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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 | ESPAÑOL ABAJO Voces de la Frontera Condemns Acquittal of Milwaukee Police Officer in Community Member’s Killing MILWAUKEE – On Wednesday, yet another police officer was acquitted after killing a Black man, this time in Milwaukee. Voces de la Frontera issued the following statement: “We are heartbroken and angry […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Saturday, June 17th, 2017 Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman | sfreeman@vdlf.org | 414.469.9206   MILWAUKEE – On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has told the Trump Administration he no longer wishes to be considered for a position in the Department of Homeland Security. Voces de la Frontera issued the following statement from Executive Director Christine Neumann-Ortiz:  […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  | Thursday, June 15th, 2017 Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman | sfreeman@vdlf.org | 414.469.9206 ESPAÑOL ABAJO     MILWAUKEE – On June 20th and 21st, representatives of Voces de la Frontera will attend the World People’s Conference: For a World Without Walls, Towards Universal Citizenship in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Organized by the Bolivian government, the conference will bring together thousands of […]

El día de ayer se llevó acabo el “Feliz Ramadán”, un evento en el que cientos de latinos y musulmanes se unieron en solidaridad para cenar y fortalecer nuestras alianzas para resistir los ataques hacia nuestras comunidades como la ley estatal AB190 y la prohibición de viaje de Trump hacia musulmanes. Este evento fue organizado por […]

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman | sfreeman@vdlf.org | 414.469.9206   GREENDALE, WI – On Tuesday, June 6th, the Greendale Police Department posted a statement to their Facebook page saying Katherine Torres had withdrawn the complaint she filed last Friday. The statement also claimed that dash-cam video (seen here) shows that patrol officer involved Officer Karczewski did not […]

Friday, May 26th, 2017 Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, 414-469-9206, sfreeman@vdlf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   SB275 is the companion bill to AB190, and aims to have public employees, local police, and sheriffs act as Immigration agents       MILWAUKEE — Late Thursday night, Republican State Senators introduced a companion bill to the anti-immigrant bill AB190 that seeks to turn public […]

    Here you will find everything you need to tell your legislators to stop the discriminatory anti-immigrant bill AB190/SB275 and support returning driver’s licenses to immigrants! Click here to read the Assembly version of the bill, AB 190. Click here to read the Senate version, SB275. AB190/SB275 would have local law enforcement act like […]

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Wednesday, May 17th, 2017 Contact: Sam Singleton-Freeman, 414-469-9206, sfreeman@vdlf.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ESPAÑOL ABAJO   Sheriff Clarke Is Unfit for any Office  ​​​​​   In an interview Wednesday afternoon on right wing talk radio, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke announced he will leave office next month for a job with the Trump Administration as an […]

On May Day — International Workers Day — Milwaukee joined immigrant and worker rights organizations in hundreds of cities nationwide to resist Trump’s attacks on our communities! 1. Strike for Justice! ¡Huelga por la justicia! Over 30,000 workers went on strike, withdrew their children from school, and closed their businesses (150+ businesses closed) to join […]