U.S. citizenship will be no guarantee of protection for many people of color if indicted former President Donald Trump and white nationalist aide Stephen Miller return to the White House in January 2025 to carry out their mass-purging of millions of workers and families from their homes, jobs, and...
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Washington, DC — Weeks after the chilling story from TIME detailed Trump and his allies’ mass-deportation vision and as attention continues to focus on the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 (see Niskanen Center analysis here), there is more concrete attention being paid to the stakes and potential damage to the...
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Republican battleground Members, particularly those representing heavily-Latino districts, must be forced to be on the record if they support the targeting of their communities for mass round-ups The Biden campaign marked the sixth anniversary of the Trump administration’s official announcement that it would be the official policy of...
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Written by David Leopold The restraints held back the worst excesses that soiled the previous promises of mass deportation will no longer be in place. During Donald Trump’s first campaign, he repeatedly vowed to deport all undocumented immigrants. For example, in June of 2015, he told CNN’s Dana Bash,...
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Washington, DC — The scope of Donald Trump’s second-term immigration vision is sweeping and would be devastating – not just for immigrants but also for the rest of the nation and its economy and key industries. It would deal a blow to economic vitality, community safety, and core American...
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Washington, DC – This week, Democratic lawmakers, immigration policy advocates, and directly impacted community members called on Congress and President Biden to lean in and take action to deliver progress on immigration through a balanced approach that connects with most Americans and contrasts with Republicans’ extremism. According to Vanessa...
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SHOT: Over the course of recent interviews and conversations with TIME, former U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his vision for an “imperial presidency” that includes a draconian scheme to deport over 11 million immigrants—a move that would not only decimate our nation’s economy but also strongly undermine the very...
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Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: This May 1st, in an election year, reminded us of the importance of essential immigrant workers and how urgent...
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Republican 2024 presidential nominee Donald Trump and his white nationalist aide Stephen Miller have promised to take their anti-immigrant and nativist assault to a new level of chaos and discrimination in a potential second term, proudly and frequently invoking plans for the “largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”...
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Washington, DC — In a new cover story interview in TIME, Donald Trump outlines a chilling view of his potential second term, including new details on his plans to rely on the military and law enforcement to conduct a mass purge and roundup of immigrants throughout America (see excerpts...
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