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NEW We're counting down to election day by cataloging 365 actions the Trump Administration has implemented or proposed to harm communities of color.
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Nearly half of African American borrowers have defaulted on a student loan.
The Trump administration struck Obama-era requirements that would ensure borrowers at risk of default receive better loan servicing and get back on track to repayment. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump administration struck Obama-era requirements that would ensure borrowers at risk of default receive better loan servicing and get back on track to repayment. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
President Trump asked Congress to slash the budget and staff of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, which protects against discrimination in the health care industry. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
In response to white nationalists rampaging through Charlottesville, Virginia and ultimately murdering Heather Heyer, President Trump defended the white nationalists.
He blamed “many sides” for the violence.
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He blamed “many sides” for the violence.
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Trump attacked African American pro athletes for protesting systemic racism and  police brutality. He called on team owners to fire them, accused them of being ungrateful, and joked that police officers should engage in police brutality. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
DACA provides hundreds of thousands of immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children with a work permit & deportation referral.
The Trump administration tried terminating the program but the Supreme Court will hear the case today. #365Harms #HomeIsHere https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump administration tried terminating the program but the Supreme Court will hear the case today. #365Harms #HomeIsHere https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump administration wants to collect DNA samples from detained immigrants to enter into a national criminal database.
This will infringe on the rights of detained immigrants and increase surveillance on an already overpoliced community. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
This will infringe on the rights of detained immigrants and increase surveillance on an already overpoliced community. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump administration has repeatedly tried to ban people from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. on most visas.
These Muslim bans have created barriers for reunification for many Muslim Americans. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
These Muslim bans have created barriers for reunification for many Muslim Americans. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump administration is detaining children in unsanitary conditions. Since 2018, at least seven children, mostly from indigenous communities, have died from various health issues while in U.S. immigrant detention facilities. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump administration took funds from disaster relief to detain immigrants. In 2018, the Trump administration redirected $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to fund ICE. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
President Trump has terrorized communities of color by consistently threatening cities with federal immigration raids. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
Trump expanded a “zero tolerance” policy that criminalized all border crossings and separated at least 5,400 children from their families. Courts struck down the policy.
The administration has separated as many as 1,090 children since. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
The administration has separated as many as 1,090 children since. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
The DOJ's Civil Rights Division protects Americans from discrimination based on race, color, sex, disability, religion, familial status, and national origin.
Trump is undercutting the division’s mission, by proposing to eliminate 121 of its staff positions. #365Harms
Trump is undercutting the division’s mission, by proposing to eliminate 121 of its staff positions. #365Harms
The Trump administration tried to block pregnant teenagers in immigration custody from accessing abortions, arguing that they could access abortions in their home countries.
Many pregnant teenagers are fleeing countries that prohibit abortion. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
Many pregnant teenagers are fleeing countries that prohibit abortion. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump admin. wants to eliminate the U.S. Commerce Department’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), which provides business consulting to people of color.
The MBDA is the only federal agency focused on the growth of minority-owned businesses. #365Harms
The MBDA is the only federal agency focused on the growth of minority-owned businesses. #365Harms
Hundreds of thousands of Central Americans are fleeing gang and gender based-violence and seeking refuge in the U.S.
The Trump administration attempted to eliminate asylum protections for victims of domestic abuse and gang brutality. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump administration attempted to eliminate asylum protections for victims of domestic abuse and gang brutality. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump admin repealed the Clean Power Plan.
This directly hurts people of color, as they are more likely to live near pollution-emitting power plants, making them more susceptible to dangerous health disorders like asthma and cardiovascular disease. #365Harms
This directly hurts people of color, as they are more likely to live near pollution-emitting power plants, making them more susceptible to dangerous health disorders like asthma and cardiovascular disease. #365Harms
The @EPA's Office of Environmental Justice protects low-income communities and communities of color from environmental hazards such as toxic waste and air pollution.
The Trump administration wants to eliminate the entire office. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump administration wants to eliminate the entire office. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
In May 2019, the Trump administration proposed banning undocumented immigrants from living in subsidized housing.
This move could displace more than 55,000 U.S.-citizen children whose parents are undocumented. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
This move could displace more than 55,000 U.S.-citizen children whose parents are undocumented. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
President Trump signed a bill weakening the @CFPB.
The CFPB protects individuals—especially people of color—from wealth-stripping financial products & fights against discrimination in the financial industry. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The CFPB protects individuals—especially people of color—from wealth-stripping financial products & fights against discrimination in the financial industry. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico.
In response, President Trump stated that Puerto Ricans “want everything to be done for them”; threatened to abandon the recovery effort; and cast doubt on long-term financial support. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
In response, President Trump stated that Puerto Ricans “want everything to be done for them”; threatened to abandon the recovery effort; and cast doubt on long-term financial support. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos advocated for a private school voucher system that would strip funding from public schools and could reinforce school segregation. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
Affirmative action plays a critical role in extending educational opportunities to all people of color.
The Trump administration is reportedly diverting DOJ's @CivilRights Division’s resources to attack affirmative action efforts nationwide. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump administration is reportedly diverting DOJ's @CivilRights Division’s resources to attack affirmative action efforts nationwide. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump administration is moving to terminate the Flores agreement, which established commonsense standards and protections for children held in immigrant detention.
A federal judge blocked the move in September.
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A federal judge blocked the move in September.
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The Trump admin ended oversight of the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County & the Shelby County Detention Center, which have been plagued by systemic discrimination against African Americans, unsafe conditions, and due process violations. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump admin tried to revive federal government use of civil asset forfeiture, which lets officials permanently confiscate property even if the owner is not criminally charged. Evidence shows this disproportionately hurts communities of color. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
Hate crimes are on the rise in the U.S.
Instead of building on the efforts of the previous administration to address the issue, the Trump admin rescinded a federal grant to an organization that combats right-wing domestic extremists. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
Instead of building on the efforts of the previous administration to address the issue, the Trump admin rescinded a federal grant to an organization that combats right-wing domestic extremists. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
The Bears Ears National Monument contains many Native American ceremonial sites and cultural resources.
The Trump admin endangered this area by shrinking the protected land by 85% to allow for potential mining and oil and gas development. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
The Trump admin endangered this area by shrinking the protected land by 85% to allow for potential mining and oil and gas development. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
Private prisons profit from war-on-drug policies and house a greater share of people of color than public prisons. Under the Obama admin, @TheJusticeDept created a plan to reduce its use of private prisons.
The Trump admin reversed this in 2017. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
The Trump admin reversed this in 2017. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
According to the @ACLU, 43% of people executed in the U.S since 1976 have been people of color.
Despite growing opposition to the death penalty, the Trump admin announced the return of the death penalty for federal inmates on death row. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
Despite growing opposition to the death penalty, the Trump admin announced the return of the death penalty for federal inmates on death row. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
The Trump admin’s 2020 budget proposal would cut $8.7 billion from the @HUDgov, which provides subsidized housing to more than 9.5 million people, including 4 million African Americans, 1.6 million Hispanic Americans, & 381k Asian Americans. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
In 2017, the Trump admin created a taxpayer-funded commission led by proponents of strict voter ID requirements, a policy that negatively affects communities of color, young people, and the elderly. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
More than 86% of President Trump’s judicial appointees are white, & some of them use hateful rhetoric and support voter suppression laws.
They undermine the idea of representative democracy. The government should look like the people it serves. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
They undermine the idea of representative democracy. The government should look like the people it serves. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
The Trump administration went against precedent by ruling that judges no longer need to grant a full hearing to asylum-seekers. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
Despite widespread and sustained protests, the Trump administration approved the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a controversial project that puts the water supply of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe at risk. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
President Trump supports cutting an additional $21 million from tribal law enforcement and corrections programs despite the high rates of kidnapping and murder of indigenous women. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
Only 1 in 4 @NatlParkService employees are people of color, & people of color make up less than 7% of park visitors.
Yet the @Interior recently discontinued a strategic plan that promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion in the country’s parks. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
Yet the @Interior recently discontinued a strategic plan that promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion in the country’s parks. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
President Trump supports cutting an additional $21 million from tribal law enforcement and corrections programs despite the high rates of kidnapping and murder of indigenous women. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
Recently, thousands of fleeing violence in Latin America have tried to apply for asylum in the U.S.
Trump reportedly proposed maiming and potentially killing anyone attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border without proper documentation. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
Trump reportedly proposed maiming and potentially killing anyone attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border without proper documentation. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
The Trump admin scrapped federal guidance meant to ensure school discipline policies don't discriminate against students of color or with disabilities.
@usedgov data shows that some men of color experience a disproportionate # of suspensions. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
@usedgov data shows that some men of color experience a disproportionate # of suspensions. #365Harms https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/11/05/476826/365-harms-trump-administrations-record-people-color/
The Trump admin plans to deny green card applications from people who cannot afford healthcare or medical expenses.
This public charge rule could bar 65% of green card applicants. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/32MZgmb
This public charge rule could bar 65% of green card applicants. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/32MZgmb
The Trump admin undermined accountability for local law enforcement agencies by expanding requirements for DOJ to pursue consent decrees.
Consent decrees have instituted many police reforms to improve police-community relations. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
Consent decrees have instituted many police reforms to improve police-community relations. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
The Trump admin sided with Students for Fair Admissions, a group suing Harvard University for its use of race in admissions.
A federal judge sided with Harvard in October 2019. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
A federal judge sided with Harvard in October 2019. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/2PLB80A
President Trump pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona, who relentlessly violated court orders to stop illegally profiling and detaining Latinxs based on their perceived immigration status. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/32MZgmb
For the third year in a row, Trump proposed eliminating the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative, which provides high-quality after-school programs to students nationwide, 72% of whom are students of color. #365Harms https://ampr.gs/32MZgmb
The Trump admin is delaying implementation of the Equity in Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
The act contains regulations meant to address racial disparities in special education and disciplinary proceedings. #365Harms
The act contains regulations meant to address racial disparities in special education and disciplinary proceedings. #365Harms
The Trump admin passed an EO in August 2017 rescinding a rule that made it more difficult for local law enforcement agencies to get surplus military equipment, such as grenade launchers and bayonets, through @DeptofDefense 1033 program. #365Harms
