Today and tomorrow, anti-immigrant groups are trying to hold a series of protests against children fleeing violence. In Michigan, the anti-immigrant protesters screamed at supporters of immigration reform, telling an African-American woman to “go home, welfare.” In Philadelphia, Tea Partiers seemed similarly unhinged as they expressed fear that the...
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Following the move by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), many Republicans have been quick to jump on board, blaming DACA for creating the child refugee crisis at the border (despite all evidence to the contrary). But as a new editorial and political analysis reveals, the GOP’s attacks are meant to...
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In our press statement today, we wrote about Republicans overreaching when it comes to children fleeing violence and how strategies like Ted Cruz’s demand to to end DACA will only hurt them in the end. How? Two more articles today from the Economist and Mother Jones demonstrate. From the...
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Talking Points Memo: Ted Cruz Will Fight To Deport More Undocumented Youth NPR: Amid Roiled Landscape Of Border Politics, Obama’s Plans May Change Salon: Volunteer villain: How Ted Cruz’s hard-line immigration stance helps Democrats Think Progress: This Bill Is Dubbed The HUMANE Act, But It Actually Hurts The Migrant...
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For weeks, anti-immigrant conservatives have been trying to use the story of children fleeing violence to claim that the border is not secure — an absurd claim considering that the children coming to the border typically seek out Border Patrol and turn themselves in. In the clip below, Sean...
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Does this Mean Most Republicans Are Now ‘Wacko Birds’ Too? Yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) made clear that ending DACA was his “top priority” and that eviscerating deportation protections for Dreamers must be a component piece of any congressional action dealing with the Central American child refugees. Far from...
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An startling analysis of DHS data by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at University Syracuse University shows that only one out of ten child refugees who appeared without an attorney before an immigration judge were allowed to stay in the United States. By contrast, five out of ten children who...
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New York Times: Border Crisis Casts Shadow Over Obama’s Immigration Plan National Journal: Why Won’t Obama Call These Kids Refugees? Yahoo News: Rumors swirl around migrant kids, fueling local backlash Vox: Almost half of Americans want to deport migrant kids Wall Street Journal: Public Support for Path to Legal...
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