For President Donald Trump, even contracting COVID-19 becomes political theater, a continuation of the reality show that is his presidency, without caring about the well-being of those around him. Almost 210,000 persons, a large percentage of them Hispanic and African American, have died in the US from this virus...
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“Rather than platitudes … Senator Cornyn should do the work and call for a vote to actually legalize Dreamers” Sen. John Cornyn, locked in a tough reelection bid in Texas, is still facing fall-out from his Spanish language ad claiming he “strongly supports legalization for Dreamers.” PolitiFact judged...
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Oct 2, 2020
NOTE: Of course the news of President Trump, Melania Trump and Hope Hicks testing positive for COVID-19 is the big story right now. But immigration developments never seem to stop. We summarize them and their political implications below. Key Immigration Politics Stories Trump reaches for political comfort food: Trump...
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Slash refugee resettlement program to shreds Last night the Trump administration announced the lowest target for refugees to be resettled in America since the passage of the Refugee Act of 1980. In response, Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, had this to say: Rescuing and resettling refugees...
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As we highlighted yesterday, when Trump and his GOP enablers get scared of losing, they reach for their political comfort food: they appeal to racism, traffic in xenophobia, and recklessly signal to White supremacists that violence in the service of aiding Trump might be necessary. We predict it will...
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Former Trump Organization Workers, Activists, Outraged that Trump Profits Politically and Commercially from Exploiting Immigrants Undocumented immigrants who worked for Donald Trump paid more in taxes than the boss – and they have the receipts to prove it. Sandra Diaz, who was undocumented when working for Trump, tweeted out...
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I have covered presidential debates for thirty-two years and what I saw Tuesday night in Cleveland, Ohio was not a debate, but rather a disaster that provoked supreme pity and shame. The only one responsible was the chaotic president Donald Trump who, unable to decently exchange ideas turned to...
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A fearful President Trump is losing and he knows it. So he’s reaching for his political comfort food – stoking racial division and turning to anti-immigrant politics. Just like elections in 2017, 2018 and 2019, the American people are sick of the divisiveness and set to reject his racism...
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