By Adam Pagnucco. CASA, the Maryland-based immigrant rights group, has taken a lot of criticism over its statements about Israel for which it has now apologized. But that criticism has…
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Elected Officials React to CASA Statement
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By Adam Pagnucco. After ten days, CASA has issued a statement regretting its November 6 tweets about Israel. What happens now? Let’s recap. Council Member Andrew Friedson was the first…
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By Adam Pagnucco. Ten days ago, CASA – a nonprofit serving the immigrant community – issued a series of tweets on Israel that has cost it dearly, generating waves of…
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By Adam Pagnucco. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland has weighed in on the current controversy surrounding CASA’s remarks on Israel last week. Specifically citing the statement by…
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By Adam Pagnucco. It’s been more than a week since CASA issued and then retracted tweets about Israel that drew protests from Council Members Andrew Friedson, Gabe Albornoz and Natali…
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Major CASA Supporter Cuts Off Funding
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By Adam Pagnucco. Outraged by CASA’s statements about Israel, one of the immigrant rights group’s largest private supporters has cut off its grants to the organization. And it has done…
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Is a CASA Audit Coming?
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By Adam Pagnucco. “Audit.” It’s the word I hear the most now about CASA, more than “Israel,” “Hamas” or “Jews.” And now it looks like it could happen, at least…
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Jewish Group to Honor CASA
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By Adam Pagnucco. CASA’s recent remarks about Israel have provoked statements of protest from many elected officials as well as Jewish organizations. But one Jewish group is scheduled to give…
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By Adam Pagnucco. District 39 Delegate Gabriel Acevero, who has previously called Israel’s war against Hamas taxpayer-funded genocide, has lashed out against all nine Montgomery County state senators over their…
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By Adam Pagnucco. In the latest development in the continuing backlash against CASA’s remarks about Israel, all nine state senators who represent Montgomery County have signed a joint statement expressing…