Trump’s Immigration Plan To Kill Jobs And Raise Prices
Economists are warning that Trump’s mass deportation plan will kill American jobs and raise prices.
Economists are warning that Trump’s mass deportation plan will kill American jobs and raise prices.
A new ABC News/Ipsos poll found Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump and the issue of protecting democracy is more important to voters than immigration.
Trump wants to run on fearmongering about the border, but President Biden’s border executive action has cut encounters by 40% in three weeks.
Biden’s recent actions on immigration were a trap, and it looks like the ex-president took the bait.
President Biden has announced major action to make the immigration system more fair while securing the border.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) explained to Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) that the founders were the original illegal immigrants to America.
After killing the bipartisan border bill in the Senate, Republicans immediately demanded a bill to address the border.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) slammed House Republicans for trying to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas instead of doing something about the border.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) pointed out that by blocking the border bill, Republicans are proving that they are the ones who want open borders.
The statement from House Republican leadership that the Senate immigration bill is dead in the House and will not be considered is a terrible Trump-driven political move that will come back to haunt them.
By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration could take down Gov. Greg Abbott’s floating razor-wire migrant death traps along the border.
Trump is accelerating his use of fascist language at his rallies, and it is time for the media to wake up and call it what it really is.
On Meet The Press, moderator Kristen Welker allowed Sen. Lindsey Graham to lie about the border with no challenges to his statements.
“Today’s announcement is a key part of our continuing efforts to strengthen the consequences that are in place at the border for migrants who cross unlawfully, even as we have continued to oversee the largest expansion of lawful pathways to the United States in decades,” a senior administration told us.
Media coverage blinds us to the fact that Biden’s Build Back Better plan contained the very policies that promise to move the U.S. economy in a more democratic direction and to address in fundamental ways economic inequality and the high costs of living Americans face.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced that his administration could challenge a Supreme Court ruling that states must provide education to all, including undocumented immigrants.
Jen Psaki didn’t play along with the media narrative that it is the job of Democrats to cater to Republicans.
Over the last 20 years, there has been perhaps no issue more emotional, fraught, and hard to fix than immigration. There have been many brief periods where it looked like the stars were aligning for a solution. All have disintegrated into bickering and political backlash. But some analysts believe that we could achieve a breakthrough…
When Joe Biden took office in January, he inherited a number of different messes. The biggest, of course, was the COVID-19 pandemic. Now over 200 million Americans have been vaccinated and shots are freely available. There is also a situation at the US/Mexico border where many are seeking asylum. While Conservative talking heads have claimed…
Since Joe Biden has been in office, vaccines have gone through the roof. Financial aid was given to millions of Americans and thousands of small businesses. And according to economists, the economy could soon be booming. Donald Trump and his aides are desperate to distract from Biden’s current success. And Fox News anchors and reporters…
The House of Representatives will vote today on two immigration bills amid concerns about the humanitarian crisis at the nation’s southern border. The American Dream and Promise Act would create a pathway to citizenship for millions for “Dreamers”––undocumented youths brought to the United States as children––as well as others who’ve been granted temporary protection from…
Things were not so good for Fox News close to the last election. After 20 years of ratings dominance, Fox began to fall behind MSNBC and CNN. Even worse, Conservative challengers like OAN and Newsmax were coming out of the woodwork. In response, the network decided to double down on conspiracy theories and racism. No…
Donald Trump’s cabinet voted to separate migrant children from there parents in 2018, a new report claims. The vote was pushed by senior advisor Stephen Miller. According to a new NBC News report, Miller was frustrated in May 2018 that children crossing into the U.S. illegally were not already being separated from their parents despite…
Journalist and MSNBC contributor Howard Fineman says President Donald Trump’s open defiance has only just begun” amid reports that the Trump administration will continue to reject initial Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) applications from immigrants who never obtained the protection from deportation. #DonaldTrump begins rolling back #DACA in defiance of the #SupremeCourt. The open…
Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wrote a letter to President Donald Trump suggesting he suspend visas for guest workers “during recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.” The news was first reported by Politico. The lawmakers suggest Trump suspend guest worker visas for 60 days and prevent some workers from returning to the U.S. for…
Democrats have united to condemn the President’s ban on immigration. Donald Trump announced an apparent halt to all immigration into the U.S. on Twitter. Trump said he would sign an executive order ending immigration due to Coronavirus. There is no indication when this order might come into effect, but Congressional Democrats were quick to condemn…
President Donald Trump suggested that the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed nearly 600 lives in the United States, justifies his immigration policies, and “IS WHY WE NEED BORDERS.” THIS IS WHY WE NEED BORDERS! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2020 But as many critics pointed out, viruses know no borders. Human compassion is…
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is preventing President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing its Migrant Protection Protocols, otherwise known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy, for asylum-seekers to stay in the country. Restrictions remain in place until March 11 for review by the Supreme Court. The ruling only applies to Arizona and…
A federal judge ruled that Trump’s naming of Ken Cuccinelli acting head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services was illegal.
With Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate looming, even his go-to of sticking it to immigrants when he’s having a bad day proves elusive. Next to trying to benefit his personal fortune and bullying foreign governments into helping him win election, Trump’s biggest obsession is with finding as many ways as possible to abuse immigrants…
Days after Speaker Pelosi led the House to impeach Donald Trump, the president and Republican leaders continue to feel the same sting a child feels when punished. The fact that impeachment happened before Congress and the President went to their holiday destinations means Donald Trump got the Christmas present he deserved. For once, the return…
The national security threats the behavior of President Donald Trump and his administration have posed to the United States have justifiably been the focus and concern of those members of congress leading the impeachment inquiry. After all, the Mueller report compellingly concluded that the Russian Government “interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and…
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico on Thursday called for state authorities to investigate a small group of armed U.S. citizens who they alleged are illegally detaining migrants entering the United States. The United Constitutional Patriots, who claim to be mainly military veterans, have been patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border near Sunland…
Donald Trump has spent the last few days engaged in one of his favorite activities: firing people. And the net result is that he has decimated the Department of Homeland Security. The president seems to be in a controlled rage, having now let go DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen , U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)…
In Donald Trump’s world, immigrants provide two essential services: as free or nearly free labor and as a political piñata. Of the long list of people and groups of people Trump hates, immigrants have had the most exposure to Trump’s authoritarian aspirations. By his own admission, Trump’s immigration “policy” is about deterring asylum-seekers in particular because…
By Mica Rosenberg (Reuters) – U.S. immigration arrests fell under President Donald Trump at the end of 2018 compared to the same period a year earlier, a drop authorities attributed to a growing need to deal with “alarming rates” of migrant families at the border. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials said on Thursday…
The New York Times reported Thursday that President Donald Trump is considering closing the United States’ southern border with Mexico. According to the Times: “The effort would be the starkest indication yet of Mr. Trump’s election-season push to play to his anti-immigrant base as his party fights to keep control of Congress.” “The proposal amounts…
Donald Trump said on Saturday that separating migrant families at the border could deter illegal immigration and that he was considering several options to tighten border security.
A new poll has found that calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a losing issue For Democrats this election year. The poll found that just one-fourth of Democrats surveyed support eliminating the much-aligned agency. ICE got massive amounts of unfavorable publicity after enforcing the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy of arresting undocumented…
Fox News host Laura Ingraham clearly proved herself to be a racist on Wednesday when she lamented that immigration has resulted in demographic changes she doesn’t like. She said that “the America we know and love doesn’t exist anymore.” “WATCH: Laura Ingraham: America we love doesn’t exist anymore due to “demographic changes” and immigration” WATCH:…
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said after being on a conference call with the Trump administration that it was clear that Trump doesn’t care about reuniting separated children with their families.
There are as many as 3,000 migrant kids separated from their parents, thanks to this president’s policies, while he is also trying to hire dozens of more foreign workers for his private golf club.
Trump went on a tirade against the Constitution where he declared America his property and demanded the power to throw immigrants out of the US.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is continuing his war on refugees and asylum seekers. On Tuesday he officially rescinded Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance from 2011 which said that refugees and asylum seekers coming to the United States have the right to work while in this country. The 2011 guidance was in the form of a…
MSNBC’s Ali Velshi wrecked Trump’s MS-13 immigration invasion lie by showing that what Trump calls an infestation and invasion is actually just 180 people.
The Trump White House is using their official Twitter account to make false accusations and harass Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA).
On MSNBC, Steve Schmidt laid it out clearly and bluntly that Donald Trump’s Muslim ban has made Osama Bin Laden’s dream of a war of civilizations come true.
As Democratic resistance grows, Donald Trump is getting desperate and demanding that Democrats stop resisting him and support his policies.
A record number of Americans in the latest Gallup Poll say they believe that more immigration is a positive thing for the United States. The new poll, released on Thursday, said that fully 75 percent of Americans are of the opinion that immigration is good for the nation, while just 19 percent said it is…
Watch the traumatic reunion of a mother and seven-year-old boy who were separated for more than a month, because Trump and the Republicans thought it was going to make Democrats pay for his wall.
If a tweet, Trump ranted that the country didn’t need more immigration judges, which was a tip-off that his real plan is to end the immigration and asylum.
It is being reported that the Department of Homeland Security is drafting an order to end family separation, but Trump may not sign it.
Ari Melber preemptively called out Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s BS on immigration before showing the Kentucky Senator’s claims.
MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff put a quick end to Trump’s excuse making and blaming for child separations in less than 30 seconds.
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has announced that he is pulling the state’s National Guard troops off of the border until Trump stops separating migrant children from their parents.
The United States government may be facing massive numbers of lawsuits over the new policy of separating children from parents who are arrested by U.S. Border Patrol. This is because not only may the act of separation give rise to legal liability, but there may be additional liability if the parents are not reunited with…
Trump doubled down as his presidency burns and blamed Democrats for the immigration crisis that he caused.
Fox News is offering a full-throated defense of Trump putting children in cages, as the kids having it good.
During the first six weeks of the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy nearly 2,000 children were separated from their parents at the U.S. border with Mexico. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Friday that the separations took place from April 19 to May 31 of this year. The zero tolerance policy…
Trump supporters are saying that they were tricked, and they may go out of business because they need the seasonal workers that Trump is deporting or not allowing into the country to survive.
Donald Trump caused this mess by lifting protections for DACA recipients. Paul Ryan is making it worse by not holding a vote to clean it up.
If Congress fails to find a solution, (and that is likely) this means 800,000 people who were brought here as children, will be vulnerable to deportation proceedings and all the charm that ICE brings to the table.
While mass deportation of people based on race or ethnicity may appear to be more “humane” the objective is the same: it’s about destroying the community in whole or in part.
Trump is doing the very thing he accuses opponents of his policies of doing: he is court shopping, or trying to get the case heard in a sympathetic court. Trump’s attempt to bypass the lower courts on DACA may further damage the judiciary’s independence.
The empty letter comes weeks after the president offended just about everybody with a conscience by referring to nations in Africa as “shithole countries,” a view which apparently guides his immigration policy.
A federal judge late on Thursday said President Donald Trump’s administration cannot immediately deport 92 Cambodian citizens from the United States without first allowing them a chance to challenge the action in court.
“So let us be clear: any politician who backs up this ransom note is enabling Trump and Miller’s white supremacist agenda.”
“The chief executive of the United States, the commander in chief has racist ideas about America and this country, and the American people, all 320 million of us, better figure out what the do about it.”
“If you don’t have a tough skin, this is not a good business to get into,” Durbin said. “I know what happened. I stand behind every word that I said in terms of that meeting.”
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) defended Democrats from Trump’s claim that Democrats are not acting in good faith on DACA and the Dreamers.
“She should just move to Haiti since she’s more concerned about Haitian immigrants than black Americans here in poverty, in America.”
There is not a holy book on the face of the planet – certainly not the Bible – that can justify Trump’s words or deeds.
During the campaign, Trump said he would be the “champion” of Haitian Americans. Now that he’s actually in the Oval Office, he is plotting ways to remove these same people from the country.
“I’m absolutely — stand beside Donald Trump, his policies. I think he’s moved this country in an incredibly positive direction.”
In other words, it doesn’t matter how despicable Trump’s rhetoric is. If his base applauds with approval, then all is well in Trumpland.
Not only did Trump’s immigration stunt fail to change the subject from Michael Wolff’s book, but he has alienated at least one of his most passionate supporters in the process.
In the wake of the terrorist attack in New York City that left eight people dead, Donald Trump refuses to stop playing politics.
Congressman Luis Gutierrez said Democrats shouldn’t be negotiating with Trump the day after he rescinded protections for 800,000 young undocumented immigrants.
Once again, Trump is perpetuating an offensive lie and stirring up minority resentment to please his base, and GOP members of Congress are too spineless to reject it.
“Those experts broadly agreed that immigration improves the economy for the native population, even on the per-person level.”
Once again, the realities of governing a country and making sound policy have collided with the empty and ill-informed rhetoric Trump spewed on the campaign trail.
Several events, ranging from the House passage of several anti-immigration laws and Jeff Sessions’ partnership with Kris Kobach to suppressing the vote nationwide, mean the Sessions DOJ is just a White House Surrogate. Earlier on Thursday, the House passed several bills to coincide with Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. One of the laws seeks to punish…
On Thursday, Attorney-General Jeff Sessions told Federal Prosecutors he is committed to prosecuting hate crimes. Why don’t I believe him? During Sessions’ speech he pledged “to protect the civil rights of all Americans — and we will not tolerate the targeting of any community in our country” I feel so much better about the rise…
One phrase in the Supreme Court’s decision allowing Trump to implement a part of his Muslim ban is the key to determining which Muslims are allowed to visit the United States and which are not. Following Monday’s ruling, there was some anticipation that the phrase “bona fide relationship with a person or entity” in the…
Trump’s immigration policies [are] making it difficult, if not impossible, to find skilled cheap immigrant labor to do back-breaking farm work.
“We will keep working to protect immigrant rights and maintain an inclusive, diverse, and strong America.”
The world continues to suffer the consequences of climate change and the United States has a president who’s too busy tweeting to care.
Instead of allowing the young man to retrieve proof of his DACA protections and stay in the country, he was shipped back to Mexico.
What do the economy, health care, terrorism, and immigration have in common? They’re all issues Trump is failing on, according to the American people.
“If you supply a warrant to the city of Chicago, we will absolutely honor that warrant. But you’ve got to get a warrant.”
“I know politics is politics, but whenever Trump opens his mouth, it shakes our business. Even white, Anglo-Saxon people are afraid of crossing the border into America.”
Opponents of Trump’s mass deportation and Muslim ban policies are using technology to fight back on behalf of the victims of these policies.
His words will matter very little if his administration spends the next four years implementing an immigration policy similar to that of the last four weeks.
Undocumented workers contribute 3 percent of GDP, or nearly $5 trillion in economic growth” that will vanish with Trump’s “military action” against Mexican workers.
The immigrant community is on high alert as the new president’s deportation force begins to take shape.
“You aren’t doing enough to stop them,” Trump said. “I think your military is scared. Our military isn’t, so I just might send them down to take care of it.”
Fascism was what Trump was selling throughout the presidential campaign and is implementing now according his plan to “make America great.”
Even though Conway didn’t mean to call for higher wages, her accidental slip-up was likely the smartest thing she’s ever said.
Largest police union “expects” Trump to militarize the nation’s police and legalize racial profiling within his first 100 days.
Some Republicans in Congress are working to prevent Trump from carrying out a top campaign promise.