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	<title>Immigration &#8211; Middle Wisconsin</title>
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		<title>Palestinian Peace Photo Exhibit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Michalski]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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	<a href="https://middlewisconsin.org/palestinian-peace-photo-exhibit/"><img title="Wausau poster-1" src="https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Wausau-poster-1-240x300.jpg" alt="Palestinian Peace Photo Exhibit" width="240" height="300" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /></a>
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	Please join us on Monday, May 4 at 5 pm at the First United Methodist Church for the opening reception.  We are grateful to be able to share this exceptional photo exhibit, our speakers and the chance for dialogue with you.  It will also be available for viewing at the First United Methodist Church and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Stop ICE Warehouse Detention Protest 4/25 12:00-2:00 Rib Mountain Drive</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Hornung]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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	&#160; &#160; Our neighbors are being picked up and hauled away. We are learning now this has been happening in very small numbers for years. But now those numbers are being ramped up to meet quotas. ICE head, Todd Lyons, said he would like his goons to implement a system of trucks that rounds up [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Another Black Eye for United States</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryce Luchterhand]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump has revived the practice of separating small, immigrant children from their parents. His first administration seized over 5,000 immigrant children to discourage other immigrants from entering the United States. A federal judge halted the practice in 2018. Five years later, some of those families have still not been reunited. The Trump administration claims [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>139th Anniversary of the Bayview Massacre</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 04:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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	Wisconsin’s most historic and bloody labor incident occurred on May 5, 1886 on the shores of Lake Michigan in the Bay View area of Milwaukee. That day dawned after four days of massive worker demonstrations throughout Milwaukee on behalf of the creation of eight-hour day laws. As some 1,500 workers marched toward the Bay View Rolling [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>INDIVISIBLE Hands Off Rally April 5</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 04:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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	<a href="https://middlewisconsin.org/indivisible-hands-off-rally-april-5/"><img title="HANDS OFF" src="https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/HANDS-OFF-300x199.jpg" alt="INDIVISIBLE Hands Off Rally April 5" width="300" height="199" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /></a>
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	&#160; Northcentral Wisconsin INDIVISIBLE Fights back! Saturday, April 5 at noon Rib Mountain Drive (sidewalk between Michael’s Crafts and Hobby Lobby) Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. We are fighting back! They&#8217;re taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and daring the world [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Immigration Lies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryce Luchterhand]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, said, “If you are in the country illegally, you are on the table. We have millions of people with background investigations, paying a fee, standing in line to come into this country the right way,” giving the impression that people entering this country “the right way” would be safe. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DETENTIONS AND DEPORTATION WILL COST US</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Fisher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Currently thousands of law enforcement officers are directed to arrest undocumented immigrants. Because the crime rate among the undocumented is actually low, many of those arrested are not charged or convicted criminals. Their undocumented status is a civil, not a criminal, offense. Large numbers of undocumented non-citizens are tax-paying, important members of our workforce. They build our homes, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IMMIGRATION, IMPACT AND POLICY</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/immigration-impact-and-policy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[League of Women Voters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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	At present there is a lot going on in the world of immigration. This forum was focused on understanding the current policies that are driving the activities that are involving immigrants. It is one thing to understand the policies, but it is also important to understand the impact of the policies on the lives of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. IMMIGRATION</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Krizek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 05:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Under the U.S.Immigration and Nationality Act (USINA) of 1980 a refugee is a [person] who, generally, has experienced past persecution or has a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. Individuals who met this definition were considered for refugee status. That definition also [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DACA PROGRAM</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/daca-program/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fair Maps]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 05:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The DACA program is in grave peril and Congress must act before the end of the year to create permanent protections for the hundreds of thousands of people who were brought to this country as children, making it the only place they have ever called home.  DACA recipients are our health care providers, teachers, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Impact of Mass Deportation on Wisconsin</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/impact-of-mass-deportation-on-wisconsin/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Anderson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 05:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“It’s hard to imagine Wisconsin without its immigrant heritage. Whether it’s food, festivals, religious congregations, or even the very names of our communities, there are hints of the old world everywhere you turn, and our communities are all the better for it.” Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson The incoming administration has promised “on day one” [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>PEOPLE&#8217;S MARCH January 18, 2025</title>
		<link>https://middlewisconsin.org/peoples-march-january-18-2025/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nancy Tabaka-Stencil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 05:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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	<a href="https://middlewisconsin.org/peoples-march-january-18-2025/"><img title="Human Rights March Kayley" src="https://middlewisconsin.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Human-Rights-March-Kayley-212x300.png" alt="PEOPLE&#8217;S MARCH January 18, 2025" width="212" height="300" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /></a>
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	WAUSAU HUMAN RIGHTS MARCH The recent election can have far reaching consequences for our vulnerable communities. For Immediate Release: Saturday, January 18, 11 AM, meeting at the Marathon Dems Office, 218 Sherman Street Wausau Contact: Chair, Nancy Stencil, nstencil7983@gmail.com 715.581.7983 &#160; Come join Central Wisconsin&#8217;s PEACEFUL PEOPLE’S MARCH. A place for us to all come [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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