As we highlighted yesterday, hopes that Secretary Kelly would be a voice of reason on immigration in the Trump administration are fading quickly, as Kelly deploys his agents to aggressively enforce President Trump’s cruel immigration policies. In a new piece, the New York Times editorial board says “Kelly is missing...
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English (noticias en español al final de la página): AMERICA’S VOICE Miami Herald (Opinion): Trump’s office of anti-immigrant propaganda will hurt all immigrants By Andres Oppenheimer March 8, 2017 Tilde Noticias (Op-Ed): Trump/Kelly Extreme Immigration Plans: Separate Parents, Children at the Border By Van Le March 8, 2017 REVISED...
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As the Trump Administration moves forward on its mass deportation immigration vision, new polling from Quinnipiac shows that the vast majority of Americans back immigrant legalization, and is the latest reminder that Trump’s extremism on immigration is at odds with the wishes of most Americans. 63% of Americans support citizenship;...
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Budgets reflect choices and values. Evidently, the Trump Administration is more committed to waging war on immigrants and refugees than in funding the war on terrorism. The federal budget proposal that will be released in the coming days will reportedly slash funding for TSA, the Coast Guard, rail security...
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The Trump administration is conducting indiscriminate raids against immigrants, and there have been a number of articles highlighting immigrant contributions to the economy and wondering about the impact of Trump’s actions in places like California farm country. Yesterday, Marketplace published an article about a South Dakota convenience food business which is dependent...
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Disturbing stories of individuals and families directly affected by the Trump Administration’s immigration policies continue to arise. Below are just some examples from the past few days. These stories beg the question: why are these the people the Trump Administration wants out of America? Doctors Who Want to Serve America...
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English (noticias en español al final de la página): REVISED TRUMP TRAVEL BAN Associated Press: Experts: New travel ban more palatable, still problematic By Gene Johnson and Sadie Gurman March 7, 2017 Associated Press: Justice Department wants its appeal of old travel ban tossed By Martha Bellisle March 7,...
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When it comes to US immigration policy, what Trump has said is that he wants to deport “bad hombres” in order to better protect Americans. What Trump, abetted by DHS Secretary John Kelly, has done in practice is devise and implement some of the cruelest possible ways to sow...
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On the heels of the revised Muslim and refugee ban, civil rights and progressive leaders condemned Trump’s cruel executive orders on immigration and called on Congress to protect immigrants and stand up for American values of inclusion and fairness. In recent weeks, immigrant communities across the country have seen...
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Yesterday, we assessed that the latest Muslim and refugee ban is still a “cruel, chaotic, and dangerous affront to the principles our country was founded on.” Given that internal DHS analyses undercut the supposed national security rationales for the policies, we noted that the motivations behind the ban traced back...
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