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15 Apr 2021

Tucker Carlson wants to convert empathy for migrants into hatred of Democrats

Last week, you may recall, Carlson successfully managed to draw attention to himself by embracing the idea that immigration to the United States would functionally “replace” Americans who already live here. He presented this as simply an observation about voting patterns, but even he recognized that his rhetoric overlapped with views held by white nationalists.
Last week, you may recall, Carlson successfully managed to draw attention to himself by embracing the idea that...
23 Mar 2021

Inside the Biden administration’s failure to contain the border surge

Immigration has emerged as one of the administration’s most urgent challenges — seized on by Republicans as a political cudgel, posing risks to Democrats in the 2022 midterms and potentially undermining Biden’s governing agenda.
Immigration has emerged as one of the administration’s most urgent challenges — seized on by Republicans as a...
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11 Mar 2021

Biden administration won’t defend Trump immigration rule – The Washington Post

A Trump-era immigration rule denying green cards to immigrants who use public benefits like food stamps has been dealt likely fatal blows after the Biden administration dropped legal challenges, including before the Supreme Court
A Trump-era immigration rule denying green cards to immigrants who use public benefits like food stamps has been dealt...
17 Feb 2021

Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigration

President Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure at the border.  While Biden has taken some major steps in his first weeks in office to reverse Trump’s hardline immigration policies, his administration hasn’t lifted some of the most significant barriers to asylum-seekers.  In fact, it’s discouraging people from coming to the country, hoping to avoid what happened under both Trump and former President Barack Obama — border agents getting overwhelmed by migrants, including many Central Americans with children.
President Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure at the border.  While Biden has taken some major steps in his first...
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28 Jan 2021

Trump agreements seek to tie Biden’s hands on immigration

During the Trump administration’s final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden’s efforts to undo his predecessor’s immigration policies
During the Trump administration’s final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at...
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26 Jan 2021

Democrats start reining in expectations for immigration bill

New President Joe Biden unveiled a bold immigration plan just days ago.  It’s taken only days for Democrats gauging how far President Joe Biden’s bold immigration proposal can go in Congress to acknowledge that if anything emerges, it will likely be significantly more modest.
New President Joe Biden unveiled a bold immigration plan just days ago.  It’s taken only days for Democrats...
31 Oct 2020

House Democrats call Trump’s family separations reckless incompetence and intentional cruelty

House Judiciary Committee released report Tuesday morning on the government’s “zero tolerance” policy that separated thousands of children from their families at the U.S. border.
House Judiciary Committee released report Tuesday morning on the government’s “zero tolerance” policy that...
20 Oct 2020

What the Supreme Court’s rulings mean for the 2020 Census and Trump attempt to exclude the undocumented from the count

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court’s order that sought to block the administration’s effort to omit unauthorized immigrants when allocating House seats.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court’s order that sought to block the administration’s effort to...
10 Oct 2020

New report on Trump child separation policy makes it clear that cruelty was always the point

In response to feigned surprise over administration actions that result in human suffering and death, critics of the Trump administration have been inclined to respond, “cruelty is the point.” In other words, policy decisions are not made despite consequences for vulnerable people; they are made with the intent to inflict hardship so as to serve administration objectives (e.g., deporting “dreamers” to fend off future illegal immigration). Nowhere is this more evident than in the immoral and un-American child separation policy.
In response to feigned surprise over administration actions that result in human suffering and death, critics of the...
6 Oct 2020

Pence ordered borders closed after CDC experts refused

Two former U.S. health officials tell AP that Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively seal the borders against immigrants and asylum seekers over the objections of its scientists
Two former U.S. health officials tell AP that Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease...
28 Aug 2020

The RNC celebrated immigrants last night. To a dreamer watching, it rang very hollow

The first lady’s “dream, her story, is idolized,” Gomez said. “It’s like, ‘Oh, wow, she studied and became a U.S. citizen.’ But a father fleeing violence from his home country in Latin America, dreaming of the American Dream, he is a criminal. Why is she idolized and others are not?”
The first lady’s “dream, her story, is idolized,” Gomez said. “It’s like, ‘Oh, wow, she studied and became a...
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22 Aug 2020

The Trump administration’s no blanks policy is the latest Kafkaesque plan designed to curb immigration

Last fall, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services introduced perhaps its most arbitrary, absurd modification yet to the immigration system: It began rejecting applications unless every single field was filled in, even those that obviously did not pertain to the applicant.
Last fall, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services introduced perhaps its most arbitrary, absurd modification yet to...
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15 Aug 2020

Top DHS officials Wolf and Cuccinelli are not legally eligible to serve in their current roles, GAO finds

The U.S. Government Accountability Office found that Department of Homeland Security acting secretary Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli, effectively the agency's second-in-command, are serving under an "invalid order of succession." The GAO said it was referring the matter to DHS's inspector general for further review.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office found that Department of Homeland Security acting secretary Chad Wolf and Ken...
29 Feb 2020

Remain in Mexico immigration program dwindles as Trump administration deports more migrants using new policies

Central American asylum seekers are frequently being sent to Guatemala to pursue their claims there, and others are swiftly facing deportation instead of waiting for U.S. court dates.
Central American asylum seekers are frequently being sent to Guatemala to pursue their claims there, and others are...
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25 Feb 2020

This latest trick from the Trump administration is one of the most despicable yet

A new policy is keeping hundreds of families from obtaining visas. Over the past few months, the Trump administration has quietly been rolling out a Kafkaesque new processing policy for select categories of visas: If any fields on a form are left blank, it will automatically be rejected. Even if it makes no sense for the applicant to fill out that field.
A new policy is keeping hundreds of families from obtaining visas. Over the past few months, the Trump administration...
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8 Jan 2020

Advocates allege delays at U.S. border for travelers linked to Iran, a claim the government denies

Travelers said agents in Washington state asked unusual questions of Iranian Americans and detained families for many hours. U.S. officials say it was because of low staffing and high traffic.
Travelers said agents in Washington state asked unusual questions of Iranian Americans and detained families for many...
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17 Aug 2019

Even before the El Paso mass shooting, Latinos said Trump’s anti immigrant rhetoric made them feel unsafe

From the moment presidential candidate Donald Trump announced his campaign with incendiary language about Mexican immigrants, Latinos have been worried about how such characterizations would affect them as one of the nation's fastest-growing populations.
From the moment presidential candidate Donald Trump announced his campaign with incendiary language about Mexican...
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