WaPo Exposé: “From Costa Rica to New Jersey, a pipeline of illegal workers for Trump goes back years” In a stunning exposé for the Washington Post, Joshua Partlow, Nick Miroff, and David Fahrenthold tell the story of a network of dozens of undocumented workers from Costa Rica who came...
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Two key pieces from leading observers Ronald Brownstein and Greg Sargent underscore that Trump’s wall obsession and larger anti-immigrant agenda is unpopular and threatens lasting damage to the Republican brand. Both pieces are excerpted below and required Friday reading. The Atlantic’s Ronald Brownstein: “Trump Is Walling Off the GOP”...
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America’s Voice David Leopold Reaction to Washington Post Revelation of Costa Rican Pipeline to Trump’s Bedminster Club Immigration & National Security Experts Discuss Trump’s SOTU Address; Family Separation Hearings; Possible National Emergency Declaration WaPo Exposé on Trump’s Undocumented Workers: “They treated us like slaves” ICYMI: Brownstein and Sargent: Trump’s...
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Today’s hearing in the House Energy and Commerce committee was the first hearing on family separations called by the new Democratic House majority. Oversight was the name of the game: what objections to the Trump Administration’s zero tolerance policy were raised, and who knew about it? On the GOP...
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Read piece here Austin, TX – There have been a number of powerful responses to the President’s lies about crime, immigration and border issues in El Paso, Texas during his State of the Union address. In a piece published in Texas Monthly yesterday, Chris Hooks outlines just how President...
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding an oversight hearing today on the horrors of the Trump administration’s devastating family separation policy, following an unbelievable display of hypocrisy from Trump during his State of the Union address. As America’s Voice Deputy Director Pili Tobar put it: If Trump...
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America’s Voice ICYMI Texas Monthly: For Trump, Texas is a Backdrop, a Prop, Set-Decoration and Nothing More Ahead of Family Separation Hearing, Rachel Maddow Highlights Trump’s Hypocrisy and Convenient Amnesia English Black Star News DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED HOUSE TO START OVERSIGHT HEARINGS ON TRUMP FAMILY SEPARATION AGENDA February 06, 2019 Politico...
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“This is the start of the accountability process to understand what’s happening, the damage being done, and how we may correct and prevent it in the future.” – Ur Jaddou, DHS Watch Tomorrow (Feb.7), the new House Democratic majority will hold its first hearing on the inhumane Trump...
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“Haitian who started martial arts school for kids says Trump needs to rethink immigration policy” Present at last night’s State of the Union was Gerald Michaud. He is a husband, father, martial arts teacher, and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holder. In a New York Daily News article by Michael...
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Last night, Albertina Contreras Teletor and Yakelin Garcia Contreras, a mother and daughter who were separated at the southern border due to the administration’s family separation policy, sat in the House gallery as guests of Senator Jeff Merkley for the State of the Union address. Albertina and Yakelin listened...
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