Will John Cornyn Finally Stand up and Just Say “No” to Stealing Funds from the Military and Drug Interdiction? A new joint investigative piece from Texas Tribune and ProPublica, “Records show Trump’s border wall is costing taxpayers billions more than initial contracts,” highlights that American taxpayers’ bill for Donald...
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Will the Architect of Trump’s Immigration Radicalism Own Up to the Fact that it has Backfired Politically? This afternoon, Stephen Miller will join Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh on a press call for the media. It is widely assumed that the Dark Prince is furious about yesterday’s Wall...
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Oct 27, 2020
A multiracial majority is poised to erect a firewall of tolerance Today’s Wall Street Journal carries this must-read story, “Trump Campaign Tones Down Immigration Messages That Dominated 2016 Election.” It raises and addresses important questions: why is it that on Trump’s signature issue Trump is on defense and Biden...
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In a new piece for the Texas Tribune, Julián Aguilar highlights the stories of Gerson Bonilla and Gloria Soto, two Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients currently living under threat of deportation. Like the more than 300,00 TPS recipients currently residing in the U.S., Gerson and Gloria are concerned about...
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Family separations, one of the darkest chapters of Trump’s or any other presidency, is back in the headlines. NBC reported that at least 545 children remain separated from parents who cannot be located, and Kristen Welker brought it up in the presidential debate. We chronicle just some of the...
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Oct 23, 2020
Each Friday through Election Day, we disseminate this memo highlighting the key 2020 developments at the intersection of electoral politics and immigration Key Immigration Politics Stories Presidential Debate: On Immigration, the Contrast Could Not Be Clearer: In response to the immigration questions, Trump revealed who he is and what...
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On kids separated from parents, Trump: “They are so well taken care of.” Biden: “It violates every notion of who we are as a nation. It’s criminal.” In response to the immigration questions at last night’s debate, Donald Trump revealed who he is and what his administration is about....
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Trump’s infamous family separation policy is still haunting us, and after new court documents revealed that the parents of 545 children that have still not been united with their children and are unable to be located, leaders and observers are rightfully outraged. In a statement by Vice President Joe...
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A primer in case it does Will immigration, the original sin of Trumpism and his administration’s signature issue, finally come up at a debate? If it does, here is our take. Family Separation: As the Washington Post editorialized, “Let’s not mince words. The Trump administration kidnapped children.” In...
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Every new revelation about Trump’s family separation policy confirms why it is one of the worst human rights atrocities committed by our government in modern American history. It cries out for action on two fronts: 1) a government-led effort to do everything possible to reunite and support the families...
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