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Friday, June 12, 2026
Danielle Veenstra ·

Santiago Benjumea (left), a 23-year-old IGNITE school of ministry sophomore, and Karen Paige, a 49-year-old administration assistant, stand among about 25 protestors picketing Planned Parenthood on Oct. 10, 2015. Paige said her son was conceived when she was raped at 15 and the world would have lost out on his contributions if she had killed her baby. “This is war,” Benjumea said. “We are out here in combat.”

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Emily Westerholm, the founder and executive director of Released Reentry, recites a poem at an Open Mic Poetry Nights event at Released Reentry in Gainesville, Fla., on June 10, 2026.



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Amongst exacerbating decisions by the current administration the local hispanic community along with immigration lawyers reflect on the decision by some members to vote for Trump.


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