“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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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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A recording of the call is available here. Earlier today, undocumented immigrants, advocates, attorneys, and immigration stakeholders gathered on a press call to discuss how immigrant taxes are found to be in the billions but President Donald Trump pays little to none in taxes. Time and time again, we...
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Xenophobia remains Donald Trump’s political comfort food. It’s his signature policy issue. He ran on it in 2016 and 2018. It’s a major topic in his 2020 rally speeches. So while immigration is not on the formal agenda tonight, don’t be surprised if he brings it up. In case...
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While Donald Trump seeks reelection in the race against Democrat Joe Biden, the question is, as in the 2016 cycle, why a percentage of Latinos continue supporting a president who has offended the Latino community with rhetoric and public policy; who has flirted with white supremacists; who is anti-immigrant...
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They’re Not Alone – Undocumented Immigrants Pay $11.7 Billion in Taxes Annually After the revelations broke last night about Donald Trump’s taxes, one of the former Trump undocumented workers that he exploited took to Twitter to highlight her own tax payments and the fact that Trump’s undocumented workers paid...
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Since announcing his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has often used immigrants as a scapegoat for problems in American society with outrageous claims that immigrants don’t pay taxes and leech off the system. After revelations broke last night about Donald Trump’s own financial issues, many immigrants and allies took to...
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