We have dizzily entered into the electoral year that, without exaggeration and in all ways possible, will mark the new history of the United States. Not only because 2020 will define whether today’s president will extend his almost autocratic reign another four years by utilizing high-intensity anti-immigrant rhetoric, but... Continue »
Hemos entrado vertiginosamente en el año electoral que, sin exageración y en todos los sentidos posibles, marcará la nueva historia de Estados Unidos. No solo porque en este 2020 se definirá si el actual presidente extenderá su cuasi autocrático mandato durante otros cuatro años apoyado en una retórica antiinmigrante... Continue »
Trump’s new plan to raid an additional $7.2 billion in taxpayer money allotted to the military and narcotics interdiction in order to fund his border wall obsession sets up another moment of truth for Republicans, as Congress is planning on more votes attempting to hold Trump accountable on the... Continue »
The news that U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte has issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Trump’s executive order that allowed states and localities to reject refugee resettlement is a welcome development – a view shared by a host of leading refugee resettlement organizations and allies. In a joint statement,... Continue »
America’s Voice El futuro migratorio de EEUU en la cargada balanza de 2020 On Border Wall Funding: Will GOP Senators Once Again Abdicate Their Responsibility, Steal Military Budgets, and Diminish our Security By Letting Trump Raid Money for a Useless Border Wall? Leading Observers Praise Federal Judge’s Injunction Blocking... Continue »
SPLC Hatewatch’s latest release detailing White House advisor Stephen Miller’s role in advancing and espousing white nationalist theories include new emails to Breitbart that demonstrate Miller’s animus toward Dreamers and DACA and a forward of a disturbing article endorsing mass deportation by shipping out undocumented immigrants by trains to... Continue »
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Trump’s border wall obsession ahead of his 2020 re-election and related plans to again raid military budgets is another disturbing reminder about his misplaced priorities and ugly campaign themes planned for his re-election. Below are five of the biggest losers from the latest announced plans: Loser: The U.S. military... Continue »
America’s Voice SPLC’s Latest Revelations About Stephen Miller’s Views Toward Dreamers Undercut False Reassurances on the Future for DACA Recipients 5 Biggest Losers from Trump Plan to Again Raid Billions from Military to Fund 2020 Campaign Vanity Border Wall English Associated Press US Sending Mexican Migrants 1,000 Miles From... Continue »
“The only reliable backstop to prevent Trump from completely rewriting immigration policies, the Constitution and our system of checks and balances is to vote him out of office.” Three recent court rulings and actions show the limits of relying on the courts to serve as a backstop to mitigate... Continue »
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In the President’s first campaign, his (now convicted) aide Roger Stone wanted him to remember to attack immigrants in his stump speeches so the “build the wall” chant was born as a memory device for the neophyte and forgetful candidate. Since then, “Mr. Trump’s central campaign promise as a... Continue »