Nov 16, 2019
How did he rise to the top of DHS despite serious questions about the legality of his appointment? What was his role in Trump’s family separation policy? Chad Wolf is now the acting secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), though his elevation to acting secretary is in...
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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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Sen. Cruz and Sen. Cornyn response to land grab? Silence In a piece published by NBC News this week, Courtney Kube and Julia Ainsley highlight that the Trump administration is preparing court filings to begin forcefully taking private land from hundreds of Texans in order to build his racist...
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“The Miller of these emails isn’t just an immigration restrictionist, he’s an ideological white nationalist.” In a new must-read piece, New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie brings our attention back to “ideological white nationalist” Stephen Miller, the architect of every last “draconian border and immigration” Trump and Republican policy...
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Civil Servants Deserve High Praise for Standing up for American Values “It only took Doug Stephens two days to decide: He wasn’t going to implement President Trump’s latest policy to restrict immigration, known as Remain in Mexico. The asylum officer wouldn’t interview any more asylum seekers only to send...
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The war that the United States president has unleashed since the beginning of his presidency against Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and thus, its thousands of beneficiaries and their families, has kept him busy devising different ways to inflict the greatest amount of damage possible on the young...
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English The Washington Post Senate confirms Menashi to U.S. Court of Appeals in New York By Felicia Sonmez and Colby Itkowitz November 14, 2019 The Washington Post Besieged on all sides, Gordon Sondland clings to power By John Hudson and Michael Birnbaum November 14, 2019 El Semanario Metaphor Of...
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La guerra que el presidente de Estados Unidos ha desatado desde el principio de su gobierno en contra de la Acción Diferida para Quienes Llegaron en la Infancia (DACA) y, por ende, contra sus miles de beneficiarios y sus familias, lo ha mantenido ocupado en idear diversas formas de...
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“When Chad Wolf speaks, watch to see if Ken Cuccinelli’s lips are moving.” After a tricky maneuver to circumvent the rules, which allowed Chad Wolf to be installed as the Acting Secretary of DHS, yesterday it was revealed via an email to DHS staff that Acting USCIS Director Ken...
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