GOP Mostly Silent, While Iowa’s Largest Newspaper Calls for Republicans to Oppose His Re-Election Despite Steve King’s openly white nationalist comments, the vast majority of Republicans are content to ignore King’s comments or issue mealy-mouthed statements that show no backbone (looking at you, Speaker Ryan.) In an interview with Fox...
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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is at it again and in the news for incredibly racist remarks, this time saying that non-white Americans are all basically “someone else’s babies”. We in the immigration reform movement are well acquainted with Steve King and his antics, so here are some quick links on...
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White nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiments have a long and sordid history in America. But the election of Donald Trump and Trump’s immigration policy agenda has breathed new life into these movements, giving nativists newfound access and simpatico allies in the White House, and providing new cover for openly racist...
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A New Jersey grandfather was given a two month stay of deportation today — after a rally that featured Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Cardinal Joseph Tobin, Archbishop of Newark, dozens of other clergy and immigration advocates from PICO National Network. Grandfather of Four and US-based for 25 Years Catalino...
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Despite claims that they are going after “bad hombres,” every day offers new and heartbreaking evidence that the “unshackled” ICE and CBP agents that make up Trump’s deportation force are detaining and deporting non-criminal undocumented immigrants with U.S. citizen children and deep ties to America. Families line up to...
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As the Trump Administration moves forward on its mass deportation immigration vision, new polling from Quinnipiac shows that the vast majority of Americans back immigrant legalization, and is the latest reminder that Trump’s extremism on immigration is at odds with the wishes of most Americans. 63% of Americans support citizenship;...
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Budgets reflect choices and values. Evidently, the Trump Administration is more committed to waging war on immigrants and refugees than in funding the war on terrorism. The federal budget proposal that will be released in the coming days will reportedly slash funding for TSA, the Coast Guard, rail security...
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Disturbing stories of individuals and families directly affected by the Trump Administration’s immigration policies continue to arise. Below are just some examples from the past few days. These stories beg the question: why are these the people the Trump Administration wants out of America? Doctors Who Want to Serve America...
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When it comes to US immigration policy, what Trump has said is that he wants to deport “bad hombres” in order to better protect Americans. What Trump, abetted by DHS Secretary John Kelly, has done in practice is devise and implement some of the cruelest possible ways to sow...
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Yesterday, we assessed that the latest Muslim and refugee ban is still a “cruel, chaotic, and dangerous affront to the principles our country was founded on.” Given that internal DHS analyses undercut the supposed national security rationales for the policies, we noted that the motivations behind the ban traced back...
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