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A Profile in Stupidity, A Profile in Cowardice We’ve come to this: Trump’s incompetence and narcissism leaves him with no manhood-affirming exit strategy; and McConnell’s cowardice and coddling of Trump’s incompetence and narcissism means he won’t take the exit ramp before him. Here are some smart takes: Frank Wilkinson... Continue »

America’s Voice Rep. Filemon Vela, Border Advocates & Immigration Experts Respond to Trump’s Visit to McAllen, TX As Trump Fails, McConnell Hides “¡Mi reino por un… muro fronterizo!” TPS Trial Continues: Blockbuster Emails Reveal Trump Admin Decision to Terminate Haiti TPS was Purely Political, Not Research Based English New... Continue »

America’s Voice El cierre del gobierno augura una guerra sin cuartel Outside Federal Court, Haitian Immigrants and Allies Decry “Racist” Trump End of TPS at Start of Federal Trial to Halt Possible Deportations From a Memory Device to a Racist Rally Chant to a Damaging Government Shutdown, Trump’s Border... Continue »

English The Atlantic (Opinion) Why the New Democratic Majority Could Work Better Than the Last By RONALD BROWNSTEIN January 03, 2019 Wall Street Journal House Passes Spending Package in Bid to End Shutdown By Kristina Peterson January 04, 2019 USA Today House OK’s spending bills to reopen government, but... Continue »

Spoiler alert: everything he says is a lie Over the holidays, cooped up in the White House, Trump took to Twitter to express himself on the government shutdown over border wall funding. Glenn Kessler, fact-checker at the Washington Post, takes Trump’s lies and distortions apart, one by one. Excerpts... Continue »

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... Continue »

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... Continue »

The Trump Administration has arguably had no greater effect on policy than it has on U.S. immigration policy. At the end of 2017, we wrote this piece recapping all the alarming ways the Trump White House has gone after immigrants and targeted them for mass deportation during Trump’s first... Continue »

Tim Carman’s latest piece for the Washington Post reports that chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen are now feeding 3,000 migrants and asylum seekers gathered at the U.S. border each day. This is the latest reminder that what we are witnessing at the border is a humanitarian crisis... Continue »

“The question is not, ‘Who are they?’ The question is, ‘Who are we?’” Two thought leaders, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) — a leading progressive in the House of Representatives and immigration expert — and Laurene Powell Jobs — a leading philanthropist and advocate for fair immigration policies — are... Continue »