Yesterday, as TV cameras rolled, two hundred ICE and CBP agents–aided by “aerial surveillance”–descended upon Corso’s Flower & Garden Center in Sandusky, OH. All told, more than 100 men and women were arrested. Reporters from a local TV station were on the scene when the raids occurred, making it clear that...
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Yesterday’s electoral results confirmed two trends in evidence since Trump’s election in 2016: Energy and enthusiasm remains high for voters who make up the “Coalition of the Decent” and are intent on electing Democrats and checking Trump. Republican attempts to use anti-immigrant fear mongering fails again, this time in...
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Reveal, “Immigration Numbers Illustrate Lives Impacted by Trump-Era Policies” Countdown to TPS Decision Deadline for Yemen and Somalia: 4 Weeks In an article for Reveal, Vanessa Swales lays out the numbers of immigrants whose lives have been completely upended by the Trump Administration. The numbers don’t lie- hundreds of...
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Dara Lind of Vox explains how the Trump Administration is throwing obstacles in the way of those seeking asylum at our southern border. Read excerpts from Dara Lind’s explainer below and read it in its entirety here: The Trump administration justifies its “zero tolerance” policy of prosecuting everyone who...
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NBC News reports that, as a result of Trump’s new family separation policy, hundreds of children are being held at border stations in unsuitable conditions, especially for children, and beyond the time period allowed under the law. In May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced and DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen...
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Sandusky, OH — As TV cameras rolled, two hundred law enforcement agents–aided by “aerial surveillance”–descended upon Corso’s Flower & Garden Center, arresting workers left and right in what may be the largest immigration raid yet under Trump’s regime. All told, more than 100 men and women were arrested in...
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As Trump Works to Divide Us, Americans From Diverse Backgrounds in Small Towns Come Together to Build Stronger Communities Small and medium-sized towns across America are rejecting Trump’s divisiveness and bringing together established residents and newcomers in order to revitalize small-town America. As The New York Times reports: Overall,...
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Cleveland, OH — Under President Trump, the twin police forces of U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have resorted to increasingly authoritarian tactics, regardless of the consequences for public safety and basic human rights. “The Border Patrol and ICE are now operating like political police forces...
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More and more pediatricians are raising alarm bells regarding the serious and irreparable harm that the Trump family separation policy is having on children. From the President of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), pediatricians who serve on the American Academy of Pediatrics Immigrant Health Special Interest Group to...
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Points To The Termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Hondurans As One of the Many Cruel and Inhumane Immigration Policies of the Last Month Countdown to TPS Decision Deadline for Yemen and Somalia: 4 Weeks In an article for CNN, Catherine Shoichet details the many harmful immigration policy...
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