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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

5February 17, 2025Once again Rep. Scholten votes with the GOP to punish and criminalize immigrants

0February 17, 2025GRIID Class on the Prison Industrial Complex in Kent County – Week #2

0February 16, 2025A timeline of GRPS stance on the threat of mass deportation, plus a powerful response from Denver Public Schools to Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE)

0February 16, 2025MLive doesn’t cite the groups behind the local Sanctuary campaigns and creates a paywall for their poll on whether Grand Rapids should be a Sanctuary City

0February 15, 2025Palestine Solidarity Information, Analysis, Local Actions and Events for the week of February 16th

0February 14, 2025Grand Rapids and Kent County officials go out of their way to say they are cooperating with ICE, while MLive omits the organizations pushing for Sanctuary policies

2February 13, 2025Reflections on the campaign to get Kent County to become a Sanctuary for the undocumented community after today’s Kent County Commission meeting

6February 12, 20253204 people are already on record demanding that the City of Grand Rapids become a Sanctuary City compared to 16 people who oppose standing up for immigrants

1February 11, 2025Meet the Kent County Commissioner who opposes sanctuary for immigrants, is a pro-gun, anti-trans, anti-CRT, anti-DEI and anti-abortion

0February 11, 20252024 Local News Monitoring Project: Misinformation, omission, denial and the failure to serve the public good