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This thread is about Trump policies and lies, particularly pertaining to the immigration and border policies and attempts to dismantle our immigration system, and their attempts to deport and harass refugee populations here under U.S. protection.
#NoWall #WhereAreTheChildren
#NoWall #WhereAreTheChildren
Trumpâs Office of Refugee Resettlement Budgeted for a Surge in Child Separations by stealing funds for refugees and HIV/AIDS patients to cover the possible costs.
YOU DON'T COMMIT TWO MORE ATROCITIES TO CLEAN UP ONE! https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/trumps-office-of-refugee-resettlement-is-budgeting-for-a-surge-in-child-separations.html
YOU DON'T COMMIT TWO MORE ATROCITIES TO CLEAN UP ONE! https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/trumps-office-of-refugee-resettlement-is-budgeting-for-a-surge-in-child-separations.html
The Office of Refugee Resettlement is preparing for another possible surge in family separations. Internal documents show the ORR is preparing to handle the detention of thousands more immigrant children under Trump administrationâs border policies. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/trumps-office-of-refugee-resettlement-is-budgeting-for-a-surge-in-child-separations.html
One of Trump's first actions in office was to take a portrait of Andrew Jackson out of storage and install it in a place of honor.
This is why:
This is why:
"We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period," Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen claimed. So either she was lying or really needed to talk to Sessions, Trump, SHS, Nikki Haley, and pretty much EVERYBODY else. https://n.pr/2JKWiKg
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen privately told lawmakers family separations (the ones she claims do not happen or exist) could resume despite the president signing an executive order to end the practice. http://thehill.com/homenews/house/393563-dem-lawmaker-dhs-secretary-said-trump-administration-could-resume-family
Does anybody else think that perhaps Kirstjen Nielsen doesn't really understand what her job is supposed to entail?
#kirstjennielsen #TrumpKnew #HeKnew #TreasonousTrump
DHS to ask Congress for sweeping authority to deport unaccompanied migrant children
#kirstjennielsen #TrumpKnew #HeKnew #TreasonousTrump
DHS to ask Congress for sweeping authority to deport unaccompanied migrant children
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's proposal also includes the ability to hold families in detention longer than currently permitted. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/dhs-ask-congress-sweeping-authority-deport-unaccompanied-migrant-children-n988651?cid=mob_npd_nn_and_mar
This happened two days AFTER Trump signed that EO. This grandmother, fleeing cartel violence which killed much of her family, had her granddaughter taken from her despite having paperwork showing she is her legal guardian, and now has NO idea where she is. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asylum-applicant-seeks-news-of-3-year-old-granddaughter-taken-away/
HHS Sec Alex Azar testified before Congress that if they wanted kids returned to their families it will require legislation. Otherwise, Trump will continue to have families held & children separated, & "no one is getting a kid back unless theyâre on the way out of the country."
Top official, HHS Sec Alex Azar, claimed government can't reunite migrant families under current law: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/legal-challenges/394174-azar-hhs-cant-reunite-families-under-current-law
The ACLU confirms there is NO law that requires the forced separation of children from their parents.
The UN has condemned this as a human rights violation, and so you withdrew from the Human Rights Commission. You are all cowards and terrorists. https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1007372994975555584
The UN has condemned this as a human rights violation, and so you withdrew from the Human Rights Commission. You are all cowards and terrorists. https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1007372994975555584
U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw, issued a preliminary injunction on June 26th of 2017 requiring that nearly all children under 5 be returned to their parents within 14 days & that older children be returned within 30 days.
They failed to do this. https://politi.co/2KejGA8
They failed to do this. https://politi.co/2KejGA8
Judge Says Immigrants Losing Protected Status Can Sue Trump Administration: The suit alleges that President Donald Trump's stated reasons for ending Temporary Protected Status are a âsmokescreenâ for a racist immigration agenda. https://www.colorlines.com/articles/judge-says-immigrants-losing-protected-status-can-sue-trump-administration
Judge blocks Trump from ending protections for 300,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan. https://politi.co/2zQKQq3 via @politico
Amid border wall shutdown, Trump golf club fired undocumented workers, report says https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/27/trump-golf-club-undocumented-workers/2694720002/ via @usatoday
After much sidestepping, a lawyer representing Melania Trumpâs parents confirmed that they obtained U.S. citizenship through âchain migration,â that the president says brings "truly evil" people to the U.S. http://www.newsweek.com/melania-trump-parents-chain-migration-president-1067121
19 ICE Agents Call to Abolish and Reform Agency in Letter to Homeland Security Head Kirstjen Nielsen outlining how Trump's vendetta against immigrants makes them unable to handle other law enforcement duties http://www.newsweek.com/abolish-ice-agents-homeland-security-1001602
When ICE Comes to Town - Families separated, jobs lost and towns in turmoil: How a quiet corner of eastern Tennessee was turned upside down by Trumpâs immigration forces https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ice-raid-tennessee-769293/ via @RollingStone
Why are we putting detention camps on military bases? What is Trump hiding?
"It smacks of totalitarianism,â said Steve Kleinman, a retired Air Force colonel and military intelligence officer. https://www.thedailybeast.com/detention-camps-on-military-bases-smacks-of-totalitarianism-troops-say
"It smacks of totalitarianism,â said Steve Kleinman, a retired Air Force colonel and military intelligence officer. https://www.thedailybeast.com/detention-camps-on-military-bases-smacks-of-totalitarianism-troops-say
Tent cities cost millions more than keeping migrant kids with parents https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/immigration-border-crisis/trump-admin-s-tent-cities-cost-more-keeping-migrant-kids-n884871 via @nbcnews
"ICE just does not have the money for that." https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-family-detention-policy-cost-billions-dollars-ice_us_5b3186eae4b0b5e692f0ba3f?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 via @HuffPostPol
Customs and Border Protection paid nearly $14 million for recruitment help of 7500 border agents but got only two accepted job offers. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-administration-paid-company-14-million-recruit-2-border-agents_us_5c0f2f73e4b08bcb27ebbbc9?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 via @HuffPostPol
Trump administration diverted nearly $10 million from FEMA to ICE detention program, according to DHS document https://wapo.st/2x6ZHtO?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.27ea40cee123
ICE quietly stole $200 million from FEMA, the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, Coast Guard, Transportation Security Admin., cybersecurity office & Customs & Border Protection to hide budget issues. https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/12/politics/ice-more-money-fema-dhs/index.html
Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees: refugees added $63 billion to US economy over the past decade. The Trump WH then killed the report they ordered and demanded it be manipulated to only show costs and not profits. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/us/politics/refugees-revenue-cost-report-trump.html
Trump keeps mentioning taped up women at the border. Experts have no idea what heâs talking about. -- Some people are saying he got this lie from Sicario: Day of the Soldado! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/17/trumps-stories-taped-up-women-smuggled-into-us-are-divorced-reality-experts-say/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.fae2bda81efd
1-Year-Old Baby Appears In Immigration Court, Cries Hysterically -- The judge said he was âembarrassedâ to ask if the boy understood the proceedings.
He should be embarrassed just being there. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/year-old-baby-appears-in-immigration-court_us_5b4290e3e4b07b827cc1e76c
He should be embarrassed just being there. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/year-old-baby-appears-in-immigration-court_us_5b4290e3e4b07b827cc1e76c
The 1-year-old boy in a green button-up shirt drank milk from a bottle, played with a small purple ball that lit up when it hit the ground and occasionally asked for âagua.â https://www.apnews.com/4cb60fc06ca34160bf7445fdc1f47eed
A defendant shows up in immigration court by himself. Heâs 6. https://www.propublica.org/article/6-year-old-in-immigration-court-by-himself-zero-tolerance-family-separation
Justice Dept. preemptively halted legal-advice program for immigrants in detention, creating the current mess where children are forced to represent themselves! https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/justice-dept-to-halt-legal-advice-program-for-immigrants-in-detention/2018/04/10/40b668aa-3cfc-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2ae6f48e34cb
How Trump Weaponized the Governmentâs Refugee Resettlement Agency https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/how-trump-weaponized-governments-refugee via @aclu
Immigrants under Catch and Release were showing up to 96 to 99% of their appointments and court dates, under Obama, before Trump ended that program and created the current nightmare: https://www.statesman.com/news/20180629/politifact-most-immigrants-make-their-court-dates
Trump: "We're the only country in the world where a person comes in & has a baby, & the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States... with all of those benefits,"
30+ countries, most in the Western Hemisphere, provide birthright citizenship. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-birthright-citizenship
30+ countries, most in the Western Hemisphere, provide birthright citizenship. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-birthright-citizenship
Three high-profile immigrant rights organizations sent a joint letter to DHS accusing ICE of detaining an "alarming" number of infants (some as young as 5 months old) at a Texas detention center without providing the legally-required level of care. http://www.newsweek.com/ice-detaining-alarming-number-infants-young-5-years-old-immigration-groups-1348648
This is NOT what ICE is supposed to be doing! Not at ALL!
ICE Has Kept Tabs on âAnti-Trumpâ Protestors in New York City
Documents reveal that the immigration enforcement agency has been keenly attuned to left-leaning protests in the city. https://www.thenation.com/article/ice-immigration-protest-spreadsheet-tracking/
ICE Has Kept Tabs on âAnti-Trumpâ Protestors in New York City
Documents reveal that the immigration enforcement agency has been keenly attuned to left-leaning protests in the city. https://www.thenation.com/article/ice-immigration-protest-spreadsheet-tracking/
Several people on the list told NBC News they were questioned at the border as part of what U.S. border agents called a "national security investigation." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/u-s-officials-made-list-reporters-lawyers-activists-question-border-n980301
The US Compiled A Secret List Of Journalists, Attorneys, & Activists To Question At The Border
"It starts to smack of dictatorship or the persecution of actors & press during the red scare," a senior ICE official not involved in the matter said. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/government-list-journalists-border-immigration-question
"It starts to smack of dictatorship or the persecution of actors & press during the red scare," a senior ICE official not involved in the matter said. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/government-list-journalists-border-immigration-question
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is closing ALL 21 international field offices, slowing processing of family visa applications, foreign adoptions, & citizenship petitions from military members & making applying to immigrate from abroad difficult. https://politi.co/2Hv1Gik
Trump administration preparing to close ALL international immigration offices https://wapo.st/2J7WRhi?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.f9adbcd77ac6
Trump Shut Programs to Counter Violent Extremism
The administration has hobbled the infrastructure designed to prevent atrocities like Pittsburgh and Christchurch. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/trump-shut-countering-violent-extremism-program/574237/
The administration has hobbled the infrastructure designed to prevent atrocities like Pittsburgh and Christchurch. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/trump-shut-countering-violent-extremism-program/574237/
A Database Showed Far-Right Terror on the Rise. Then Trump Defunded It. https://newrepublic.com/article/152675/database-showed-far-right-terror-rise-trump-defunded-it
Remember when Trump spoke of sending "volunteers" to the border?
This is what becomes of that:
The FBI arrested a member of an armed militia that detained hundreds of migrants at the border, the New Mexico attorney general's office said 4.21.19. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/20/us/border-militia-arrests/index.html
This is what becomes of that:
The FBI arrested a member of an armed militia that detained hundreds of migrants at the border, the New Mexico attorney general's office said 4.21.19. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/20/us/border-militia-arrests/index.html
Homeland Security Disbands Domestic Terror Intelligence Unit https://www.thedailybeast.com/homeland-security-disbands-domestic-terror-intelligence-unit?source=twitter&via=desktop via @thedailybeast
Trump told propaganda site Breitbart he is "very seriously" considering designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorists in interview filled with racism and fearmongering. https://wapo.st/2TKX5z7?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.ec86e264cf03
The UN Is Investigating the US for Potential Human Rights Violations. Trump Is Stonewalling. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/01/the-un-is-investigating-the-us-for-potential-human-rights-violations-trump-is-stonewalling/
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The United States has revoked the entry visa of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, her office said on Thursday, a response to her inquiry into possible war crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-icc-prosecutor/u-s-revokes-icc-prosecutors-entry-visa-over-afghanistan-investigation-idUSKCN1RG2NP
Trump told border agents to break the law and defy judicial orders: https://twitter.com/justinjm1/status/1115345630719877120
Should a president be telling people "go ahead, break the law, I'll pardon you"?
Trump told CBP head he'd pardon him if he were sent to jail for violating immigration law https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/trump-cbp-commissioner-pardon/index.html
Trump told CBP head he'd pardon him if he were sent to jail for violating immigration law https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/12/politics/trump-cbp-commissioner-pardon/index.html
There is no low for a White House that tried to weaponize suffering by releasing immigrant detainees unceremoniously and unannounced onto the streets of #SanctuaryCities to target and harass political foes https://wapo.st/2Ga7ziB?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.ab7e2aebddf5
Trump Wants to Bus Migrants to Sanctuary Cities. The Mayors There Are Fine With It. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wants-to-bus-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities-the-mayors-there-are-fine-with-it?source=twitter&via=desktop
Trump Says the U.S. Is âFull.â Much of the Nation Has the Opposite Problem. https://nyti.ms/2UpZ1hF
Trump Tweets Discredited Right-Wing Meme About âMuslim Prayer Rugsâ at Border https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-tweets-discredited-right-wing-meme-about-muslim-prayer-rugs-at-border?source=twitter&via=desktop
Trump Tells UN to Accept Use of Rape as War Weapon
https://now.org/media-center/press-release/trump-tells-un-to-accept-use-of-rape-as-war-weapon/?fbclid=IwAR0ob0DY9ygMfopcUrti-d1psAeaJvm-x1keKqz-Q3J1VUNKu5PM9CfpvWA
https://now.org/media-center/press-release/trump-tells-un-to-accept-use-of-rape-as-war-weapon/?fbclid=IwAR0ob0DY9ygMfopcUrti-d1psAeaJvm-x1keKqz-Q3J1VUNKu5PM9CfpvWA
Mexican troops accidentally found themselves questioning American soldiers on U.S. soil; global warming has dried up the Rio Grande and made it difficult to identify the border. The situation ended amicably until Trump tried to start trouble about it. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/19/politics/mexican-troops-american-soldiers-border/index.html
Emails show Trump admin had 'no way to link' separated kids to parents https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/emails-show-trump-admin-had-no-way-link-separated-migrant-n1000746 via @nbcnews
This thread highlights people who helped kidnap and jail babies and deserve to never have another decent job again. https://twitter.com/ForstHeld/status/1010199509866033152
This is frightening. The judiciary is THE major way to challenge unfair government over-reach, and Trump wants to effectively remove that very important check and balance.
Trump officials target authority of judges to issue national injunctions https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/442787-trump-admin-to-challenge-authority-of-district-judges-to-issue?fbclid=IwAR0bPGuvkXwRJlJlO4TR_EUiZwROjPLtSB9lUOGB8OXwTSAgCiInKq6BVtc
Trump officials target authority of judges to issue national injunctions https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/442787-trump-admin-to-challenge-authority-of-district-judges-to-issue?fbclid=IwAR0bPGuvkXwRJlJlO4TR_EUiZwROjPLtSB9lUOGB8OXwTSAgCiInKq6BVtc
HUD says 55,000 children (all legal US residents or citizens) could be displaced under Trump plan to evict undocumented immigrants https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/05/10/hud-says-children-could-be-displaced-under-trump-plan-evict-undocumented-immigrants/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.0eb8114e8e2d
This man could go to jail for 20 years for giving migrants food and water | CĂ©sar CuauhtĂ©moc GarcĂa HernĂĄndez https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/10/scott-daniel-warren-migrants-food-water?CMP=share_btn_tw
She Stopped to Help Migrants on a Texas Highway. Moments Later, She Was Arrested. https://nyti.ms/2PW1FGp
A thread about Trump's plans to overhaul the system to prioritize educated white people and demonize refugees and families, all while resolving no actual pressing issues. https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1129032446861819906
Trump Immigration Plan Emphasizes Immigrantsâ Skills Over Family Ties https://nyti.ms/2YsI97B
This serves NO purpose other than to further terrorize and harm immigrants.
HUD Says Its Proposed Limit on Public Housing Aid Could Displace 55,000 Children
#KeepFamiliesTogether https://nyti.ms/2PXkdGp
HUD Says Its Proposed Limit on Public Housing Aid Could Displace 55,000 Children
#KeepFamiliesTogether https://nyti.ms/2PXkdGp
@RepCummings : "The Trump Adminâs rule prohibiting âmixed-status familiesâ from living in public housing is not only cruel, but it will increase costs for HUD & evict tens of thousands of children & families legally dwelling in public housing. We must be better than this."
Trumpâs pick for ICE director: I can tell which migrant children will become gang members by looking into their eyes
"I've looked at them and I've looked at their eyes, Tucker â and I've said that is a soon-to-be MS-13 gang member. It's unequivocal." https://politi.co/2JpsO41
"I've looked at them and I've looked at their eyes, Tucker â and I've said that is a soon-to-be MS-13 gang member. It's unequivocal." https://politi.co/2JpsO41
One of Trump's recent favorite lies is that our country is full.
It makes for great rhetoric.
It's also 100% false:
Sorry, Mr. President, this country is not âfullâ https://wapo.st/2GcPBwe?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.927be0b73d05
It makes for great rhetoric.
It's also 100% false:
Sorry, Mr. President, this country is not âfullâ https://wapo.st/2GcPBwe?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.927be0b73d05
Trump is wrong to say we're 'full.' Across Iowa and rural America, we need immigrants. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/08/trump-wrong-rural-america-not-full-needs-immigrants-column/3394691002/
Kevin Jennings: 'Our country is FULL?' Iâve heard it before https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/kevin-jennings-our-country-is-full-ive-heard-it-before#
Trump Says the U.S. Is âFull.â Much of the Nation Has the Opposite Problem.
An aging population and a declining birthrate among the native-born population mean a shrinking work force in many areas. https://nyti.ms/2UpZ1hF
An aging population and a declining birthrate among the native-born population mean a shrinking work force in many areas. https://nyti.ms/2UpZ1hF
Here is a longer thread on this lie: https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1130124464551866370
Here's video of incompetent clown Ben Carson, Trump's Housing Secretary, being schooled by Rep. Katie Porter over the difference between REOs (a basic real estate term) & Oreo Cookies.
Best people, no?
This is the man about to evict thousands of kids. https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-kathy-porter-shows-ben-carson-housing-secretary-does-not-know-basic-housing-term
Best people, no?
This is the man about to evict thousands of kids. https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-kathy-porter-shows-ben-carson-housing-secretary-does-not-know-basic-housing-term
Immigrant service members are now denied US citizenship at a higher rate than civilians https://taskandpurpose.com/immigrant-service-members-denied-us-citizenship-civilians
Ben Carson may seem comically stupid, but to me he's as evil as the rest. Besides wanting to evict 55k children of migrants, he is supporting a #TransBan in government funded shelters, allowing those running them to discriminate.
#NoTransBan #NoBans https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201904&RIN=2506-AC53
#NoTransBan #NoBans https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201904&RIN=2506-AC53
Here are the facts:
1 in 3 trans people have been homeless in their lives
70% of trans people who have used a shelter have experienced harassment
This is a heartless move against some of our societyâs most vulnerable. #SheltersSaveLives #WontBeErased
1 in 3 trans people have been homeless in their lives 70% of trans people who have used a shelter have experienced harassment This is a heartless move against some of our societyâs most vulnerable. #SheltersSaveLives #WontBeErased
Trump Administration Announces Plan to Gut Protections for Trans People in Shelters https://transequality.org/press/releases/trump-administration-announces-plan-to-turn-homeless-transgender-people-away-from
Proposed HUD rule would strip transgender protections at homeless shelters https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/05/22/proposed-hud-rule-would-strip-transgender-protections-homeless-shelters/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.d4e0ebe0f401
Oh look.
The Trump regime is ordering the military to defy a co-equal branch of government.
Nothing wrong or suspicious about that, right?
Internal memo orders military to restrict information it shares with Congress https://wapo.st/2wcVS6o?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.5480d7c8f96e
The Trump regime is ordering the military to defy a co-equal branch of government.
Nothing wrong or suspicious about that, right?
Internal memo orders military to restrict information it shares with Congress https://wapo.st/2wcVS6o?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.5480d7c8f96e
Trump has personally and repeatedly urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to award a border wall contract to a specific construction firm in North Dakota run by a GOP donor and frequent Fox News guest. https://wapo.st/2wfB2Dx?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.21cd792c9a0c
We used to laugh at Ben Carson.
24 hours after he told Congress he wouldn't, he gutted homeless shelter gender protections. Next he'll be tossing 55k children on the streets as well.
Soon he will have blood on his hands & be a proper Trump appointee. https://thinkprogress.org/ben-carson-guts-transgender-homeless-shelter-protections-f67c648df75d/
24 hours after he told Congress he wouldn't, he gutted homeless shelter gender protections. Next he'll be tossing 55k children on the streets as well.
Soon he will have blood on his hands & be a proper Trump appointee. https://thinkprogress.org/ben-carson-guts-transgender-homeless-shelter-protections-f67c648df75d/
Trump administration rolls back Obama-era health care protections for transgender people
Rights groups denounced the move as a license to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-administration-rolls-back-obama-era-health-care-protections-transgender-n1009851
Rights groups denounced the move as a license to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-administration-rolls-back-obama-era-health-care-protections-transgender-n1009851
The Trump administration is putting LGBTQ immigrants in solitary confinement
Thousands of immigrants are being forced into solitary confinement because they're LGBTQ, disabled, or report abuse from guards. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/05/trump-administration-putting-lgbtq-immigrants-solitary-confinement/?fbclid=IwAR3rPtMs32FP_ZZg2owB1UqR3_6_WtClWkaszu63T0b55MVf6qyD0pI9UsA
Thousands of immigrants are being forced into solitary confinement because they're LGBTQ, disabled, or report abuse from guards. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/05/trump-administration-putting-lgbtq-immigrants-solitary-confinement/?fbclid=IwAR3rPtMs32FP_ZZg2owB1UqR3_6_WtClWkaszu63T0b55MVf6qyD0pI9UsA
Extending 'Zero Tolerance' To People Who Help Migrants Along The Border https://n.pr/2wmQKwJ
Lynne Patton, a regional administrator at HUD, said she "honestly" didn't care if she violated the Hatch Act and attacked her critics as "liberal snowflakes." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lynne-patton-hud-hatch-act_n_5ceb7136e4b0512156f46dae?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004 via @HuffPostPol
Deceased G.O.P. Strategist Thomas B. Hofellerâs Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question
The GOP "Michelangelo of gerrymandering" helped weaponize the census to protect the GOP and disenfranchise hispanic voters. https://nyti.ms/2EFYWg4
The GOP "Michelangelo of gerrymandering" helped weaponize the census to protect the GOP and disenfranchise hispanic voters. https://nyti.ms/2EFYWg4
Xenophobia masquerading as trade policy:
Trump trade adviser says Mexico exports 'illegal aliens' https://thehill.com/latino/446338-trump-trade-adviser-says-mexico-exports-illegal-aliens?fbclid=IwAR0lVrq5PBjd84GxUgSEalv4orIsHR2OJkYfeKFU3po2iQOtvVbHXXyspog
Trump trade adviser says Mexico exports 'illegal aliens' https://thehill.com/latino/446338-trump-trade-adviser-says-mexico-exports-illegal-aliens?fbclid=IwAR0lVrq5PBjd84GxUgSEalv4orIsHR2OJkYfeKFU3po2iQOtvVbHXXyspog
Over 200 Allegations of Abuse of Migrant Children; 1 Case of Homeland Security Disciplining Someone
A federal judge found DHS records disturbing & ordered names of accused agents made public. DHS refuses all the way to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals https://www.propublica.org/article/over-200-allegations-of-abuse-of-migrant-children-1-case-of-homeland-security-disciplining-someone
A federal judge found DHS records disturbing & ordered names of accused agents made public. DHS refuses all the way to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals https://www.propublica.org/article/over-200-allegations-of-abuse-of-migrant-children-1-case-of-homeland-security-disciplining-someone
Trump Administration Separates Some Migrant Mothers From Their Newborns Before Returning Them to Detention
âI donât know if they lose their babies for good,â one doctor said. âBut I do know the process is torturous for them.â https://rewire.news/article/2019/05/28/trump-administration-separates-pregnant-migrants-newborns-before-returning-detention/
âI donât know if they lose their babies for good,â one doctor said. âBut I do know the process is torturous for them.â https://rewire.news/article/2019/05/28/trump-administration-separates-pregnant-migrants-newborns-before-returning-detention/
A full thread on this story by Tatiana, looking in-depth at this article and the utter horror being visited upon pregnant women by the Trump regime's human rights violating Zero Tolerance policy. https://twitter.com/BeautyAbounds4U/status/1135217725108760577
Hundreds of minors held at U.S. border facilities are there beyond legal time limits https://wapo.st/2HJAXye?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.035c7cee0366
Trump weighs plan to choke off asylum for Central Americans
The draft proposal would deny asylum to thousands of migrants waiting just south of the border. https://politi.co/2MfCGja via @politico
The draft proposal would deny asylum to thousands of migrants waiting just south of the border. https://politi.co/2MfCGja via @politico
Stephen Millerâs Racism Might Cause a Recession
How Trumpâs Mexico tariffs could push the U.S. economy over the edge. https://slate.com/business/2019/05/trump-mexico-tariffs-stephen-miller.html via @slate
How Trumpâs Mexico tariffs could push the U.S. economy over the edge. https://slate.com/business/2019/05/trump-mexico-tariffs-stephen-miller.html via @slate
West Wing Xenophobe Stephen Miller Behind Trumpâs Mexico Tariffs https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/05/stephen-miller-mexico-tariffs
This is too horrible for words.
Botched family reunifications left migrant children waiting in vans overnight
Not until 39 hours later & 2 nights passed did the last child step out of those vans to be reunited. Most spent at least 23 hours in the vans. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/botched-family-reunifications-left-migrant-children-waiting-vans-overnight-n1013336
Botched family reunifications left migrant children waiting in vans overnight
Not until 39 hours later & 2 nights passed did the last child step out of those vans to be reunited. Most spent at least 23 hours in the vans. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/botched-family-reunifications-left-migrant-children-waiting-vans-overnight-n1013336
Mexico Will Face Tariffs Next Week, Trump Vows https://nyti.ms/2Z5XefC
GOP lawmakers warn White House theyâll try to block Trumpâs Mexico tariffs https://wapo.st/2Ic5kwc?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.936c6f55dd5e
House Votes to Give âDreamersâ a Path to Citizenship
Mitch McConnell's Senate will likely refuse to hear a vote on it, and Trump is prepared to veto if it does https://nyti.ms/2WfKnWr
Mitch McConnell's Senate will likely refuse to hear a vote on it, and Trump is prepared to veto if it does https://nyti.ms/2WfKnWr
Trump administration halts cruises to Cuba under new rules https://apnews.com/67c721daee8143d4a2e6ee8c401bf215
Credible Fear
Trumpâs calls for a border wall wonât make it harder for domestic violence survivors to find refuge in the U.S.âa new ruling is already doing that. Marie Claire goes to Tijuana to see what women fleeing abuse endure in seeking asylum. https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a27547893/domestic-violence-victims-seeking-asylum-us-border/
Trumpâs calls for a border wall wonât make it harder for domestic violence survivors to find refuge in the U.S.âa new ruling is already doing that. Marie Claire goes to Tijuana to see what women fleeing abuse endure in seeking asylum. https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a27547893/domestic-violence-victims-seeking-asylum-us-border/
Border Patrol searches have increased on Greyhound, other buses far from border
Advocates argue that asking Greyhound passengers about their citizenship can be unconstitutional and involve racial profiling. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/border-patrol-searches-have-increased-greyhound-other-buses-far-border-n1012596
Advocates argue that asking Greyhound passengers about their citizenship can be unconstitutional and involve racial profiling. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/border-patrol-searches-have-increased-greyhound-other-buses-far-border-n1012596
Trump administration cutting education, recreation, legal help at migrant children shelters https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-administration-cutting-education-recreation-legal-help-migrant-children-shelters-n1014316 via @nbcnews
So basically take away all possible comforts and assistance.
Trump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants in U.S. shelters https://wapo.st/2HWrcwM?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.38bfc60c5a88
Trump administration cancels English classes, soccer, legal aid for unaccompanied child migrants in U.S. shelters https://wapo.st/2HWrcwM?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.38bfc60c5a88
"Why do they come," MAGAs ask. "Why do they come, knowing what they face?"
This is why:
âFood Doesnât Grow Here Anymore. Thatâs Why I Would Send My Son North.â
A stark choice for some Guatemalans: watch crops wither, & maybe die with them, or migrate. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/opinion/guatemala-migrants-climate-change.html
This is why:
âFood Doesnât Grow Here Anymore. Thatâs Why I Would Send My Son North.â
A stark choice for some Guatemalans: watch crops wither, & maybe die with them, or migrate. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/opinion/guatemala-migrants-climate-change.html
Remember Donnie claiming at the start of the month how he was totally the best on LGBTQ issues?
Yeah...
The administration is rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow flag on flagpoles during June, #LGBTPrideMonth, say 3 U.S. diplomats. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-tells-u-s-embassies-they-can-t-fly-n1015236
Yeah...
The administration is rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow flag on flagpoles during June, #LGBTPrideMonth, say 3 U.S. diplomats. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-tells-u-s-embassies-they-can-t-fly-n1015236
And here is a related article showing this goes back to 2018 and is really about being generally petty, as it started up after the Orlando night club shooting: https://govtrackinsider.com/old-glory-only-act-would-prevent-rainbow-flags-from-being-flown-at-u-s-embassies-ba1d18631d93?gi=e04f7ec32b9b
How a watchdog whitewashed its oversight of FEMAâs disaster response with "feel good" reports https://wapo.st/2IsaCDY?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.01c2d3e3fb2c
White House Tried to Stop Climate Science Testimony, Documents Show https://nyti.ms/2XxFOrW
âWhen a leader puts people in camps to stay in power, history shows that he doesnât usually stop with the first group he detains.â
Call immigrant detention centers what they really are: concentration camps
Trump Brand #ConcentrationCamps https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-katz-immigrant-concentration-camps-20190609-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0QOHjWZe4stcwSlmbxXabIhVP-UZwyi0zVExe7TuuvL7-FBQ0EiZ6F2IE
Call immigrant detention centers what they really are: concentration camps
Trump Brand #ConcentrationCamps https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-katz-immigrant-concentration-camps-20190609-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0QOHjWZe4stcwSlmbxXabIhVP-UZwyi0zVExe7TuuvL7-FBQ0EiZ6F2IE
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao created special path for husband Mitch McConnellâs favored projects, paving the way for grants totaling $78M to his pet groups & helping improve his profile in his home state of Kentucky prior to election. https://politi.co/2IyHj2B via @politico
Mike Pompeoâs Solution To Dealing With Climate Change: âMove To Different Placesâ
Seriously. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pompeo-climate-change-move-different-places
Seriously. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/pompeo-climate-change-move-different-places
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley didn't bother to ask DHS to prove false claim about migrants 'renting babies' to get across the border into the U.S., but happily helped spread it anyway; this is not the first time he's helped spread such claims. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/6/10/1863887/-Grassley-didn-t-ask-DHS-to-prove-claim-about-migrants-renting-babies-but-helped-spread-it-anyway
Acting Homeland Security chief Kevin McAleenan, who said he can look a child in the eyes and know if they're evil, claimed ads are being run in Central America on TV and radio encouraging illegal immigration, echoing a right-wing conspiracy theory. https://twitter.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1138455958886211584
Many right-wing sources like Brietbart, Fox News, & the Daily Caller are making these false claims. Interestingly, so is Russian state TV:
There is definite evidence the census rigging was racist (see the article in the next post). How can they claim he gets executive privilege?
Trump asserts executive privilege over census citizenship question info as Dems prepare contempt vote https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-asserts-executive-privilege-over-census-citizenship-question-info-dems-n1016721 via @nbcnews
Trump asserts executive privilege over census citizenship question info as Dems prepare contempt vote https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-asserts-executive-privilege-over-census-citizenship-question-info-dems-n1016721 via @nbcnews
Deceased G.O.P. Strategist Thomas B. Hofellerâs Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question
The GOP "Michelangelo of gerrymandering" helped weaponize the census to protect the GOP and disenfranchise hispanic voters. https://nyti.ms/2EFYWg4
The GOP "Michelangelo of gerrymandering" helped weaponize the census to protect the GOP and disenfranchise hispanic voters. https://nyti.ms/2EFYWg4
This is the first post in a detailed thread by @ECMcLaughlin presenting the abominable conditions immigrants are being kept in at the border. They are denied food, water, medicine, & other basic necessities while kept in dangerous locations. https://twitter.com/ECMcLaughlin/status/1139192167501484033
The El Paso, TX, Border Patrol Is Detaining Migrants in âa Human Dog Poundâ of outdoor, open air cages! https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/border-patrol-outdoor-detention-migrants-el-paso/
Fort Sill, the Oklahoma military base that previously imprisoned Geronimo and acted as a WW II concentration camp for Japanese-Americans, is but one of the sites being activated for this. https://time.com/5605120/trump-migrant-children-fort-sill/
Geronimo & Japanese-Americans were imprisoned at Oklahoma's Fort Sill. Now it will hold migrant children â again.
Remember, on military based the press, humanitarian groups, and even drones can be kept away easily. They can do ANYTHING. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/06/12/geronimo-japanese-were-imprisoned-there-now-fort-sill-will-hold-migrant-children-again/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.b9f49e3f8a79
Remember, on military based the press, humanitarian groups, and even drones can be kept away easily. They can do ANYTHING. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/06/12/geronimo-japanese-were-imprisoned-there-now-fort-sill-will-hold-migrant-children-again/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.b9f49e3f8a79
Every step is another violation, and it's about to get worse. Fort Sill is the 1st step. ICE is emptying out their camps to move immigrants onto military bases, where they can completely deny ALL media, humanitarian, & even congressional scrutiny. https://twitter.com/ECMcLaughlin/status/1139192176343044096
First stop for migrant kids: For-profit detention center
For a growing number of migrant children, this is their 1st home in the US: a sprawling campus dotted with beige buildings, massive white tents & metal trailers, next door to a U.S. Air Force base https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-children/first-stop-for-migrant-kids-for-profit-detention-center-idUSKCN1Q3261?fbclid=IwAR2_BhoAjaow4oj3o1-30fHDiSypSNmlBxW2GdhALbFQbE3FNjPWbPtHNmk
For a growing number of migrant children, this is their 1st home in the US: a sprawling campus dotted with beige buildings, massive white tents & metal trailers, next door to a U.S. Air Force base https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-children/first-stop-for-migrant-kids-for-profit-detention-center-idUSKCN1Q3261?fbclid=IwAR2_BhoAjaow4oj3o1-30fHDiSypSNmlBxW2GdhALbFQbE3FNjPWbPtHNmk
ICE's child kidnapping ring is still running, and there is lots of profit to be made in Trump's America:
Here's a List of Companies Making Money From Miami's Child-Migrant Detention Camp http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/these-companies-make-money-from-the-homestead-miami-migrant-camp-11060995 via @miaminewtimes
Here's a List of Companies Making Money From Miami's Child-Migrant Detention Camp http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/these-companies-make-money-from-the-homestead-miami-migrant-camp-11060995 via @miaminewtimes
The U.S. is purging Chinese cancer researchers from top institutions https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-06-13/the-u-s-is-purging-chinese-americans-from-top-cancer-research via @BW
Trump has issued an executive order to slash ALL advisory committees that provide scientific advice by 'at least' one-third.
The Union of Concerned Scientists responds: "It's no longer death by a thousand cuts. It's taking a knife to the jugular.â https://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/448678-trump-directs-agencies-to-cut-advisory-boards-by-at-least-one
The Union of Concerned Scientists responds: "It's no longer death by a thousand cuts. It's taking a knife to the jugular.â https://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/448678-trump-directs-agencies-to-cut-advisory-boards-by-at-least-one
#MigrantPersecutionProtocols #HeardInImmigrationCourt https://twitter.com/ThinkLawLab/status/1140094593079361537
Civil servants worry theyâre being used as pawns in a dangerous asylum program
Asylum officers say theyâre being forced to send some Central Americans to wait in Mexico â even when theyâre in danger of persecution there. https://www.vox.com/2019/5/2/18522386/asylum-trump-mpp-remain-mexico-lawsuit?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Asylum officers say theyâre being forced to send some Central Americans to wait in Mexico â even when theyâre in danger of persecution there. https://www.vox.com/2019/5/2/18522386/asylum-trump-mpp-remain-mexico-lawsuit?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Pay close attention to the tiny, hateful man behind the curtain:
Stephen Miller Planned Mass Arrests of Immigrant Parents & Kids
Kirstjen Nielsen & other top DHS officials blocked his plan targeting thousands for deportation. Those officials are gone. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/05/stephen-miller-dhs-planned-mass-arrests-of-immigrant-parents-and-kids
Stephen Miller Planned Mass Arrests of Immigrant Parents & Kids
Kirstjen Nielsen & other top DHS officials blocked his plan targeting thousands for deportation. Those officials are gone. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/05/stephen-miller-dhs-planned-mass-arrests-of-immigrant-parents-and-kids
Trump vowed Monday to carry out Miller's plans.
This is being compared to Kristallnacht, with good cause. He is demonizing immigrants, branding them "illegal aliens".
But he doesn't have the money or manpower to do this, let alone do it "right". The results will be grotesque.
This is being compared to Kristallnacht, with good cause. He is demonizing immigrants, branding them "illegal aliens".
But he doesn't have the money or manpower to do this, let alone do it "right". The results will be grotesque.
This will inevitably lead to untold bloodshed & human rights violations against immigrants, their families, their friends & neighbors, their communities, & many more caught up in the chaos it will create. https://wapo.st/2MVAj5p?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.2a79901299d7
That will include citizens, as has already happened many times.
Already numerous citizens, including war veterans and the families of fallen heroes, have been jailed for months awaiting deportation.
This will end in infamy.
https://www.kvia.com/news/border/trump-says-ice-to-begin-mass-immigration-arrests-remove-millions-of-illegal-aliens-/1087139298
Already numerous citizens, including war veterans and the families of fallen heroes, have been jailed for months awaiting deportation.
This will end in infamy.
https://www.kvia.com/news/border/trump-says-ice-to-begin-mass-immigration-arrests-remove-millions-of-illegal-aliens-/1087139298
I feel like I need an endless torrent of cursing to accompany this post.
The linked video in it shows A.G. Barr's Dept. of Injustice arguing that "safe and sanitary" conditions for detained minors doesn't mean they need to be able to sleep or wash. https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1141537020390645760
The linked video in it shows A.G. Barr's Dept. of Injustice arguing that "safe and sanitary" conditions for detained minors doesn't mean they need to be able to sleep or wash. https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1141537020390645760
All 3 judges were left incredulous during the hearing.
âYouâre really going to stand up and tell us that being able to sleep isnât a question of safe and sanitary conditions?'â U.S. Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon asked the Justice Departmentâs Sarah Fabian. https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-tell-9th-circuit-detained-kids-safe-and-sanitary-without-soap/
âYouâre really going to stand up and tell us that being able to sleep isnât a question of safe and sanitary conditions?'â U.S. Circuit Judge Marsha Berzon asked the Justice Departmentâs Sarah Fabian. https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-tell-9th-circuit-detained-kids-safe-and-sanitary-without-soap/
These are #ConcentrationCamps.
They serve one purpose: to punish immigrant families & their children for the act of daring to seek refuge here.
Anybody who says otherwise has lost their soul.
They serve one purpose: to punish immigrant families & their children for the act of daring to seek refuge here.
Anybody who says otherwise has lost their soul.
After a week of fearmongering & #Gaslighting, Trump suddenly, for the third time inside a month, made an abrupt about-face on something.
He claims he's rolling back the raids for 2 weeks so Democrats can work out a deal with the GOP. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/president-trump-announces-delay-mass-immigration-raids-were-begin-sunday-n1020671
He claims he's rolling back the raids for 2 weeks so Democrats can work out a deal with the GOP. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/president-trump-announces-delay-mass-immigration-raids-were-begin-sunday-n1020671
The GOP is bound to make a bad-faith offer, the idea being to put all of the onus on the Democrats when he goes through with his plan anyhow. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/22/president-trump-delays-nationwide-ice-raids-aimed-deporting-immigrants/1536497001/
IF he's not lying and planning on going through the #ICEraids anyhow when everybody's guard is down. Now is the time to stay vigilant.
Take nothing Trump claims at face value. Ever. https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/22/politics/ice-raids-sunday-10-cities-donald-trump-defends-arrests/index.html
Take nothing Trump claims at face value. Ever. https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/22/politics/ice-raids-sunday-10-cities-donald-trump-defends-arrests/index.html
There were a lot of prison guards in nazi Germany who were tried and convicted for just "following orders".
"We Have No Choice': Acting ICE Director Defends Planned Immigration Raids https://n.pr/2FoDHj7
"We Have No Choice': Acting ICE Director Defends Planned Immigration Raids https://n.pr/2FoDHj7
What's right isn't always what's legal.
And even when laws are broken, people still have rights & feelings & souls.
They should be treated humanely.
For those "Constitutionalists" who scream "THE LAW", remember the 8th Amendment forbids "cruel and unusual punishment."
And even when laws are broken, people still have rights & feelings & souls.
They should be treated humanely.
For those "Constitutionalists" who scream "THE LAW", remember the 8th Amendment forbids "cruel and unusual punishment."
ALERT: there are several credible reports of immigrants being detained in #AdamsMorgan & other DC locations. Call if you see ICE activity. Undocumented folx, please see attached card for safety guidelines. https://twitter.com/SanctuaryDMV/status/1142590405386616832
The migrant children in tent cities could have a suite at Trump's Washington hotel for rates lower than what the US government spends detaining them https://www.businessinsider.com/detained-kids-could-live-in-trump-hotel-suite-for-less-than-tent-city-2018-6
Border Patrol Allegedly Turning Down Donations of Soap, Diapers, Toys At Texas Facilities Housing Migrant Children https://www.newsweek.com/border-patrol-allegedly-turning-down-donations-soap-diapers-toys-texas-facilities-housing-1445660?fbclid=IwAR3UAoJK1EQynXmNYJgEteyR_N5tS6vZscBnqx2C7PsJXZjyjYWNWzqOSV4
Given how kids in the #TrumpCamps are being treated now, what happens when they run out of money? Or is this just another ploy to fund their heinous tactics?
Trump Official Says U.S. Is Running Out of Money to Shelter Migrant Kids https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-24/azar-says-u-s-is-running-out-of-money-to-shelter-migrant-kids
Trump Official Says U.S. Is Running Out of Money to Shelter Migrant Kids https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-24/azar-says-u-s-is-running-out-of-money-to-shelter-migrant-kids
CBP admits it HAS all it needs, it just won't give it to kids!
"We're using operational funding to provide those things. But those things are available now & they have been continuously. ... But those items, it's important to note, are available now." https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/25/us/border-patrol-donations/index.html
"We're using operational funding to provide those things. But those things are available now & they have been continuously. ... But those items, it's important to note, are available now." https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/25/us/border-patrol-donations/index.html
In a grotesque abuse of power, the Trump Regime is hitting some Immigrants in the U.S. Illegally with fines of up to $500,000 https://n.pr/2LAfom7
Amazon is the invisible backbone behind ICEâs immigration crackdown
Lobbying dollars and a cozy relationship with the government have given the tech giant an outsize influence in the Department of Homeland Security.- via @techreview https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612335/amazon-is-the-invisible-backbone-behind-ices-immigration-crackdown/?utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_share&utm_content=2019-07-03
Lobbying dollars and a cozy relationship with the government have given the tech giant an outsize influence in the Department of Homeland Security.- via @techreview https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612335/amazon-is-the-invisible-backbone-behind-ices-immigration-crackdown/?utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social_share&utm_content=2019-07-03
GAH!
Is there NO law he will not defy? We are being ruled by a petty, lawless tyrant!
Trump says he's considering an executive order to add citizenship question to census https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/07/05/trump-considers-executive-order-to-add-citizenship-question-to-census.html
Is there NO law he will not defy? We are being ruled by a petty, lawless tyrant!
Trump says he's considering an executive order to add citizenship question to census https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/07/05/trump-considers-executive-order-to-add-citizenship-question-to-census.html
BREAKING: @TheJusticeDept says it hasn't decided on whether to adopt "new rationale" for the citizenship question, more discovery would be "premature" in the #2020Census litigation, and the final judgment should remain in place. @CourthouseNews https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1147204991674933248
US government inspectors found people held at DHS border facilities in "standing room only" conditions FOR A WEEK.
"When detainees observed us, they banged on the cell windows, shouted, pressed notes to the window with their time in custody"
Gov Report: https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2019-07/OIG-19-51-Jul19_.pdf
"When detainees observed us, they banged on the cell windows, shouted, pressed notes to the window with their time in custody"
Gov Report: https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2019-07/OIG-19-51-Jul19_.pdf
These are pictures from the actual US government inspector report, PDF linked above.
Trump first claimed this did not happen.
This shows definitively otherwise.
He then said they deserve it for coming here illegally, in the same 3-tweet thread.
They do not.
Nobody does.
Trump first claimed this did not happen.
This shows definitively otherwise.
He then said they deserve it for coming here illegally, in the same 3-tweet thread.
They do not.
Nobody does.
Homeland Security Watchdog Warns Of âSevere Overcrowdingâ At Migrant Detention Centers
An official at a Border Patrol facility told investigators that the migrant crisis is a âticking time bomb.â https://www.huffpost.com/entry/homeland-security-watchdog-warns-overcrowded-migrant-detention_n_5d1bec04e4b03d611643f13a?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004
An official at a Border Patrol facility told investigators that the migrant crisis is a âticking time bomb.â https://www.huffpost.com/entry/homeland-security-watchdog-warns-overcrowded-migrant-detention_n_5d1bec04e4b03d611643f13a?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004
DHS Inspector General Finds 'Dangerous Overcrowding' In Border Patrol Facilities https://n.pr/2FNWXGR
Trump's #gaslighting today in claiming reports corroborated by the DHS itself, journalists, lawyers, and members of Congress is heinous.
And it encourages monstrous behavior from ICE and the BP, behavior like this.
#TrumpLiesMatter #DontLookAway https://twitter.com/jomareewade/status/1144619605480083457
And it encourages monstrous behavior from ICE and the BP, behavior like this.
#TrumpLiesMatter #DontLookAway https://twitter.com/jomareewade/status/1144619605480083457
ICE and FBI find state driverâs license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches
A cache of records shared with The Washington Post reveals that agents are scanning millions of Americansâ faces without their knowledge or consent! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/07/fbi-ice-find-state-drivers-license-photos-are-gold-mine-facial-recognition-searches/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.208623abc877
A cache of records shared with The Washington Post reveals that agents are scanning millions of Americansâ faces without their knowledge or consent! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/07/fbi-ice-find-state-drivers-license-photos-are-gold-mine-facial-recognition-searches/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.208623abc877
ICE Used Facial Recognition to Mine State Driverâs License Databases https://nyti.ms/2XvQ9Uk
So, Trump is going to defy a Supreme Court decision AND Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution and continue to push for his racist census question.
Is anybody surprised? https://wapo.st/32evrfm?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.a8d3da405cfb
Is anybody surprised? https://wapo.st/32evrfm?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.a8d3da405cfb
Justice Department replaces attorneys in census citizenship-question battle https://politi.co/2NGZZTM
Trump wants to invite the press in to see his concentration camps, but only SOME press, and on his terms.
Tyrants and persecutors have a long history of sanitizing press tours: https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1148287930059956225
Tyrants and persecutors have a long history of sanitizing press tours: https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1148287930059956225
According to AG William Barr, Trump's personal attack dog, Trump is going to entirely defy the Supreme Court verdict and add the racist, gerrymandering-enabling citizenship question to the #2020Census anyway! https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/452043-barr-says-trump-admin-can-legally-add-citizenship-question-to-census?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true
Note that claims by Ross that the Census is already being printed run counter to both reports that a budget for materials was NOT approved as of July 1st and their continued insistence they can continue to push for the question.
Trump Lied to the Supreme Court, & 4 Justices Donât Care
The White House insisted allegations that it wanted to add a citizenship question to the survey for political reasons were conspiracy theories, right up until the moment Trump confirmed them. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/trumps-census-case-confession/593488/
The White House insisted allegations that it wanted to add a citizenship question to the survey for political reasons were conspiracy theories, right up until the moment Trump confirmed them. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/trumps-census-case-confession/593488/
Trumpâs continued fight for a citizenship question may be meeting resistance from his own lawyers.
Former DOJ Lawyer Says Census Drama Put Attorneys in âCompletely Untenableâ Position
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/trump-census-william-barr-john-roberts-lawyer-change.html via @slate
Former DOJ Lawyer Says Census Drama Put Attorneys in âCompletely Untenableâ Position
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/trump-census-william-barr-john-roberts-lawyer-change.html via @slate
To get the citizenship question case to SCOTUS more swiftly, the DOJ insisted it must bypass the appeals court so it could make its deadlines.
Its sudden willingness to throw out deadlines and keep fighting means this was all just another lie and excuse. https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1148294719107153923
Its sudden willingness to throw out deadlines and keep fighting means this was all just another lie and excuse. https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1148294719107153923
Congress's bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown set a limit of 40,520 detainees.
ICE instead pushed its detention population to a high of 54,000 people & is opening 3 new centers run by private prison companies; one experienced a violent riot. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/ice-just-quietly-opened-three-new-detention-centers-flouting-congress-limits/
ICE instead pushed its detention population to a high of 54,000 people & is opening 3 new centers run by private prison companies; one experienced a violent riot. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/ice-just-quietly-opened-three-new-detention-centers-flouting-congress-limits/
Read the tweet above, where ICE is already far over the limit given to them by Congress.
Now read this:
U.S. Prepares to Arrest Thousands of Immigrant Family Members https://nyti.ms/32iM09Q
Now read this:
U.S. Prepares to Arrest Thousands of Immigrant Family Members https://nyti.ms/32iM09Q
This is a #FauxNews propaganda piece where even they admit it normally makes no sense to announce #ICEraids ahead of time, giving targets a chance to flee.
Then they pretend not to know why.
The answer is simple, and they know it: FEAR. https://www.foxnews.com/us/why-those-ice-raids-are-being-announced-in-advance
Then they pretend not to know why.
The answer is simple, and they know it: FEAR. https://www.foxnews.com/us/why-those-ice-raids-are-being-announced-in-advance
After a judge denied their efforts to switch their lawyers and Trump threatened an EO to add the racist, gerrymandering citizenship question to the #2020Census, Donnie says he'll seek citizenship info from existing federal records, still ignoring SCOTUS. https://nyti.ms/2JueDd6
Trumpâs Day of Terror
His planned raid against undocumented immigrants on Sunday, July 13th, recalls some of the darkest chapters in American history. https://newrepublic.com/article/154468/trump-ice-immigration-raid-day-terror?fbclid=IwAR3dAO4jHU8NmeJhz1UV59NUkOUxuVVkrHbcKjHSK_YwRgkqoWm2s_Q_vtA
His planned raid against undocumented immigrants on Sunday, July 13th, recalls some of the darkest chapters in American history. https://newrepublic.com/article/154468/trump-ice-immigration-raid-day-terror?fbclid=IwAR3dAO4jHU8NmeJhz1UV59NUkOUxuVVkrHbcKjHSK_YwRgkqoWm2s_Q_vtA
Georgia, 2 other states eyed for permanent child detention centers
Proposals for the new sites in Georgia, Texas and Arizona are for long-term facilities. https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/nation-now/georgia-2-other-states-eyed-for-permanent-child-detention-centers/93-bd8a254f-1aec-4fc4-83a7-0d0fd9cde431?fbclid=IwAR1wIs4kquSPHEDKb-mZpRZkG5Y_kBZkd5XiN-caMMip60Qm7MHIdP7kRYQ
Proposals for the new sites in Georgia, Texas and Arizona are for long-term facilities. https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/nation-now/georgia-2-other-states-eyed-for-permanent-child-detention-centers/93-bd8a254f-1aec-4fc4-83a7-0d0fd9cde431?fbclid=IwAR1wIs4kquSPHEDKb-mZpRZkG5Y_kBZkd5XiN-caMMip60Qm7MHIdP7kRYQ
You don't announce raids ahead of time & then send agents out without warrants after weeks of the opposition prepping people on response and expect them to succeed.
This was always about fearmongering.
"Large-Scale Immigration Raids Fail to Materialize" https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigration-enforcement-raids-begin-in-new-york-11563062969
This was always about fearmongering.
"Large-Scale Immigration Raids Fail to Materialize" https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigration-enforcement-raids-begin-in-new-york-11563062969
The raids were all part of a larger show today playing to his base:
-Tell Dem Congresswomen of color to "go back to their countries"
-Declare Pence's hoax #ConcentrationCamp visit a success
-Release propaganda trying to re-write his bullying & racism https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1150531927188869120
-Tell Dem Congresswomen of color to "go back to their countries"
-Declare Pence's hoax #ConcentrationCamp visit a success
-Release propaganda trying to re-write his bullying & racism https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1150531927188869120
Thank you for showing us who you are.
Resisting monsters is much easier when they pull off their own masks & show us their true faces.
Lindsey Graham States âI Donât Careâ if Migrants are Detained for â400 Daysâ: âWeâre not Going to Let These People Goâ https://www.mediaite.com/tv/lindsey-graham-says-i-dont-care-if-migrants-are-detained-for-400-days-were-not-going-to-let-these-people-go/?fbclid=IwAR3ZHNcE6Awc0OEkYzCu1bggBvvf-HCLt7ZCoZUU5GjeMdsa4HDitY4XPfk
Resisting monsters is much easier when they pull off their own masks & show us their true faces.
Lindsey Graham States âI Donât Careâ if Migrants are Detained for â400 Daysâ: âWeâre not Going to Let These People Goâ https://www.mediaite.com/tv/lindsey-graham-says-i-dont-care-if-migrants-are-detained-for-400-days-were-not-going-to-let-these-people-go/?fbclid=IwAR3ZHNcE6Awc0OEkYzCu1bggBvvf-HCLt7ZCoZUU5GjeMdsa4HDitY4XPfk
This is a rabid xenophobe's dream, forcing refugees to seek shelter in ANY country they pass through to reach us, virtually wiping out ALL U.S. asylum law & allowing Trump's regime to deny hundreds of thousands at once.
It makes a mockery of asylum. https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-central-americans-asylum-protections-20190715-story.html
It makes a mockery of asylum. https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-central-americans-asylum-protections-20190715-story.html
Planned ICE raids show Trump runs the U.S. like his business â with no idea what he's doing https://news.yahoo.com/planned-ice-raids-show-trump-runs-the-us-like-his-business-220201627.html?ncid=facebook_yahoonewsf_akfmevaatca
Interior to move one-fifth of Bureau of Land Managementâs D.C. staff out west as part of larger "reorganization" push
While labeled reorganization, this is designed to punish, frustrate, & pick apart departments and drive people to quit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/07/15/interior-move-one-fifth-bureau-land-managements-dc-staff-out-west-part-larger-reorganization-push/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.58d4424d49f5
While labeled reorganization, this is designed to punish, frustrate, & pick apart departments and drive people to quit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/07/15/interior-move-one-fifth-bureau-land-managements-dc-staff-out-west-part-larger-reorganization-push/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.58d4424d49f5
If enacted, despite being AGAINST laws set down by Congress, this effectively means ONLY Mexicans can seek asylum at the southern border. It makes a mockery of the spirit of asylum. https://wapo.st/2JJjIwP?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.d174866430c1
ICE and Local Cooperation: Spotlight on States https://www.appealpolitics.org/ice-and-states/
Donald Trumpâs grandfather wrote letter begging not to be deported. Here it is
'This is very, very hard for a family. What will our fellow citizens think if honest subjects are faced with such a decree' https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-grandfather-germany-letter-deportation-us-bavaria-dreamers-a7903071.html?fbclid=IwAR1w-bAcsSHnNxE_ud5OMAQ1nPDvnE7prG2jwpC9LF88L9Ol4HuHac_URJk
'This is very, very hard for a family. What will our fellow citizens think if honest subjects are faced with such a decree' https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-grandfather-germany-letter-deportation-us-bavaria-dreamers-a7903071.html?fbclid=IwAR1w-bAcsSHnNxE_ud5OMAQ1nPDvnE7prG2jwpC9LF88L9Ol4HuHac_URJk
Federal judge permanently blocks Trump admin from adding citizenship question to 2020 census https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/16/politics/judge-permanently-blocks-citizenship-question-2020-census/index.html
Private Prison Bosses Beg Taxpayers to Pay Human-Trafficking Lawsuit Bills
In a series of emails, prison execs pleaded with ICE to pick up their multimillion-dollar tab. At the same time, they argued to shareholders that the suits were no big deal. https://www.thedailybeast.com/private-prison-bosses-beg-taxpayers-to-pay-human-trafficking-lawsuit-bills?ref=home
In a series of emails, prison execs pleaded with ICE to pick up their multimillion-dollar tab. At the same time, they argued to shareholders that the suits were no big deal. https://www.thedailybeast.com/private-prison-bosses-beg-taxpayers-to-pay-human-trafficking-lawsuit-bills?ref=home
I don't begin to know what to say about this one, but I think that horrible high-pitched sound in my head might be me screaming.
Times Investigation: Trump administration has gutted programs aimed at detecting weapons of mass destruction https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-homeland-security-wmd-terrorism-20190830-story.html
Times Investigation: Trump administration has gutted programs aimed at detecting weapons of mass destruction https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-homeland-security-wmd-terrorism-20190830-story.html
The Trump regime has been disingenuously reporting a "whopping" rate of no shows by asylum seekers for court dates.
Sound suspicious, considering under Obama it was well over 95%?
It should: https://twitter.com/brianschatz/status/1152611944215351296
Sound suspicious, considering under Obama it was well over 95%?
It should: https://twitter.com/brianschatz/status/1152611944215351296
They are using underhanded tactics to declare asylum seekers "immigration fugitives", sending non-English speakers papers in English with no listed court date.
ICE has been doing this for a while, playing with court dates & info, even setting fake dates! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-court-ice-agents-hundreds-of-immigrants-fake-court-dates-2019-01-30-live-updates/
ICE has been doing this for a while, playing with court dates & info, even setting fake dates! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-court-ice-agents-hundreds-of-immigrants-fake-court-dates-2019-01-30-live-updates/
Oh, hey, here's an even OLDER article from fall of 2018 about ICE giving out fake dates to immigrants. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/immigration/2018/09/16/ice-ordering-immigrants-appear-court-judges-expecting
More recently, sentient glob of rancid mayo Mike Pence claimed 90% are not showing up.
This is not only a lie (the rate is closer to 44% showing up), but those not are largely doing so due to ICE tactics to confuse and disenfranchise them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/26/how-many-migrants-show-up-immigration-court-hearings/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.0b56c5148c33
This is not only a lie (the rate is closer to 44% showing up), but those not are largely doing so due to ICE tactics to confuse and disenfranchise them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/26/how-many-migrants-show-up-immigration-court-hearings/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.0b56c5148c33
Here's the lie that they're not showing up, by the by. Fair warning, this article is PURE propaganda designed to make it seem like immigrants are throwing off their court dates en masse.
#ChaosControl #Disinformation #Misinformation https://ijr.com/dhs-secretary-whopping-percentage-migrants-dont-show-hearing/
#ChaosControl #Disinformation #Misinformation https://ijr.com/dhs-secretary-whopping-percentage-migrants-dont-show-hearing/
Another tactic being used is jailing immigrants and charging them outrageous bail they can't possibly afford, a tactic used against minorities across the country as well. https://twitter.com/DemocracyStorm/status/1152959010041225218
Their ultimate goal is to entirely halt all U.S. refugee programs, a monstrous goal that defies all international asylum laws. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/would-the-trump-admin-effectively-halt-the-us-refugee-program
During a key meeting of security officials on refugee admissions last week, a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services representative who is closely aligned with White House immigration adviser Stephen Miller suggested setting a cap at ZERO. https://politi.co/2JGdHCr
Well, this is definitely illegal and will get challenged.
The Trump regime has finalized a plan to bypass immigration courts and deport undocumented immigrants who cannot prove theyâve been present continuously in the U.S. for two years or more. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/22/trump-administration-immigrant-deportations-dhs-1607459
The Trump regime has finalized a plan to bypass immigration courts and deport undocumented immigrants who cannot prove theyâve been present continuously in the U.S. for two years or more. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/22/trump-administration-immigrant-deportations-dhs-1607459
Trump administration pursues rule that would remove 3.1 million from food stamps https://reut.rs/2Z6khYb
They never fail to be awful.
AG William Barr directed the the federal government to resume capital punishment after nearly 20 years & has directed the Bureau of Prisons to schedule the execution of 5 inmates after adopting an updated execution protocol. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/07/25/capital-punishment-justice-department-barr-perez-nr-vpx.cnn
AG William Barr directed the the federal government to resume capital punishment after nearly 20 years & has directed the Bureau of Prisons to schedule the execution of 5 inmates after adopting an updated execution protocol. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/07/25/capital-punishment-justice-department-barr-perez-nr-vpx.cnn
The clearest indication the Trump administration is just eager to kill people is that it's rushing to do THREE executions in a week using a new, untried, untested method of lethal injection, already proven unstable. https://twitter.com/helenprejean/status/1154438171863764994
Active-duty U.S. troops "monitor" migrants at a Texas facility & may be breaking Posse Comitatus, a 140-year-old federal law prohibiting active duty troops & military personnel from coming into direct contact with migrants or being used as law enforcement. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/active-duty-u-s-troops-are-now-just-feet-away-n1034416
This is a monstrous act, even for Bill Barr.
Attorney General William Barr ruled Monday that immigrants fearing persecution because of threats against their family members are no longer eligible for asylum. https://n.pr/2GCpVKp
Attorney General William Barr ruled Monday that immigrants fearing persecution because of threats against their family members are no longer eligible for asylum. https://n.pr/2GCpVKp
What started as a post became a thread. The ACLU has filed papers that show nearly 1000 children have been taken AFTER the court order to stop family separations. Here are numerous articles showing just how worrisome that is: https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1156654821027524614
Emails show Stephen Miller pressed hard to limit green cards
One former Trump official said White House senior adviser Stephen Miller has maintained a âsingular obsessionâ with the public charge rule. https://politi.co/2MxhZ0J
One former Trump official said White House senior adviser Stephen Miller has maintained a âsingular obsessionâ with the public charge rule. https://politi.co/2MxhZ0J
Yet more evidence that the Trump regime doesn't just want to end illegal immigration, they want to end ALL immigration.
Inside Stephen Miller's push to change 'public charge' rule https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2019/08/02/inside-stephen-millers-push-to-change-public-charge-rule-704429
Inside Stephen Miller's push to change 'public charge' rule https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2019/08/02/inside-stephen-millers-push-to-change-public-charge-rule-704429
Note that the article above, Stephen Miller's push to kill the Green Card and shut down legal immigration, is one of the things the El Paso terrorist listed he was for in his manifesto.
#WhiteSupremacistTerrorism #WhiteNationalistTerrorism #ElPasoTerroristAttack
#WhiteSupremacistTerrorism #WhiteNationalistTerrorism #ElPasoTerroristAttack
The Trump regime is always more interested in "who told" than what they uncovered in doing so:
The Metadata Trap
The Trump Administration Is Using the Full Power of the U.S. Surveillance State Against Whistleblowers https://theintercept.com/2019/08/04/whistleblowers-surveillance-fbi-trump/
The Metadata Trap
The Trump Administration Is Using the Full Power of the U.S. Surveillance State Against Whistleblowers https://theintercept.com/2019/08/04/whistleblowers-surveillance-fbi-trump/
Yet another example of the depths of Trump's hypocrisy.
âIf youâre a good worker, papers donât matterâ: How a Trump construction crew has relied on immigrants without legal status https://wapo.st/2yQ2g4W?tid=ss_tw
âIf youâre a good worker, papers donât matterâ: How a Trump construction crew has relied on immigrants without legal status https://wapo.st/2yQ2g4W?tid=ss_tw
This is a clear and blatant attempt to remove protections so the Trump regime can pressure immigration judges to force their racist, anti-immigrant agenda.
Trump Administration Seeks Decertification Of Immigration Judges' Union https://n.pr/2KHfO8m
Trump Administration Seeks Decertification Of Immigration Judges' Union https://n.pr/2KHfO8m
A thread by @jomareewade on the nearly 1,000 kids separated by the government AFTER the order to stop.
966 kids names have been handed over to ACLU so far by the Trump regime; 914 on the government's list don't appear to have parents' contact info! https://twitter.com/jomareewade/status/1162015031107760128
966 kids names have been handed over to ACLU so far by the Trump regime; 914 on the government's list don't appear to have parents' contact info! https://twitter.com/jomareewade/status/1162015031107760128
Appeals court rules Trump admin must provide hygiene products in migrant facilities https://thehill.com/latino/457573-appeals-court-rules-trump-administration-must-provide-personal-hygiene-products-in
State Department watchdog details political retaliation against 'disloyal' staffers https://politi.co/2P07bLo via @politico
The Trump regime wants to pour more federal funding into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by shifting money out of other Department of Homeland Security accounts.
Again. https://politi.co/2yZs2DH
Again. https://politi.co/2yZs2DH
Memo reveals a House Republican strategy on shootings: downplay white nationalism, blame left
The GOP memo falsely pinned the El Paso massacre and other notable mass shootings on the left. https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/08/16/memo-reveals-a-house-republican-strategy-on-shootings-downplay-white-nationalism-blame-left/
The GOP memo falsely pinned the El Paso massacre and other notable mass shootings on the left. https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/08/16/memo-reveals-a-house-republican-strategy-on-shootings-downplay-white-nationalism-blame-left/
GOP leadership tells House Republicans to lie about white supremacist gun massacres â call it âviolence from the Leftâ https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/gop-leadership-tells-house-republicans-to-lie-about-white-supremacist-gun-massacres-call-it-violence-from-the-left/
We already know the Trump regime intended to make child kidnapping permanent and won't give kids flu shots. This is another step in a horrific direction.
Migrant Families Would Face Indefinite Detention Under New Trump Rule https://nyti.ms/2zfUotD
Migrant Families Would Face Indefinite Detention Under New Trump Rule https://nyti.ms/2zfUotD
The purpose behind this move is the cynical, and false, Trump regime claim that migrants are using children as "passports" to get into the US
Trump administration moves to terminate court agreement, hold migrant children and parents longer https://wapo.st/2P7h6im?tid=ss_tw
Trump administration moves to terminate court agreement, hold migrant children and parents longer https://wapo.st/2P7h6im?tid=ss_tw
US moves to abolish child migrant custody limits
Migrant families who cross the southern border of the US illegally could be detained indefinitely under a new regulation announced by the Trump administration. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49425624
Migrant families who cross the southern border of the US illegally could be detained indefinitely under a new regulation announced by the Trump administration. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49425624
This is a complete betrayal and undermining of our asylum and refugee process. Again.
Trump admin weighs letting states, cities deny entry to refugees https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-admin-weighs-letting-states-cities-deny-entry-refugees-approved-n1044801 via @nbcnews
Trump admin weighs letting states, cities deny entry to refugees https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-admin-weighs-letting-states-cities-deny-entry-refugees-approved-n1044801 via @nbcnews
The steps the Trump regime is taking to end the Flores Agreement aren't legal. They will be challenged, but children will suffer while that happens... as planned.
The Flores Agreement Protected Migrant Children for Decades. New Regulations Aim to End It. http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAG57Dd?ocid=st
The Flores Agreement Protected Migrant Children for Decades. New Regulations Aim to End It. http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/AAG57Dd?ocid=st
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Permit Employment Discrimination Against Transgender Workers https://time.com/5654844/title-vii-trump-transgender-department-of-justice-supreme-court/?amp=true
Congress told ICE to detain fewer people.
Instead it keeps adding private prisons.
For the seventh time this year, ICE has started using another for-profit jail in the Deep South, this time in Louisiana. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/08/congress-ice-louisiana-mississippi-private-prisons/
Instead it keeps adding private prisons.
For the seventh time this year, ICE has started using another for-profit jail in the Deep South, this time in Louisiana. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/08/congress-ice-louisiana-mississippi-private-prisons/
The Trump regime is enacting a policy to deny work to asylum-seekers who come over the border.
Denial of work is a very old way of keeping people down. Here's a thread about that, and the Trump regime's efforts to harass people into giving up and leaving. https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1166210155043807232
Denial of work is a very old way of keeping people down. Here's a thread about that, and the Trump regime's efforts to harass people into giving up and leaving. https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1166210155043807232
...the point.
A devastating thread.
The immigration judge knew the man would probably die if he was sent back.
He sent him back anyway.
The man died.
This is who we are now.
Read it all. https://twitter.com/matt_cam/status/1166161730914988033
A devastating thread.
The immigration judge knew the man would probably die if he was sent back.
He sent him back anyway.
The man died.
This is who we are now.
Read it all. https://twitter.com/matt_cam/status/1166161730914988033
The Trump regime is pulling millions from FEMA disaster relief to send to southern border, just in time for hurricane season.
Combined with existing space, the funding would allow ICE to detain nearly 50,000 immigrants at one time. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-admin-pulling-millions-fema-disaster-relief-send-southern-border-n1046691?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Combined with existing space, the funding would allow ICE to detain nearly 50,000 immigrants at one time. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-admin-pulling-millions-fema-disaster-relief-send-southern-border-n1046691?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
Trump is so desperate to get a wall built before the election that he will do ANYTHING to make it happen.
Seize land.
Break laws.
Promise pardons.
A thread: https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1166699037887803392
Seize land.
Break laws.
Promise pardons.
A thread: https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1166699037887803392
In the most cowardly slap in the face to our Armed Services yet, children of US Troops born overseas will no longer gain automatic citizenship; their parents must apply for it.
We knew Trump wanted to attack birthright citizenship, but THIS is evil. https://taskandpurpose.com/military-children-born-abroad-citizenship
We knew Trump wanted to attack birthright citizenship, but THIS is evil. https://taskandpurpose.com/military-children-born-abroad-citizenship
Here is the actual document, blandly titled Defining "Residence" in Statutory Provisions Related to Citizenship.
This also applies to U.S. government employees abroad, making the betrayal even deeper and broader.
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/policymanual/updates/20190828-ResidenceForCitizenship.pdf
This also applies to U.S. government employees abroad, making the betrayal even deeper and broader.
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/policymanual/updates/20190828-ResidenceForCitizenship.pdf
This action also appears to be illegal, going against U.S. Code 1401 on Nationals and citizens of United States at birth. Note section D, where if at least one parent is a citizen who spent at least one year in the U.S. or a territory, they are a citizen. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1401?fbclid=IwAR0y3vI55_3-VImhLEThY4Sfpr7W_9LxeAn3OtM84X4vCV4AOg4V7WidfpM
And so after causing an utter panic and uproar, the clown show that is this regime has "clarified" things.
But not really. https://twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/1166822024301428737
But not really. https://twitter.com/LisaDNews/status/1166822024301428737
We now we know what "clarified" means.
It means denying citizenship to the children of naturalized US Troops and government employees abroad.
Somehow, in "clarifying" it, they made it even more horrifically racist and obscene.
Incredible. https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/28/politics/us-military-employee-citizenship-rule/index.html
It means denying citizenship to the children of naturalized US Troops and government employees abroad.
Somehow, in "clarifying" it, they made it even more horrifically racist and obscene.
Incredible. https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/28/politics/us-military-employee-citizenship-rule/index.html
Unions gave us weekends, overtime, 40-hour weeks, & workplace safety.
The GOP keeps tearing them down with nonsensical, nitpicking rulings to deny workers rights.
Trumpâs NLRB Outlaws Union Organizing At Workplace If Property Not Owned By Employer http://labor411.org/411-blog/trumps-nlrb-outlaws-union-organizing-at-workplace-if-property-not-owned-by-employer/?fbclid=IwAR3Czi8ydD5BRLtmKs0Z5ySd8wK5uHPJEvTUX-HfodCA4FqnlkelxQ6ypig
The GOP keeps tearing them down with nonsensical, nitpicking rulings to deny workers rights.
Trumpâs NLRB Outlaws Union Organizing At Workplace If Property Not Owned By Employer http://labor411.org/411-blog/trumps-nlrb-outlaws-union-organizing-at-workplace-if-property-not-owned-by-employer/?fbclid=IwAR3Czi8ydD5BRLtmKs0Z5ySd8wK5uHPJEvTUX-HfodCA4FqnlkelxQ6ypig
I'll add that this strikes home; my wife works for a major company that provides security for other companies, a common practice.
Her union got her a pay raise and back pay when we found out her pay was nowhere near that of her colleagues.
Now they couldn't do that.
Her union got her a pay raise and back pay when we found out her pay was nowhere near that of her colleagues.
Now they couldn't do that.
In fact, I am uncertain her union can even exist now, since its whole function is providing security for properties they don't own. And security is surely not the only industry affected by this.
The Top US Asylum Official Has Been Pushed Out By The Trump Administration
âThis is just another attack on the asylum system,â said one USCIS official. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/uscis-asylum-lafferty-out-reassigned-cuccinelli-trump via @haleaziz
âThis is just another attack on the asylum system,â said one USCIS official. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/uscis-asylum-lafferty-out-reassigned-cuccinelli-trump via @haleaziz
1/3 Trump Wants Marshall Billingslea, a Torture Proponent to Lead U.S. Human Rights Policy.
As a senior Pentagon official under Bush, he advocated for the use of torture techniques, against the sound advice of top military lawyers.
https://politi.co/2Icd,m9h via @politicomag
As a senior Pentagon official under Bush, he advocated for the use of torture techniques, against the sound advice of top military lawyers.
https://politi.co/2Icd,m9h via @politicomag
2/3 Billingsleaâs history promoting torture is well documented. This is his fact sheet compiled by humanitarian group Human Rights First.
https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/sites/default/files/Billingslea_Fact_Sheet.pdf
https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/sites/default/files/Billingslea_Fact_Sheet.pdf
3/3 As Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Marshall Billingslea will be directly in charge of the human rights policies for the U.S.
This is like putting Freddy Krueger in charge of a day care center. https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/28/groups-oppose-billingslea-nomination-state-department-role
This is like putting Freddy Krueger in charge of a day care center. https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/11/28/groups-oppose-billingslea-nomination-state-department-role
The New Sanctuary Coalition's response to the lie-filled propaganda letter Trump's terrorist ICE put out on September 12th: https://twitter.com/NewSanctuaryNYC/status/1173756683862118400
The press, public, and even lawyers are being denied access to Laredo asylum hearing "tent courts" via "Presidential directive" under the excuse that they're located at a port of entry. https://twitter.com/marianaatencio/status/1173695811135389696
Justice Sotomayor warns the Supreme Court is doing âextraordinaryâ favors for Trump
The Trump regime thinks the court is its personal fixer. The court isnât doing much to disabuse it of this idea. https://www.vox.com/2019/9/12/20862320/sotomayor-supreme-court-favors-trump?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter via @voxdotcom
The Trump regime thinks the court is its personal fixer. The court isnât doing much to disabuse it of this idea. https://www.vox.com/2019/9/12/20862320/sotomayor-supreme-court-favors-trump?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter via @voxdotcom
Trump regime rule could end free school lunches for about 500,000 children.
The change is part of a plan to limit the number of people who qualify for food stamps, cutting an estimated 3 million people from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-administration-rule-could-end-free-school-lunches-for-about-500000-children/2019/09/24/4c488f66-def1-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html
The change is part of a plan to limit the number of people who qualify for food stamps, cutting an estimated 3 million people from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/trump-administration-rule-could-end-free-school-lunches-for-about-500000-children/2019/09/24/4c488f66-def1-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html
Trump cut the American refugee program by almost half. The administration will accept 18,000 refugees over the next 12 months â down from the current limit of 30,000. Obama allowed 110,000 in 2016. https://nyti.ms/2nAVkpL
Immigrant Population Growth in the U.S. Slows to a Trickle
The influx of immigrants into the U.S. declined more than 70% in 2018 â or by about 200,000 people from the year before. https://nyti.ms/2niUPk0
The influx of immigrants into the U.S. declined more than 70% in 2018 â or by about 200,000 people from the year before. https://nyti.ms/2niUPk0
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faces possible sanctions or contempt of court for continuing to collect payments on the debt of former students at bankrupt Corinthian Colleges Inc., seizing the wages of thousands in direct violation of a June court order. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-07/judge-rips-education-department-over-student-debt-collection
A little good news for a change:
Judge blocks Trump rule to deny green cards and visas to low-income immigrants https://www.cbsnews.com/news/public-charge-rule-judge-blocks-attempt-to-deny-green-cards-and-visas-to-low-income-immigrants/?fbclid=IwAR3MI7DGlHd3-UZPVGZ4Y11BQcjeYeqb5IMyOfauOzhOpk7d8VMghmUc4ps
Judge blocks Trump rule to deny green cards and visas to low-income immigrants https://www.cbsnews.com/news/public-charge-rule-judge-blocks-attempt-to-deny-green-cards-and-visas-to-low-income-immigrants/?fbclid=IwAR3MI7DGlHd3-UZPVGZ4Y11BQcjeYeqb5IMyOfauOzhOpk7d8VMghmUc4ps
Court rules Trump violated law with emergency proclamation to build border wall https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/court-rules-trump-violated-law-with-emergency-order-to-build-border-wall-71089221536 via @msnbc
Federal judge says Trump's use of emergency funds to build wall is unlawful https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/politics/judge-trump-border-wall-funds/index.html
I don't even begin to know what thread to put this wild story in, so I am dropping it here. It's easily one of the more WTF chapters in this WTF regime.
Who is Ron Vara? He only seems to exist in the books of Peter Navarro, Trump's 'China Muse' https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20191015-navarro?key=mi0Bff1vaLHL09_no2Emg3BNpV0dUW8oz4uPCYaaJHO3I3RVhzs_l4nI4k1KBr7xdzJFUjVCUmhtT2ZXTk9odmZORFdDaEh2VzJhV1ZVcjVGMUI2TEI4cXVIOA&fbclid=IwAR1LppQvwFXe3YOYMQKGTTltB7pAGXkO9KP69VOWn22ZBe8dvPG9JA4giAI
Who is Ron Vara? He only seems to exist in the books of Peter Navarro, Trump's 'China Muse' https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20191015-navarro?key=mi0Bff1vaLHL09_no2Emg3BNpV0dUW8oz4uPCYaaJHO3I3RVhzs_l4nI4k1KBr7xdzJFUjVCUmhtT2ZXTk9odmZORFdDaEh2VzJhV1ZVcjVGMUI2TEI4cXVIOA&fbclid=IwAR1LppQvwFXe3YOYMQKGTTltB7pAGXkO9KP69VOWn22ZBe8dvPG9JA4giAI
ProPublica Found a âStaggeringâ 281 Lobbyists Whoâve Worked in the Trump Administration
Thatâs one lobbyist for every 14 political appointees, and four times more than Obama had appointed six years into office. https://www.propublica.org/article/we-found-a-staggering-281-lobbyists-whove-worked-in-the-trump-administration
Thatâs one lobbyist for every 14 political appointees, and four times more than Obama had appointed six years into office. https://www.propublica.org/article/we-found-a-staggering-281-lobbyists-whove-worked-in-the-trump-administration
I am pretty certain purging somebody from the voter role as an act of retaliation is illegal. The only way the GOP can win is to cheat.
#DemCast #DemCastOH
Ohio purge of targeted 40,000 active voters â including head of voting rights group https://www.salon.com/2019/10/16/ohio-purge-of-targeted-40000-active-voters-including-head-of-voting-rights-group/
#DemCast #DemCastOH
Ohio purge of targeted 40,000 active voters â including head of voting rights group https://www.salon.com/2019/10/16/ohio-purge-of-targeted-40000-active-voters-including-head-of-voting-rights-group/
1/2 White House Personnel Director Told Trump That Top Candidates for Acting DHS Secretary Arenât Eligible
Sean Doocey said neither Ken Cuccinelli nor Mark Morgan are qualified under federal vacancies law
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-personnel-director-told-trump-that-top-candidates-for-acting-dhs-secretary-aren-t-eligible-11571683702 via @WSJ
Sean Doocey said neither Ken Cuccinelli nor Mark Morgan are qualified under federal vacancies law
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-personnel-director-told-trump-that-top-candidates-for-acting-dhs-secretary-aren-t-eligible-11571683702 via @WSJ
2/2 The federal statute that governs vacancies states that acting officials in cabinet-level positions must either be next in line for a position or hold a Senate-confirmed position; neither man is. https://politi.co/2oZAmBW via @politico
And here's Trump pushing for Ken Cuccinelli to be the next DHS Secretary despite it being illegal.
Trump regime sought billions of dollars in cuts to programs aimed at fighting corruption in Ukraine and elsewhere https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/10/23/trump-administration-sought-billions-dollars-cuts-programs-aimed-fighting-corruption-ukraine-abroad/
Betsy DeVos is stinking rich. A 100k fine levied against HER AGENCY, not her, just depletes her agency of some funds and does nothing to her at all.
Federal judge holds DeVos in contempt in loan case, slaps Education Department with $100,000 fine https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/10/24/federal-judge-holds-devos-contempt-loan-case-slaps-education-dept-with-fine/
Federal judge holds DeVos in contempt in loan case, slaps Education Department with $100,000 fine https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/10/24/federal-judge-holds-devos-contempt-loan-case-slaps-education-dept-with-fine/
National Archives probes Wilbur Rossâ use of private email https://politi.co/2BF752s via @politico
Trump administration testing rapid asylum review, deportation process in Texas https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-administration-testing-rapid-asylum-review-deportation-process-in-texas/2019/10/24/caa91a62-f5d8-11e9-a285-882a8e386a96_story.html
Trump Regimeâs Immigration Policies Violate Civil Rights, Government Agency Says
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said that the Trump regimeâs immigration policies violate the rights of migrants. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-10-24/trump-administrations-immigration-policies-violate-civil-rights-government-agency-says?src=usn_tw
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said that the Trump regimeâs immigration policies violate the rights of migrants. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-10-24/trump-administrations-immigration-policies-violate-civil-rights-government-agency-says?src=usn_tw
The Migrant Protection Protocols applies to non-Mexicans, which means the vast majority who are affected are foreigners in a land thatâs already dangerous enough for natives
Trump Policy Puts Migrants in Danger in Mexico, Advocates Say
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/Asylum-Seeker-Migrant-Protection-Protocols-Raped-Pregnant-563171401.html via @nbcbayarea
Trump Policy Puts Migrants in Danger in Mexico, Advocates Say
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/Asylum-Seeker-Migrant-Protection-Protocols-Raped-Pregnant-563171401.html via @nbcbayarea
A 'reasonable distance?' Why U.S. Border Patrol can operate deep into Vermont https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2019/10/21/why-u-s-border-patrol-can-operate-deep-into-vermont/3973984002/ via @bfp_news
Trumpâs Asylum Ban Could Apply Retroactively to Thousands of Migrants Even Though Officials Promised asylum-seekers who already had U.S. cases, but had been forced to return to Mexico to await court dates, could still get asylum. https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-asylum-ban-could-apply-retroactively-to-thousands-of-migrants-even-though-officials-promised-it-wouldnt
The Trump regime is quietly making it harder to find out whatâs truly happening in our immigration courts by keeping immigration judges, asylum officers, and ICE attorneys from speaking out about what theyâre seeing. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/immigration-judges-gag-rule.html via @slate
US close to implementing asylum agreement with Guatemala - CNNPolitics https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/politics/us-asylum-agreement-guatemala/index.html
After blowing through 4 heads of the Department of Homeland Security in 3 years, Trump has found a way to use a little-known loophole to finally install the fascist commandant he truly wants: Ken Cuccinelli.
11 posts: https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1189799020740395008
11 posts: https://twitter.com/windthin/status/1189799020740395008
Trump's 2020 Campaign Throws A Fit After Twitter Says They Can't Buy Fact-Free Political Ads https://www.politicususa.com/2019/10/30/trumps-2020-campaign-throws-fit-twitter-cant-buy-fact-free-ads.html via @politicususa
Though Trump has NOT given up on Ken Cuccinelli heading the DHS for him, he has named Chad Wolf, Kirstjen Nielsen's former chief of staff (& heavily involved in the Zero Tolerance policy), as acting director.
We think. No official transition happened. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-says-chad-wolf-now-acting-homeland-security-chief-adding-to-confusion-about-transition/2019/11/01/dc81f0a2-fcf3-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html
We think. No official transition happened. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-says-chad-wolf-now-acting-homeland-security-chief-adding-to-confusion-about-transition/2019/11/01/dc81f0a2-fcf3-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html
1/2 Oregon District Judge Michael Simon has temporarily blocked a rule proposed by Donald Trump that would require immigrants to prove they will have health insurance within 30 days of arrival in the US, or can pay for medical care. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50278527
2/2 The sole purpose of this policy was to make it more difficult & punishing for immigrants to enter the U.S.
https://twitter.com/MedicaidNowSC/status/1191010795963998208
https://twitter.com/MedicaidNowSC/status/1191010795963998208
1/2 At least 5460 children have been separated from their parents.
Incredibly, having shattered so many families, the Trump regime threw up its hands & declared the task of reuniting them beyond its capabilities. Even now, volunteers working under the coordination of the ACLU
Incredibly, having shattered so many families, the Trump regime threw up its hands & declared the task of reuniting them beyond its capabilities. Even now, volunteers working under the coordination of the ACLU
2/2 are going DOOR TO DOOR in Guatemala and Honduras, seeking to ascertain whether families have recovered their children.
#OneVoice1 #FamiliesBelongTogether #WhereAreTheChildren https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/only-now-do-we-understand-the-true-cruelty-of-trumps-family-separation/2019/10/29/8294ef9e-f9cf-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html
#OneVoice1 #FamiliesBelongTogether #WhereAreTheChildren https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/only-now-do-we-understand-the-true-cruelty-of-trumps-family-separation/2019/10/29/8294ef9e-f9cf-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html
Last week we discovered Trump doesn't know who is running the Department of Homeland Security.
Turns out NOBODY is, not legally anyhow; the White House missed the deadline to formal name someone to replace acting DHS chief Kevin McAleenan.
#OneVoice1 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43keyq/theres-literally-no-one-legally-running-the-department-of-homeland-security-right-now?utm_campaign=sharebutton
Turns out NOBODY is, not legally anyhow; the White House missed the deadline to formal name someone to replace acting DHS chief Kevin McAleenan.
#OneVoice1 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43keyq/theres-literally-no-one-legally-running-the-department-of-homeland-security-right-now?utm_campaign=sharebutton
In yet another racist dog whistle, Trump calls some DACA recipients "no angels" and "hardened criminals" ahead of Supreme Court arguments today https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-claims-some-daca-recipients-hardened-criminals-ahead-supreme-court-n1080421 via @nbcnews
1/3 The US voted against a UN resolution condemning the death penalty for gay sex, joining Botswana, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, China, India, Iraq, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, & the United Arab Emirates.
#OneVoice1 #LGBTQ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-gay-sex-death-penalty-un-same-sex-relations-human-rights-council-saudi-arabia-iraq-nikki-haley-a7980981.html
#OneVoice1 #LGBTQ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-gay-sex-death-penalty-un-same-sex-relations-human-rights-council-saudi-arabia-iraq-nikki-haley-a7980981.html
2/3 That makes us one of only 13 countries to vote against the historic resolution.
Instead, we supported two failed amendments proposed by Russia, one stating the death penalty was not necessarily âa human rights violationâ, another that it was not a form of torture.
Instead, we supported two failed amendments proposed by Russia, one stating the death penalty was not necessarily âa human rights violationâ, another that it was not a form of torture.
3/3 And we abstained on a âsovereignty amendmentâ, put forward by Saudi Arabia, that stated âthe right of all countries to develop their own laws and penaltiesâ.
The Trump regime wants to raise costs to become a U.S. citizen by 83 percent
âThis outrageous rule aims to price out low-income and working-class immigrants from U.S. citizenship," says an immigration rights advocate.
#DemCast https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-admin-wants-raise-costs-become-u-s-citizen-83-n1082286
âThis outrageous rule aims to price out low-income and working-class immigrants from U.S. citizenship," says an immigration rights advocate.
#DemCast https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-admin-wants-raise-costs-become-u-s-citizen-83-n1082286
How can any one man be this evil?
Trump suggested classifying all migrants who enter the U.S. without permission as "enemy combatants" and sending them to Guantanamo Bay.
#TrumpIsAWarCriminal #DemCast https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/13/trump-proposed-sending-undocumented-migrants-to-guantanamo-anonymous-book-claims?CMP=share_btn_tw
Trump suggested classifying all migrants who enter the U.S. without permission as "enemy combatants" and sending them to Guantanamo Bay.
#TrumpIsAWarCriminal #DemCast https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/13/trump-proposed-sending-undocumented-migrants-to-guantanamo-anonymous-book-claims?CMP=share_btn_tw
A thread about new revelations concerning the Trump regime attempt to subvert the #2020Census through the work of deceased GOP strategist Thomas Hofeller. https://twitter.com/JonathanTopaz/status/1195127456287592448
The Trump regime has taken efforts to block immigration from Africa and Central and South America, but it seems Gordon Sondland was working on increasing immigration from Europe... with Stephen Miller. https://twitter.com/John_Hudson/status/1195134462004285440
