The contrast between the Trump administration’s triumphalism and the trauma and pain inflicted by their asylum and border policies is on stark display this week. Yesterday, President Trump went to a section of border fencing near San Diego and held a political photo-op, going so far as to sign...
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In a striking article for The Nation, John Washington sat down with Brenda, a Nepali with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and member of Adhikaar, a social justice organization. The article delves into Brenda’s life here in the United States and her experiences as an activist and leader in her...
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America’s Voice ICYMI: “Chicken plants lured them. Feds jailed them. How Mississippi’s immigration crisis unfolded” Stark Contrast on Display: Trump’s False Border Triumphalism vs. Real Lives Endangered By “Return to Mexico” and Sham Asylum Process ICYMI: Nepali TPS Holder Discusses Her Life in America While Fighting to Maintain Her...
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“Trump’s Xenophobia in Office has Democratic Candidates Talking” Since Trump’s 2016 campaign, racism and xenophobia have become the rallying call, attracting white nationalist supporters and summoning the conversation of race to the forefront of the Democratic debates. In his latest piece for CNN, Ronald Brownstein analyzes the increased centrality...
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As predicted, Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan and the acting heads of CBP, ICE, and USCIS went to the tent courts in Laredo, TX yesterday and tried to claim that Trump’s policies were successful and that the asylum hearings at these makeshift courtrooms were part of a fair process....
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In her latest column for the Miami Herald, Fabiola Santiago underlines the crushing reality for many Cuban refugees. Once heralded as heroes who defied Fidel Castro, now Cubans are increasingly denied legal protection and deported by the Trump administration. Santiago tells a related story. Francisco Verona, an 82-year-old former...
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America’s Voice ICYMI: Ronald Brownstein: “Why race is moving center stage for 2020” “Kangaroo” Tent Courts the Final Step In a Sham Asylum Process with a Mounting Human Toll ICYMI: Fabiola Santiago: “This former Cuban political prisoner, 82, has been denied U.S. citizenship. Shameful” English Breitbart Progressives Attack ‘Remain...
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CBC Chair Karen Bass: “this is a matter of life or death and this President is failing to lead.” In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, tens of thousands have been displaced or left homeless after the catastrophic storm hit the Bahamas. Despite this, the Trump administration has refused to...
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Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan and the acting heads of CBP, ICE, and USCIS are set to travel today to tent courts along the border in Laredo, TX. We can expect them to claim that the Trump administration’s policies are a success and that the asylum hearings at the...
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America’s Voice ICYMI: Congressional Black Caucus Chair Slams Trump Administration for Refusing to Grant Temporary Protected Status to the Bahamas A Sham Process Designed to Fail and Endanger Lives – The Consequences of the Trump’s “Kangaroo” Tent Courts and “Remain in Mexico” Policies English Associated Press Tent Courts Hearings...
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