT, Latino issues.
Real Name: Gabe Ortíz
Location: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Staff Writer
Groups: LatinoKos, Connect! Unite! Act!
Twitter: TUSK81
Diaries published: 4571 (289 days since last diary on Wed Feb 22, 2023 at 11:27 AM PST)
Comments posted: 4670 (289 days since last comment on Wed Feb 22, 2023 at 11:27 AM PST)
Diary frequency: frequent
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 883
Total Comment Ratings: 0
Most Recommended Diary: Hermitage, Tennessee community members form human chain to block ICE from detaining neighbor, 206 comments, 541 recommends
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The Biden administration on Tuesday formally proposed a plan further restricting how vulnerable people can ask for U.S. asylum at our southern border. Under this so-called transit ban, asylum-seekers who travel through another country but do not ask...
by Gabe Ortiz
 46 comments
on Wed Feb 22, 2023 at 11:27 AM PST
with 63 Recommends
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This year marks the 75th anniversary of a deportation flight that crashed in California’s Central Valley in 1948. The accident killed all on board, including 28 migrant workers, many of them part of the Bracero program and who were being returned to...
by Gabe Ortiz
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on Tue Feb 21, 2023 at 12:04 PM PST
with 218 Recommends
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Contrary to a campaign promise that it would “reassert America’s commitment to asylum-seekers and refugees,” the Biden administration announced last month that it would be introducing a so-called transit ban that mirrors Trump policy later blocked by...
by Gabe Ortiz
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on Tue Feb 21, 2023 at 09:04 AM PST
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House Republicans’ very first immigration-related bill in the new Congress was so extreme it derailed itself, after so-called moderates refused to sign on. One of them, Texas’ Tony Gonzales, has made no secret of his thoughts on it. He condemned Chip...
by Gabe Ortiz
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on Mon Feb 20, 2023 at 01:30 PM PST
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The Supreme Court has canceled upcoming oral arguments around the debunked Title 42 policy, dealing a significant blow to the slate of Republican states fighting the Biden administration’s attempt to end use of the public health order in May. Justices...
by Gabe Ortiz
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on Mon Feb 20, 2023 at 11:08 AM PST
with 169 Recommends
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This week marks one year since Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, which sparked the European continent’s largest movement of refugees since World War II. More than five million have been displaced within their own country, while eight million...
by Gabe Ortiz
11 comments
on Mon Feb 20, 2023 at 09:02 AM PST
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- President Joe Biden's surprise trip to war-torn Ukraine was a diplomatic coup of the highest order—and that means Republicans are absolutely furious over it. Of course they are; the United States' government's solid support for Ukraine, translated into...377 comments 853 Recs
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- The Senate voted 54-45 to confirm Gina Méndez-Miró to be U.S. district court judge for Puerto Rico Tuesday. She makes history as the first LGBTQ+ judge on the court. She also makes history as President Joe Biden’s 100th confirmed judge. President Biden...27 comments 117 Recs
- Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who is the longest-serving senator in California history, put out a statement Tuesday confirming that she would not seek re-election next year, a decision that marks the beginning of the end of a long and influential...168 comments 121 Recs
- The Daily Kos Guild (DKG) and management (DKM) have reached a voluntary buyout package agreement. Our first step in negotiating cost-saving measures is to offer buyouts to Guild members who are ...72 comments 199 Recs
- Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, have been told it’s safe to go back to their homes after a train derailment forced the controlled release and burn of toxic chemicals—but they’re not all so sure about that. Some complain about lingering chemical...26 comments 67 Recs
- After President Joe Biden effectively trapped congressional Republicans into denying that they ever wanted to cut Social Security and Medicare and then vowing to protect the programs, two of the GOP senators who’ve been making the loudest threats...125 comments 262 Recs
- President Joe Biden was on fire at his Tuesday night State of the Union address. He skillfully jabbed at Republicans, weathered heckling from the tacky congresswoman from Georgia, and even attempted to bring unity to the two parties. But, one of his...46 comments 188 Recs
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