“A small, dedicated ideological vanguard, with the right influence and connections, can steer the direction of the country.” In a detailed article for the Atlantic, “Trump’s White-Nationalist Vanguard: The emails of a key presidential aide show an extremist ideology influencing policy in the White House,” Adam Serwer details the...
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In recent news in Trump’s asylum crisis, Trump and his administration are prepared to sign a rule that would fast-track asylum-seekers’ deportation back to the dangerous conditions in Central America, starting with Guatemala as early as this week — a country that has not been deemed a “safe third...
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Calls for White Nationalist Stephen Miller’s Removal Are Escalating As the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) releases more details today of email exchanges between White House aide Stephen Miller and Breitbart that clearly illustrate Miller’s affinity for white supremacy and xenophobia, calls on the President to fire his white...
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By Maribel Hastings and David Torres In this era in which nothing matters, the same seems to be true for President Donald Trump’s principal advisor on immigration issues, Stephen Miller, even though his ties to white nationalist groups only confirm the racial motivations behind his list of discriminatory and...
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A recording of today’s call is available here. Earlier today, a Yemeni Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holder and New York business owner was joined by advocates and a country conditions expert to discuss the urgent and critical need to extend TPS for Yemen for another 18 months as well...
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So Much for Those Trump’s Coattails… Republicans keep relying on racial incitement and xenophobia in races across the country, but in election after election, the strategy is failing. The latest example comes from the gubernatorial runoff election in Louisiana, won by Democrat John Bel Edwards over Republican Eddie Rispone,...
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In Any Other Time, Miller’s Racial Obsession Wouldn’t be Tolerated After the recent revelations that Stephen Miller is a bonafide white nationalist, exposed by two reports last week from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), more outrage and attention continues to drive the conversation that one of Trump’s highest...
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Hasan Minhaj and Ira Glass shed light on “Trump’s Worst Policy” Ahead of tomorrow’s House Homeland Security Committee examination of the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, also known as MPP, two recommended watches and listens put the administration’s self-created human rights crisis – sparked by their approach to...
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“‘Trump administration favored a predetermined political decision’ to end TPS” Yesterday, litigators from the ACLU SoCal filed a letter to draw attention to new developments regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in relation to the lawsuit Ramos v. Nielsen. The letter draws the court’s attention to the recent explosive Senate...
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The House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations has announced that it will hold a hearing on Tuesday, November 19, to examine the “human rights and legal implications of the Trump administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy.” For months, human rights advocates and media reports...
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