President-elect Donald Trump confirmed reports that he plans to declare a legally dubious national emergency when he returns to power in January 2025, this time in order to carry out the “bloody” detention and mass deportation of millions of our undocumented neighbors, and likely some U.S. citizens as well....
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NPR reports that as neighborhoods in the Los Angeles metropolitan area faced destruction due to a series of historic and deadly wildfires, immigrants gathered buckets and hoses to help try to stop the devastation from spreading. Housekeeper Maria Garcia, who is undocumented, said she doesn’t even live in the...
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In a frightening preview of the incoming administration’s “bloody” mass detention and deportation agenda across the nation, Border Patrol agents in unmarked vehicles have reportedly been carrying out ugly, racially profiled raids in California’s agricultural heartland, including stalking immigrants outside of stores popular among farmworkers. This early example of...
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Donald Trump and his allies have been claiming their “bloody” mass deportation agenda will prioritize criminals. As incoming “border czar” Tom Homan claimed, the focus will be on the “worst first.” But their day-one plans and prior track record tells the exact opposite story. The incoming administration’s top priority...
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Jan 13, 2025
Donald Trump selected former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his latest nominee for U.S. Attorney General, following his disastrous pick of disgraced former Congressman Matt Gaetz for the position. Bondi was the state’s attorney general from 2011 to 2019, and has more recently been affiliated with the America...
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Jan 10, 2025
Donald Trump has nominated America First Policy Institute (AFPI) founder and former Trump administration official Brooke Rollins as his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees our nation’s food and farm supply, nutritional programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and houses the U.S. Forest...
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Washington, DC — As the “Laken Riley Act” moves toward a procedural vote in the Senate, key voices are highlighting how the public description of the bill and its supposed focus are dangerously mismatched to the actual legislative text. The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director...
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House and Senate Republicans eagerly sought to pass anti-immigrant legislation at the start of 2025 before Donald Trump was sworn into office. Reviving a bad bill introduced last year meant to jumpstart mass roundups and detentions, further scapegoat immigrants, and empower zealous Attorneys General adding to the chaos of...
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This week marked the first special elections of 2025 with legislative races in Virginia. These first results in the wake of the November 2024 election can help provide some clarity to the current political moment. Democrats won two key races and will hold their majorities in the Virginia State...
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Donald Trump nominated former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott for the new commissioner of the parent agency Customs and Border Protection (CBP), seeking the return of one of the most ardent defenders of the border policies from his first administration. Scott, a career official who was promoted by the...
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