From the start of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s first campaign in 2015 (when he descended the escalators of Trump Tower and called Mexican immigrants criminals and “rapists”) to the present day, over and over and over again Trump has pointed to President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1954 mass deportation...
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Washington, DC —Donald Trump’s offensive appearance at a conference of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) dominated follow-up news coverage (see here for the immediate reaction of Vanessa Cárdenas, as quoted by the New York Times). Of note and worth specific mention was the way the attendees rejected...
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Five years ago, on August 3, a man from Texas radicalized by white nationalist and antisemitic conspiracy theories drove hundreds of miles to murder 23 people and injure 26 more who were shopping at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. He had been obsessed with a so-called “Hispanic invasion”...
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Trump and Project 2025’s plan to rip apart American families and wreck the economy As the placards and party platform at that Republican convention made abundantly clear for any remaining doubters, mass deportation is the signature issue for the GOP in 2024. Donald Trump and JD Vance appeared in...
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“Mass Deportations Now!” was the message of the signs waved by delegates to the Republican National Convention. The ugly speeches from the stage echoed similar messages. But, we are starting to see some slight indications that some Republicans are sensing that its horrific mass deportation plans to round up...
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The Trump administration’s inhumane and traumatic family separation policy was and remains indefensible – and it’s front and center again as convicted felon Donald Trump pursues his mass deportation agenda. But that cruel program’s unpopularity is probably why Donald Trump Jr. couldn’t defend it and instead resorted to lies...
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The key things to know about Trump’s VP pick Donald Trump’s choice of J.D. Vance is a signal that there will not be a change in tone after the shooting incident on July 13, 2024. The junior Senator from Ohio had one of the most combative reactions. He falsely,...
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No doubt we’ll hear a lot about immigrants during the GOP convention in Milwaukee this week. Expect a lot of the usual xenophobic rhetoric. But don’t expect an acknowledgement of the role immigrants play in “America’s Dairyland.” It’s an open secret that across Wisconsin, industries like dairy rely on...
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Jul 12, 2024
The Project 2025 immigration agenda was written by white nationalist and is a white nationalist vision for America Overview Project 2025 is a radical plan geared for a potential second Trump term and setting the agenda for the right. Broadly expansive, Project 2025 targets immigrants and anyone who looks...
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The first 2024 presidential debate, taking place Thursday evening in Atlanta, will likely feature two contrasting visions for America. President Joe Biden introduced legislation featuring a pathway to citizenship soon after taking office and has, in recent weeks, announced action to protect hundreds of thousands of eligible undocumented spouses...
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