“If the GOP is so worked up about border security, they should step in and protect the American people from a president at the border of insanity.” The Trump/Republican plan to shut down the government over an unpopular, ineffective and insulting border wall is a sad reflection of the...
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English Associated Press ‘The Toughest Year’: US Immigration Changes Dominated 2018 December 21, 2018 Quartz Kirstjen Nielsen plans to leave after Davos By Heather Timmons December 21, 2018 Associated Press Mexico appears willing but unready to hold US refugees December 21, 2018 Reuters U.S. to Send Some Migrants Back...
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Since November, the Trump administration has been working to keep vulnerable asylum seekers arriving at the U.S. – Mexico border in Mexico as they await the opportunity to apply for asylum, both through an agreement with Mexico and by limiting the number of asylum applicants processed per day. In...
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After historic drubbing in midterms, the GOP just doesn’t get it After right wing media criticized President Trump this morning, House Republicans blew up a bipartisan Continuing Resolution that would have kept the federal government open. Instead, the House GOP passed a measure along party lines with $5 billion...
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The Trump Administration may have continued its all-out anti-immigrant assault throughout 2018, but they were met at every turn by countless courageous individuals who marched in the streets for their immigrant neighbors, voted against xenophobic candidates and campaigns, spoke truth to power, and demanded the Administration treat immigrants with...
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English Midland Reporter Telegram No deal: Congress moves to avert border wall shutdown By Kevin Diaz December 19, 2018 Bloomberg (Opinion) Trump Is Making Americans More Immigrant-Friendly By Francis Wilkinson December 19, 2018 Wall Street Journal Homeland Security Chief Set to Testify on Child’s Death at Border By Joshua...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, in response to the announcement that a short-term spending measure will be approved by Congress in order to keep the federal government open until early February — without funding for Trump’s border wall. A huge shout-out...
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By Following Miller’s Advice, Trump and GOP on a Political and Policy Losing Streak The news of the short-term continuing resolution to fund the government, and not Trump’s border wall, represents another high-profile failure for President Trump’s reliance on xenophobia — and for his chief advisor and head cheerleader...
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America’s Voice Pelosi and Schumer Hold Strong, Trump Caves, and the Border Wall is Still Just a Rally Chant Another High-Profile Defeat for Stephen Miller English Washington Post Trump backs off demand for $5 billion for border wall, but shutdown still possible after Democrats reject new GOP offer By...
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Yesterday, after reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were again illegally turning away asylum seekers, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Nanette D. Barragán (CA-44) went to the border and tried to investigate. Gomez and Barragán met 19 asylum seekers at the Otay Mesa port of entry, located...
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