Adelita Grijalva

DACA Recipient and Former Maricopa County Democratic Party Communications Director Edder Diaz Martinez Warns About Trump’s Dystopian Immigration System

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At a recent community meeting hosted by Representatives Yassamin Ansari and Adelita Grijalva, former Maricopa County Democratic Party Communications Director Edder Diaz Martinez was among the panelists, calling attention to the dystopian vision and actions of the Donald Trump/Stephen Miller immigration system and their cruel quest to deny innocent people who have lived in the … Read more

“Laying Like Sardines”: AZ Reps. Ansari, Grijalva, and Stanton Conduct Oversight on ICE Facility in Mesa and Report on “Horrible,” “Frightening,” and “Shocking” Conditions!

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Nothing like a surprise trip to a government facility to uncover all the broken rules, compromised regulations, and appalling conditions being allowed there. That is what happened yesterday evening when Arizona’s three Democratic Representatives, Yassamin Ansari, Adelita Grijalva, and Greg Stanton made an unannounced late evening visit to the DHS-ICE Administered Arizona Removal Operations Coordination … Read more

Trump and Republicans Are Driving 180,000 Arizona Children to Starvation

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In their quest to pay for their tax cuts for billionaires in the Big Billionaires First Bill, Mr. Trump and his Congressional Republican allies cut vital social services for millions of vulnerable Americans. Food Stamps or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was one of them. With onerous new work requirements, the removal of work … Read more

The Man Who Bankrupted a Casino Releases His Screw-the-American-People Budget

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History will record that Trump and Republicans did this. While Mr. Trump, who is being reinforced and encouraged by White Christian Nationalist sycophants who equate him with Jesus, is releasing bombastic, unhinged social media posts and holding mentally unbalanced pro Putin press conferences promising to bomb Iran back to the Stone Age with God’s support … Read more

“A Stain on Our Country”: Representatives Ansari and Grijalva Hold “Stop Mass Detention Center” Community Briefing

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46 deaths: the highest number ever of people who have died while in ICE custody since the start of the second Trump Administration. 5000 people are detained every day in Arizona’s three detention facilities, with innocent people, including pregnant women and disabled individuals, who have lived decades in this country being kidnapped from the communities … Read more