After Another Week of Trump’s Racist Rants and GOP Moral Collapse, We Cannot Look Away As Trump continues to play with the fire of racial incitement, Michael Gerson of the Washington Post writes that complacency in the face of this dangerous descent is not an option. Gerson’s column in...
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America’s Voice Hurd and Graham Illustrate the Moral Collapse of Republicans Under Trump Michael Gerson: “Such racism indicts Trump. Treating racism as a typical or minor matter indicts us.” English McClatchy Democrats blast SC’s Lindsey Graham as GOP pushes ahead on bill to curb asylum seekers By Emma Dumain...
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As the U.S. political spectacle to retain or take back the White House in 2020 advances, the topic of racism winds itself through all aspects of national life. It should not be taken lightly that its use as an electoral weapon has emanated from the presidential institution itself, when...
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Decision on Syria is Cruel & a Sign of the Moral Collapse of the Republican Party Under President Trump Today, the Department of Homeland Security made its decision to extend, but not redesignate, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria. This is a failure to recognize the extent of the...
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English Associated Press Democrats’ divisions test Biden’s front-runner strength By Steve Peoples and Sara Burnett August 1, 2019 The Wall Street Journal The Moments That Mattered in Wednesday’s Debate By Tarini Parti August 1, 2019 The New York Times Julián Castro Says Joe Biden Hasn’t ‘Learned the Lessons of...
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As the Trump administration continues to eviscerate asylum protections, several important new pieces draw important contrasts with the administration’s approach and motivations. In the Wall Street Journal, the American Immigration Council’s Aaron Reichlin-Melnick dismantles the falsehood peddled by the Trump team that those seeking asylum do not comply with...
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Yesterday, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) made a unanimous consent request on the Senate floor to immediately pass the Venezuela TPS Act of 2019. U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) objected on behalf of Senate Republicans. In other words, Senate Republicans have no...
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1,000 New Cases of Family Separation Revealed Since Trump Declared Separations Were Over Yesterday brought home more disturbing reminders that the Trump Administration’s horrific family separations policy continues to this day. By exploiting the “best interests of the child” provisions in the child separation litigation settlement and using the...
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English WBUR Where The Trump Administration’s Immigration Policy Stands Now By Meghna Chakrabarti July 30, 2019 Law360 Senate GOP Blocks Vote To Temporarily Protect Venezuelans July 30, 2019 Black Star News IMMIGRATION GROUP: SENATE REPUBLICANS BLOCKING OF TPS LEGISLATION FOR VENEZUELANS “CRUEL AND INHUMAN” July 30, 2019 Associated Press...
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“My mantra has persistently been presenting aliens with multiple unsolvable dilemmas to impact their calculus for choosing to make the arduous journey to begin with.” Yesterday, the Trump Administration took the latest step in their ongoing effort to dismantle the asylum process in the form of U.S. Attorney General...
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