English Midland Reporter Telegram No deal: Congress moves to avert border wall shutdown By Kevin Diaz December 19, 2018 Bloomberg (Opinion) Trump Is Making Americans More Immigrant-Friendly By Francis Wilkinson December 19, 2018 Wall Street Journal Homeland Security Chief Set to Testify on Child’s Death at Border By Joshua...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, in response to the announcement that a short-term spending measure will be approved by Congress in order to keep the federal government open until early February — without funding for Trump’s border wall. A huge shout-out...
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By Following Miller’s Advice, Trump and GOP on a Political and Policy Losing Streak The news of the short-term continuing resolution to fund the government, and not Trump’s border wall, represents another high-profile failure for President Trump’s reliance on xenophobia — and for his chief advisor and head cheerleader...
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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...
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Yesterday, after reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were again illegally turning away asylum seekers, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Nanette D. Barragán (CA-44) went to the border and tried to investigate. Gomez and Barragán met 19 asylum seekers at the Otay Mesa port of entry, located...
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America’s Voice Members of Congress Waited With Migrants Seeking Asylum. It took Them 20 Hours and a Cold Wait Overnight Trump’s Border Wall Shutdown: The Numbers Don’t Add Up Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions in the New York Times: Trump Thinks He’s Still Winning on Immigration English Associated Press...
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David Drucker of the Washington Examiner writes a new piece with the headline neither Donald Trump or Stephen Miller wants to see and White House enablers are afraid to repeat. The headline: “Leading GOP pollster: Trump’s focus on immigration sunk House majority.” Drucker quotes findings from leading Republican operative...
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A new must-read analysis by the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent, titled “The signs are mounting: Trump has been badly weakened. It will get worse for him,” captures why the Trump administration’s plan to shut down the government over his wasteful and offensive border wall ignores the 2018 midterm results,...
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Another Tragic Incident Exemplifying the Glaring Need for CBP Detention Overhaul and Robust Structures of Accountability and Transparency We now know her name: Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin. According to the Washington Post, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disclosed that a “A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died...
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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...
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