I can't do anything to take away the damage nativists and racist rhetoric that permeates and infects this issue...
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Grijalva addresses the impact of racist rhetoric on discussions about immigration.
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You are hearing that correctly. Any American, or notably, any American subsidiary of a foreign company could have the exclusive rights to our public lands for about $10 per acre per year.
This imbalance of power has resulted in over a century of ongoing toxic mines, scarring our landscape and poisoning our communities.
to merely open the floodgates to the use of our public lands without any protections, due process, community involvement... is going back to a time that got us into this situation.
The unprecedented number of refugees and asylum seekers that are coming to the border is a reality. It is a humanitarian crisis, and it needs to be dealt with.





