Asylum seekers don’t abscond; 99% show up for court hearings Yesterday, we highlighted how the independent and highly-reputable TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse) released a new report based on the government’s own data that finds that 99% of asylum-seekers who were released into America to pursue their cases attended all of their immigration court hearings. … Continue reading »

In a Washington Post column, Catherine Rampell is frank in her address to GOP officials stating “Texas, Florida, Georgia and other states that have benefited for years from refugee admissions: You have less than two weeks left to do the right thing. Please, just do it already.” The residents of these red states, as Rampell … Continue reading »

A Washington Post story –  “Trump administration plans to announce 100-mile mark on border wall construction” – highlights how team Trump is crowing about conservative courts giving a green light to their border wall obsession.  But Trump triumphalism aside, the Post story also included a disturbing detail that jumped out at us – the news … Continue reading »

The independent and highly-reputable TRAC (Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse) just released a new report — based on the government’s own data — that finds  99% of asylum-seekers who were released into America to pursue their cases attended all of their immigration court hearings. The finding eviscerates the GOP’s Big Lie. They call it “catch and … Continue reading »

The conservative three-judge panel issued a divided 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that green-lights the Trump Administration decision to raid $3.6 billion in funds appropriated by Congress to help military families and boost military construction for the Trump border wall boondoggle. Trump, unsurprisingly, is already crowing about the news on Twitter. According to Mario … Continue reading »