Congress Conducts Oversight Today Today, the House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Border Security is holding a hearing, “Assessing the Adequacy of DHS Efforts to Prevent Child Deaths in Custody.” Under the Trump administration, six children have died under DHS custody or just after release from custody. This is...
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America’s Voice Three Court Actions Show the Judiciary’s Limits as a Check on Trump’s Worst Instincts When Congress Gives A Little, Trump Steals Double For His Border Wall After Six Deaths, Is DHS Doing Enough to Ensure the Health and Safety of Children in Their Care? English Associated Press...
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San Juan – In Puerto Rico when it rains, it pours. The earthquakes and aftershocks of recent days have us revisiting and reliving the traumas left by Hurricane Maria in 2017 which we thought had been left behind. And once again we have to deal with the federal government’s...
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“Abbott is a coward and diminishes Texas’ history and tradition as big, proud and confident enough to welcome refugees” Leading observers are blasting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for siding with nationalist White House advisor Stephen Miller and turning his back on refugees and the state’s best interests and traditions....
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America’s Voice “This is a departure from an American spirit of helping refugees” – Leading Voices Condemn TX Governor Abbott for Refugee Decision English The Hill Lawsuit alleges child abuse and neglect after Trump administration family separation By Nathaniel Weixel January 10, 2020 CNN Fathers say their children were...
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San Juan.– En Puerto Rico llueve sobre mojado. Los terremotos y las réplicas de los pasados días nos tienen en ascuas removiendo y reviviendo los traumas dejados por el huracán “María” en 2017 que pensábamos habían quedado atrás. Y nuevamente tenemos que lidiar con los desplantes del gobierno federal...
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Asylum seekers don’t abscond; 99% show up for court hearings Yesterday, we highlighted how the independent and highly-reputable TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse) released a new report based on the government’s own data that finds that 99% of asylum-seekers who were released into America to pursue their cases attended...
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In a Washington Post column, Catherine Rampell is frank in her address to GOP officials stating “Texas, Florida, Georgia and other states that have benefited for years from refugee admissions: You have less than two weeks left to do the right thing. Please, just do it already.” The residents...
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A Washington Post story – “Trump administration plans to announce 100-mile mark on border wall construction” – highlights how team Trump is crowing about conservative courts giving a green light to their border wall obsession. But Trump triumphalism aside, the Post story also included a disturbing detail that jumped...
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English Washington Times Trump takes victory lap as court rules border wall building can proceed By Stephen Dinan January 09, 2020 El Semanario Drums Of War In The Midst Of President’s Impeachment By Maribel Hastings y David Torres January 09, 2020 Associated Press US-Honduras finalize implementation steps on asylum...
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