The Trump regime’s un-American conduct continues to reach disgusting, horrific depths.
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No place for 200,000 people to go
“The violence in El Salvador today is a direct result of both American foreign policy during the Salvadoran civil war and the immigration policy immediately following. In vowing to send nearly 200,000 people back to a country plagued by violence, we seem destined to repeat the same mistakes, with consequences perhaps even more dire than before.”
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A Washington county that went for Trump is shaken as immigrant neighbors start disappearing
“Many in Pacific County thought Trump would take away ‘drug dealers, criminals, rapists’ with his immigration crackdown,” writes Nina Shapiro. “They were shocked to see who started to go missing.”
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Trump, top Democrats agree to work on deal to save DACA
“Trump and top Democratic leaders late Wednesday agreed to work out an agreement that would protect the nation’s DREAMers from deportation and enact border security measures that don’t include building a physical wall, according to people familiar with the meeting,” The Washington Post reports.
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Six things that could topple Donald Trump’s border wall
In this BBC special, the British broadcasting giant explains why it’s extremely unlikely that Donald Trump’s stupid wall will ever be built.
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The Iraqi Trump supporters facing deportation
The BBC: “More than 100 Iraqi Christians in Michigan are fighting deportation after being arrested in an immigration crackdown ordered by the Trump administration.”
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Facing deportation, Hawaii coffee farmer and father of three returns to Mexico after twenty-eight years in the United States
The Trump regime has cruelly broken up another American family.
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Reader responds to revival of hunger strike at Tacoma’s infamous private prison
To The Editor: More than four hundred people have joined the hunger strike in the NWDC in Tacoma that started Monday. What are they demanding?
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Highlights from court ruling halting Trump’s Muslim Ban 2.0
Courtesy of the New York Times: “Here are some highlights from Wednesday’s ruling by Judge Derrick K. Watson of United States District Court in Honolulu, who issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s revised travel ban from going into effect nationwide.”
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Fearful of Trump policies, families risk frigid 3 AM hike from Minnesota into Canada
There are so many problems with Trump. I always wanted to come to America, I love America, but not any more, not with Trump. —
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How Washington State upended Trump’s travel ban
The New York Times profiles Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The nation’s attention is now on Washington after the state won a sweeping victory against the Trump regime in federal court, incensing the so-called president.
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Mexico: We will not pay for Trump border wall
Mexico’s political leaders have wisely chosen defiance instead of capitulation. In a nationally televised address, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto declared that his country does not believe in walls and will not finance the border barrier that Trump has vowed to build. If the last few days have taught us anything, it’s that by uniting together against Donald’s bigotry, we can stop neofascism in its tracks.
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Trump weighing Muslim registry, says adviser
Can you say “unconstitutional”? “Un-American”?
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Maricopa County’s Joe Arpaio officially charged with criminal contempt
“Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was officially charged Tuesday with criminal contempt of court when a federal judge affixed her signature, a formality that throws the lawman’s political and personal future into a level of crisis never before seen in his twenty-three years in office,” reports the Arizona Republic’s Megan Cassidy.
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Arrest Arpaio, not the people! Racist Trump-supporting sheriff, accused of targeting Latinos, is charged with criminal contempt
“Federal prosecutors on Monday charged Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County with criminal contempt of court, saying he willfully defied a judge’s orders to stop targeting Latinos — including citizens and legal immigrants — in traffic stops and other law enforcement efforts, behavior the judge said showed a pattern of discriminatory policing,” The New York Times reports.
LaunchArrest Arpaio, not the people! Racist Trump-supporting sheriff, accused of targeting Latinos, is charged with criminal contempt
“Federal prosecutors on Monday charged Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County with criminal contempt of court, saying he willfully defied a judge’s orders to stop targeting Latinos — including citizens and legal immigrants — in traffic stops and other law enforcement efforts, behavior the judge said showed a pattern of discriminatory policing,” The New York Times reports.
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A tale of two former Congressional bosses: A fighter & a lost soul
Former Capitol Hill staffer Murshed Zaheed praises Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid for defending America’s legacy of opening its doors to refugees while lamenting Congresswoman Louise Slaughter’s vote for a Republican-backed bill to slam those doors shut.
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Jay Inslee: Why Washington won’t close its doors to Syrian refugees
Jay Inslee: Why Washington won’t close its doors to Syrian refugees “The American character is being tested. Will we hew to our long tradition of
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Governor Inslee talks to NPR about upholding American values by welcoming refugees
I think that our nation is tested from time to time. And I think this is one of those times to really dig deep and
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The fearmongering continues: Ben Carson likens some refugees to ‘mad dogs’
For instance, if there’s a rabid dog running around in your neighborhood, you’re probably not going to assume something good about that dog, and you’re
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A Syrian refugee family’s first hours in Seattle
A Syrian refugee family’s first hours in Seattle KUOW’s Liz Jones tells the story of a Syrian refugee family’s arrival in Seattle, after a long
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