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But individual exclusion has a collective cost. </p> <div class="extra-small-heading card-eyebrow "> <div class="card-label"> Immigration, <span class="visually-hidden">and </span>Health </div> </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="grid-item"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/stylesheets/partials/card-5e774cd2b9.css"> <figure class="card -horizontal "> <a href="https://www.emersoncollective.com/scapegoating-undocumented-immigrants-threatens-our-democracy/"> <div class="asset-wrapper card-image-wrapper "> <noscript> <img class="card-image" src="https://ec-website-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/_thumbnail/CostofCitizenship_10.9.20-23_2020-10-12-185634.png?mtime=20201012145638&focal=none&tmtime=20201012150517" alt=""> </noscript> <img class="card-image js-only" src="https://ec-website-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/_thumbnail/CostofCitizenship_10.9.20-23_2020-10-12-185634.png?mtime=20201012145638&focal=none&tmtime=20201012150517" alt=""> </div> <figcaption class="card-caption"> <p class="card-caption-heading"> Scapegoating Undocumented Immigrants Threatens Our Democracy </p> <p class="card-description"> Justifying voter suppression by falsely claiming that undocumented immigrants commit voter fraud disenfranchises citizens of color; unconstitutional efforts to depress immigrants’ participation in the census undercounts entire communities. </p> <div class="extra-small-heading card-eyebrow "> <div class="card-label"> Immigration, <span class="visually-hidden">and </span>Social Justice </div> </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> </ul> </div> <div> <h3 class="post-footer__heading medium-small-heading"> From Our Network </h3> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/stylesheets/partials/grid-list-f68c493319.css"> <ul class="grid grid-list post-footer__grid" > <li class="grid-item"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/stylesheets/partials/card-5e774cd2b9.css"> <figure class="card -horizontal "> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/08/terminating-daca-during-pandemic-would-be-callous-error-judgment/"> <div class="asset-wrapper card-image-wrapper "> <noscript> <img class="card-image" src="https://ec-website-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/_thumbnail/WashingtonPost-DACA-LP-OpEd-SquareThumb_200408_184525.jpg?mtime=20200408144530&focal=none&tmtime=20200408144622" alt=""> </noscript> <img class="card-image js-only" src="https://ec-website-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/_thumbnail/WashingtonPost-DACA-LP-OpEd-SquareThumb_200408_184525.jpg?mtime=20200408144530&focal=none&tmtime=20200408144622" alt=""> </div> <figcaption class="card-caption"> <p class="card-caption-heading"> Terminating DACA during the pandemic would be a callous error in judgment </p> <p class="card-description"> Writing in The Washington Post Laurene Powell Jobs recognizes the critical role of health-care workers — and more than 200,000 other Dreamers in occupations deemed essential — underscores the stakes of the Supreme Court’s imminent decision on DACA. </p> <div class="extra-small-heading card-eyebrow external"> <div class="card-label"> The Washington Post </div> <div class="external-marker"> <svg viewBox="0 0 32 32" width="10" height="10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M4 0v6h17.5L0 27.5 4.5 32 26 10.5V28h6V0H4z"/></svg> </div> </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/stylesheets/partials/footer-6306583db2.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/stylesheets/partials/inline-form-5e50db941a.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/stylesheets/partials/signup-form-51e2e10e19.css"> <footer id="footer"> <div class="width-full"> <h2 class="section-heading"> Stay Informed </h2> <section class="footer-signup"> <div class="width-narrow"> <p class="footer-subheading"> Join our mailing list and follow us on social. </p> <div class="signup-form" data-module="signup-form" data-signup-form-referrer="4"> <form action="https://pages.emersoncollective.com/l/539672/2018-11-16/4y7nx8" class="inline-form" method="POST"> <input type="email" name="email" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off" autocomplete="email" placeholder="Email Address" aria-label="Email address" > <button>Sign Up</button> </form> <p class="signup-form__error"> Email address is not valid. 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