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A Chart: Fascist Attacks Against Immigrants Just in Past Two Months, as of September 14, 2019
There is a massive refugee/immigration crisis around the world. Tens of millions of people are desperately fleeing for their lives.
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There is a massive refugee/immigration crisis around the world. Tens of millions of people are desperately fleeing for their lives.
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July 14
Trump unleashed barrage of racist, anti-immigrant tweets directed at 4 Democratic congresswomen of color. He demanded the 4 “go back to the crime-infested places from where they came.”
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/j…
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Trump unleashed barrage of racist, anti-immigrant tweets directed at 4 Democratic congresswomen of color. He demanded the 4 “go back to the crime-infested places from where they came.”
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/j…
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“The Demonization, Criminalization and Deportations of Immigrants”
From Bob Avakian's speech "Why We Need An Actual Revolution And How We Can Really Make Revolution"
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From Bob Avakian's speech "Why We Need An Actual Revolution And How We Can Really Make Revolution"
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July 22
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) begins DNA testing on #asylum seekers, threatening to separate families if they don’t allow it.
wtkr.com/2019/07/22/ice…
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) begins DNA testing on #asylum seekers, threatening to separate families if they don’t allow it.
wtkr.com/2019/07/22/ice…
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July 25
Buses carrying ~450 #asylum seekers (unable to get into the US or turned away), who thought they were being taken to safe shelter where they could live, work, & study—instead were dumped Monterrey & Nuevo Laredo, in danger & w/out any support.
chron.com/news/article/H…
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Buses carrying ~450 #asylum seekers (unable to get into the US or turned away), who thought they were being taken to safe shelter where they could live, work, & study—instead were dumped Monterrey & Nuevo Laredo, in danger & w/out any support.
chron.com/news/article/H…
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July 26
#SCOTUS approved Trump/Pence regime transfer of “billions of dollars of military funding” to build sections of #borderwall in California, Arizona, and New Mexico.
cnbc.com/2019/07/26/sup…
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#SCOTUS approved Trump/Pence regime transfer of “billions of dollars of military funding” to build sections of #borderwall in California, Arizona, and New Mexico.
cnbc.com/2019/07/26/sup…
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July 28
A #whitesupremacist, targeting immigrants, massacres 3 and wounds 15 at #Gilroy, California Garlic Festival. The three murdered were 6, 13, and 25 years old.
latimes.com/california/sto…
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A #whitesupremacist, targeting immigrants, massacres 3 and wounds 15 at #Gilroy, California Garlic Festival. The three murdered were 6, 13, and 25 years old.
latimes.com/california/sto…
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August 1
Salvadoran immigrant dies in Border Patrol custody. The 32-year-old father was being held in New Mexico. He is at least the 15th migrant, including 7 children, to die in US custody (ICE, Border Patrol, or other agencies) since September 2018.
cbsnews.com/news/migrant-b…
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Salvadoran immigrant dies in Border Patrol custody. The 32-year-old father was being held in New Mexico. He is at least the 15th migrant, including 7 children, to die in US custody (ICE, Border Patrol, or other agencies) since September 2018.
cbsnews.com/news/migrant-b…
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August 2-3
#Immigrant hunger strikers assaulted in Louisiana #ICE Detention Center. Over 100 were teargassed, beaten and shot with rubber bullets. Some 30 hunger strikers at another Louisiana facility were pepper-sprayed the day before.
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
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#Immigrant hunger strikers assaulted in Louisiana #ICE Detention Center. Over 100 were teargassed, beaten and shot with rubber bullets. Some 30 hunger strikers at another Louisiana facility were pepper-sprayed the day before.
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
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August 3
A #whitesupremacist, echoing Trump rhetoric, targets Latinos and murders 22 at an #ElPaso, Texas, Walmart. His fascist manifesto stated he was “defending my country from cultural and ethnic replacement brought on by an invasion.”
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
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A #whitesupremacist, echoing Trump rhetoric, targets Latinos and murders 22 at an #ElPaso, Texas, Walmart. His fascist manifesto stated he was “defending my country from cultural and ethnic replacement brought on by an invasion.”
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
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August 7
#ICE agents arrest 680 #immigrants in mass sweep of poultry plants in #Mississippi. This was one of the largest immigration raids in US history. Without warning or help, children were left without their parents, traumatized and crying.
cbsnews.com/news/ice-raids…
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#ICE agents arrest 680 #immigrants in mass sweep of poultry plants in #Mississippi. This was one of the largest immigration raids in US history. Without warning or help, children were left without their parents, traumatized and crying.
cbsnews.com/news/ice-raids…
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“The Terror of Deportations – Millions of Families Split Apart”
A clip from BA Speaks: REVOLUTION – NOTHING LESS!
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A clip from BA Speaks: REVOLUTION – NOTHING LESS!
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August 12
Trump/Pence regime issues “public charge” rule, denying green cards (permanent residency, necessary step for getting citizenship) to #immigrants the government brands as more likely go on welfare & receive other public benefits.
nytimes.com/2019/08/14/us/…
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Trump/Pence regime issues “public charge” rule, denying green cards (permanent residency, necessary step for getting citizenship) to #immigrants the government brands as more likely go on welfare & receive other public benefits.
nytimes.com/2019/08/14/us/…
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August 16
Ninth Circuit allows the Trump/Pence policy of barring migrants seeking asylum if they passed through another country before getting to US (thus totally barring asylum seekers from Central America) to remain in effect in Texas & New Mexico.
texastribune.org/2019/08/16/tru…
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Ninth Circuit allows the Trump/Pence policy of barring migrants seeking asylum if they passed through another country before getting to US (thus totally barring asylum seekers from Central America) to remain in effect in Texas & New Mexico.
texastribune.org/2019/08/16/tru…
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Bob Avakian, “Why do people come here from all over the world?”
Clip from Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About.
#noborderwall #NoBorders
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Clip from Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About.
#noborderwall #NoBorders
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August 19
#DOJ files brief to #SCOTUS declaring that the Trump/Pence regime “correctly, and at a minimum reasonably, concluded that #DACA is unlawful.” Case expected to be heard by the US Supreme Court in November.
nytimes.com/2019/08/19/us/…
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#DOJ files brief to #SCOTUS declaring that the Trump/Pence regime “correctly, and at a minimum reasonably, concluded that #DACA is unlawful.” Case expected to be heard by the US Supreme Court in November.
nytimes.com/2019/08/19/us/…
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August 19
Lawsuit filed in Calif on behalf of the 55,000 people in #immigrant detention in the US describes conditions of “torture”: people caged 24 hours/day, denied medicine & basic care (including for serious chronic conditions or disabilities).
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/a…
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Lawsuit filed in Calif on behalf of the 55,000 people in #immigrant detention in the US describes conditions of “torture”: people caged 24 hours/day, denied medicine & basic care (including for serious chronic conditions or disabilities).
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/a…
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August 19
Per Fox News Trump's "new policy guidance" tightens rules for awarding discretionary work permits to #immigrants temporarily allowed into the US for #humanitarian reasons.
foxnews.com/politics/trump…
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Per Fox News Trump's "new policy guidance" tightens rules for awarding discretionary work permits to #immigrants temporarily allowed into the US for #humanitarian reasons.
foxnews.com/politics/trump…
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August 19
US says #NoMoreDeaths leader Scott Warren will be retried in November. If convicted of the charges stemming from giving life-saving water to #immigrants crossing the #border through the deserts, he faces up to 10 years in prison.
democracynow.org/2019/8/19/no_m…
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US says #NoMoreDeaths leader Scott Warren will be retried in November. If convicted of the charges stemming from giving life-saving water to #immigrants crossing the #border through the deserts, he faces up to 10 years in prison.
democracynow.org/2019/8/19/no_m…
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August 20
Trump regime proposes new regulations to undercut #Flores agreement, removing court-imposed 20-day limit on detention of migrant children, & allowing families to be held indefinitely while their cases were in court.
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nytimes.com/2019/08/20/us/…
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Trump regime proposes new regulations to undercut #Flores agreement, removing court-imposed 20-day limit on detention of migrant children, & allowing families to be held indefinitely while their cases were in court.
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nytimes.com/2019/08/20/us/…
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August 21
Trump calls for end to “birthright citizenship,” under which all children born in the US, regardless of the immigration status of the parents, are legally considered US citizens.
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Trump calls for end to “birthright citizenship,” under which all children born in the US, regardless of the immigration status of the parents, are legally considered US citizens.
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August 22
Most US #asylum officers working in Newark & Boston have been reassigned to the Southwest border—leading to suspension of “virtually all asylum claims” by migrants in the Northeast.
nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
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Most US #asylum officers working in Newark & Boston have been reassigned to the Southwest border—leading to suspension of “virtually all asylum claims” by migrants in the Northeast.
nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
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August 24
#CBP tweets to claim it "has constructed over 60 miles of new border wall system along the SW border since 2017 and expects to complete 450 miles by the end of 2020.” Tweets includes drone footage of what they say is the new wall.
foxnews.com/us/border-patr…
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#CBP tweets to claim it "has constructed over 60 miles of new border wall system along the SW border since 2017 and expects to complete 450 miles by the end of 2020.” Tweets includes drone footage of what they say is the new wall.
foxnews.com/us/border-patr…
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August 27
Trump/Pence regime is pulling $271M in funds from Homeland Security, incl. $155M from FEMA Disaster Relief Fund, to pay for more #immigration detention space & for temporary hearing locations for asylum seekers now forced to wait in Mexico.
nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
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Trump/Pence regime is pulling $271M in funds from Homeland Security, incl. $155M from FEMA Disaster Relief Fund, to pay for more #immigration detention space & for temporary hearing locations for asylum seekers now forced to wait in Mexico.
nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
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August 28
Trump/Pence regime said that the children of some US military members & government employees working overseas will no longer automatically be considered US citizens, as they were before. Effective October 29.
thehill.com/homenews/admin…
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Trump/Pence regime said that the children of some US military members & government employees working overseas will no longer automatically be considered US citizens, as they were before. Effective October 29.
thehill.com/homenews/admin…
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August 28
Fascist group Oath Keepers tweets they are: “sending a leadership team to the El Paso, TX area September 1-10, to reach out and offer our protection to any ICE, CBP, or other LEO [law enforcement officer] or military family under threat...”
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Fascist group Oath Keepers tweets they are: “sending a leadership team to the El Paso, TX area September 1-10, to reach out and offer our protection to any ICE, CBP, or other LEO [law enforcement officer] or military family under threat...”
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Bob Avakian's "Answer to People Who Complain about Immigrants Crossing Borders"
From the Q&A following Bob Avakian's speech Why We Need An Actual Revolution And How We Can Really Make Revolution
#AmericaWasNEVERGreat
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From the Q&A following Bob Avakian's speech Why We Need An Actual Revolution And How We Can Really Make Revolution
#AmericaWasNEVERGreat
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August 28
Per @NYTimes report, denials and delays in getting visas have become increasingly common for international students and scholars wanting to visit or study in the US.
nytimes.com/2019/08/28/us/…
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Per @NYTimes report, denials and delays in getting visas have become increasingly common for international students and scholars wanting to visit or study in the US.
nytimes.com/2019/08/28/us/…
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@nytimes August 28
A Border Patrol agent pled guilty to misdemeanor for assaulting an #immigrant trying to cross #border, sentenced to 1-yr parole. Earlier another agent pled guilty to same charge for intentionally running over an immigrant with a truck.
nytimes.com/2019/08/28/us/…
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A Border Patrol agent pled guilty to misdemeanor for assaulting an #immigrant trying to cross #border, sentenced to 1-yr parole. Earlier another agent pled guilty to same charge for intentionally running over an immigrant with a truck.
nytimes.com/2019/08/28/us/…
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@nytimes August 29
Without any public announcement, US Citizenship & Immigration Services cut “deferred action” program that had allowed ~1,000 #immigrants/year to avoid deportation while they or their relatives were undergoing lifesaving medical treatment.
nytimes.com/2019/08/29/us/…
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Without any public announcement, US Citizenship & Immigration Services cut “deferred action” program that had allowed ~1,000 #immigrants/year to avoid deportation while they or their relatives were undergoing lifesaving medical treatment.
nytimes.com/2019/08/29/us/…
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@nytimes August 30
UN agency Int'l Organization for Migration, w/ funding from US government, has flown 2,200 #immigrants from the border back to #CentralAmerica. Immigrant advocates question whether the people being sent back fully understand their rights.
ktla.com/2019/08/30/u-n…
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UN agency Int'l Organization for Migration, w/ funding from US government, has flown 2,200 #immigrants from the border back to #CentralAmerica. Immigrant advocates question whether the people being sent back fully understand their rights.
ktla.com/2019/08/30/u-n…
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@nytimes September 3
Pentagon officials said they are delaying or suspending 127 military construction projects to divert $3.6 billion in funds toward building of the Trump #borderwall.
nytimes.com/2019/09/03/us/…
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Pentagon officials said they are delaying or suspending 127 military construction projects to divert $3.6 billion in funds toward building of the Trump #borderwall.
nytimes.com/2019/09/03/us/…
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@nytimes September 4
A leaked note from Phoenix #FBI office revealed that the FBI is monitoring groups protesting US #immigration policy, labeling them as “extremist.” But almost all the “evidence” cited in the note was of #nonviolent protest activity.
huffpost.com/entry/fbi-trac…
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A leaked note from Phoenix #FBI office revealed that the FBI is monitoring groups protesting US #immigration policy, labeling them as “extremist.” But almost all the “evidence” cited in the note was of #nonviolent protest activity.
huffpost.com/entry/fbi-trac…
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@nytimes September 5
#Deportations of Central Americans begin as Trump/Pence regime moves to suspend the Central American Minors initiative—which started in 2014 and gave a few thousand children & teens fleeing #CentralAmerica legal status to stay in the US.
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
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#Deportations of Central Americans begin as Trump/Pence regime moves to suspend the Central American Minors initiative—which started in 2014 and gave a few thousand children & teens fleeing #CentralAmerica legal status to stay in the US.
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
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@nytimes September 5
A Mexican man was shot & seriously wounded by an #ICE agent in Nashville. The man did not immediately go to a hospital because of #deportation fears.
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/s…
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A Mexican man was shot & seriously wounded by an #ICE agent in Nashville. The man did not immediately go to a hospital because of #deportation fears.
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/s…
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@nytimes September 6
A #Salvadoran woman, 8½ months pregnant & seeking asylum, was caught by Border Patrol—who took her to a hospital to be given drugs to stop contractions, and then deported her immediately back to #Mexico under the “Remain in Mexico” policy.
chron.com/news/texas/art…
A #Salvadoran woman, 8½ months pregnant & seeking asylum, was caught by Border Patrol—who took her to a hospital to be given drugs to stop contractions, and then deported her immediately back to #Mexico under the “Remain in Mexico” policy.
chron.com/news/texas/art…
@nytimes September 6
Roland Gramajo, a #Guatemalan #immigrant activist in Houston, organized a community meeting to address people’s fears about #ICEraids. A few weeks later, he was arrested and now faces #deportation for being “illegal.”
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
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Roland Gramajo, a #Guatemalan #immigrant activist in Houston, organized a community meeting to address people’s fears about #ICEraids. A few weeks later, he was arrested and now faces #deportation for being “illegal.”
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
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@nytimes September 6
Trump reported to be considering big escalation in attacks on #asylum/#refugee program. Either basically ending the program (admitting refugees only in cases of emergency) or limit refugees to 10,000—lower than the cap of 30,000 in 2019.
vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/r…
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Trump reported to be considering big escalation in attacks on #asylum/#refugee program. Either basically ending the program (admitting refugees only in cases of emergency) or limit refugees to 10,000—lower than the cap of 30,000 in 2019.
vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/r…
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@nytimes September 9
Judge in US District Court for the Northern District of California reinstates nationwide injunction vs Trump’s #asylum policy re: “safe passage” through a third country (but the Supreme Court overrules this a few days later).
nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
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Judge in US District Court for the Northern District of California reinstates nationwide injunction vs Trump’s #asylum policy re: “safe passage” through a third country (but the Supreme Court overrules this a few days later).
nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/…
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@nytimes September 9
Mark Morgan, acting Customs & Border Protection head, declares in press briefing that #Mexico needs to “do more” to stop #immigrants coming to US, Migrant Protection Protocols (“Remain in Mexico”) is working, etc.
whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…
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Mark Morgan, acting Customs & Border Protection head, declares in press briefing that #Mexico needs to “do more” to stop #immigrants coming to US, Migrant Protection Protocols (“Remain in Mexico”) is working, etc.
whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…
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@nytimes September 11
In an unsigned order, #SCOTUS said Trump/Pence regime may enforce their new rules against immigrants from #CentralAmerica, allowing it effectively to bar most migration by #Hondurans, #Salvadorans, #Guatemalans.
nytimes.com/2019/09/11/us/…
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In an unsigned order, #SCOTUS said Trump/Pence regime may enforce their new rules against immigrants from #CentralAmerica, allowing it effectively to bar most migration by #Hondurans, #Salvadorans, #Guatemalans.
nytimes.com/2019/09/11/us/…
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@nytimes September 11
Trump/Pence regime will not grant people from the #Bahamas displaced by #HurricaneDorian temporary protected status. Bahamians may only be allowed in if they have the “right documents”—but even then will not be granted permits to work.
nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
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Trump/Pence regime will not grant people from the #Bahamas displaced by #HurricaneDorian temporary protected status. Bahamians may only be allowed in if they have the “right documents”—but even then will not be granted permits to work.
nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
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@nytimes September 12
#USCIS head Cuccinelli says Trump won't end birthright citizenship “in the near future...” #Citizenship should be “reserved for people who are here legally, but how Congress chooses to do that is—there’s a lot of ways to do that.”
thehill.com/homenews/admin…
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#USCIS head Cuccinelli says Trump won't end birthright citizenship “in the near future...” #Citizenship should be “reserved for people who are here legally, but how Congress chooses to do that is—there’s a lot of ways to do that.”
thehill.com/homenews/admin…
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@nytimes September 12
Tents have been set up in Laredo & Brownsville TX, & Yuma AZ to hold #asylum hearings for #immigrants who've been forced to wait in #Mexico. This is an integral part of the regime’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.
nytimes.com/2019/09/12/us/…
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Tents have been set up in Laredo & Brownsville TX, & Yuma AZ to hold #asylum hearings for #immigrants who've been forced to wait in #Mexico. This is an integral part of the regime’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.
nytimes.com/2019/09/12/us/…
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@nytimes September 13
Ending of Temporary Protected Status for Central Americans would severely impact hundreds of thousands of people in DC & other areas, & cause problems in industries like construction that have benefitted from employing immigrants.
nytimes.com/2019/09/13/bus…
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Ending of Temporary Protected Status for Central Americans would severely impact hundreds of thousands of people in DC & other areas, & cause problems in industries like construction that have benefitted from employing immigrants.
nytimes.com/2019/09/13/bus…
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@nytimes Read the whole chart: Fascist Attacks Against Immigrants Just in Past 2 Months, as of Sept 14, 2019
When Do YOU Say Enough? Wait until 2020? Tell that to the children who've been torn apart from their parents...
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When Do YOU Say Enough? Wait until 2020? Tell that to the children who've been torn apart from their parents...
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