Jun 1, 2018
It is increasingly clear that the animating principle of Trump’s presidency is abject cruelty and inhumane policies towards immigrants and people of color. Below, we excerpt just some of the most recent commentary on this administration’s radicalism. The New Republic’s Matt Ford: “Cruelty Is Trump’s Only Immigration Policy”:...
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Events in nearly 30 cities are registered on familiesbelongtogether.org In response to the growing number of immigrant children and youth separated from their families and detained in inhumane conditions surviving horrible abuses,thousands of people are expected to rally on Friday, June 1st, as part of the National Day of Action “Families Belong...
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Events in nearly 30 cities are registered on familiesbelongtogether.org Cleveland, OH – In response to the Trump Administration’s needless and harmful separation of immigrant children from their parents—and the prosecution of parents seeking safety for their children in the United States—Ohioans are rallying on Friday, June 1st, as part of the National...
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The Uncertain Future for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Holders Continues Countdown to TPS Decision Deadline for Yemen and Somalia: 5 Weeks In an emotionally moving piece for the Washington Post, Maria Sacchetti explores the uncertainty that lies ahead for more than 300,000 TPS holders. She follows Guillermo Mendoza, a Salvadoran...
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Parents Separated from Children by Trump’s Family Separation Policy are Asking Questions but Getting No Answers In many courtrooms along the southern border, parents of children taken by DHS are asking questions about the children DHS took from them under the Trump administration’s new family separation policy. Where is...
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The Trump Administration’s policy of seizing children, including toddlers and infants, and ripping them from the arms of their parents as part of a new “zero tolerance” strategy at the border, is being condemned by thought leaders and ordinary citizens with growing ferocity. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof...
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May 30, 2018
Trump’s TN Rally for Senate Candidate Blackburn Reminder that GOP Midterm Approach is an Ugly Attempt to Stoke Fear and Divide Americans Led by President Trump, the Republican Party has fully embraced an ugly and divisive brand of politics seeking to stoke fear, sow division, and blame immigrants in...
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DHS Secretary Nielsen claimed that children are not separated from parents when they seek asylum at a legal port of entry, she lied. In an op-ed on CNN today, Maria G. explains her 18-month-old son’s fear and her anguish when DHS forcibly took her child from her. Maria was...
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A recording of today’s event is available here Following the Trump administration’s press briefing on the “border crisis and the Democrat loopholes that drive it,” legal and policy experts hosted a call to cut through the administration’s balderdash and various mistruths. Kids in Need of Defense has a new must-read...
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Countdown to TPS Decision Deadline for Yemen and Somalia: 5 Weeks In an article for the Washington Post, Paul Waldman dissects Trump’s endlessly cruel immigration policies, including his termination of Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 legal immigrants from six countries still facing significant hardship at home. Yemen...
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