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Monthly Archives: January 2019
Not One, But Two, Ballooning Immigration Backlogs
You’ve heard about the immigration court backlog, now around a million cases, with people waiting for years to appear before a judge. That’s mostly from the enforcement side of U.S. immigration. The U.S. Citizenship and Information Services (USCIS) is where … Continue reading
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Cold as ICE: Family Separation Continues
Minnesota is frozen down at so-far-below-zero-that-numbers-don’t-matter, with schools and offices closed, and even postal delivery halted. In Washington, Congress is moving at a glacial pace. Today’s news includes stories of cold-hearted immigration policies in action, including two recent child separation … Continue reading
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Real People, Real Stories: Immigrants Suffer Under Trump Policies
Anti-immigrant policies, from the Muslim ban to denial of asylum applications, hurt real people. Today: several stories of individuals impacted by punitive policies. The Muslim Ban: Trump’s Muslim ban, first imposed on January 27, 2017, was stopped by several courts. … Continue reading
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The Shutdown Is Over and the Wall Is Still Stupid
With the federal government back up and running, federal employees are getting back pay (though contract employees mostly get nothing), and Congress is still talking about a border wall. Trump’s border wall is an expensive piece of stupidity that should … Continue reading
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Beyond the Law: National Emergency and Asylum Turnbacks
Citing the need to override “misguided court decisions and outdated laws,” the administration has ordered border officers to push asylum seekers back in to Mexico AFTER they have been determined to have credible fear of returning to their home countries. … Continue reading
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Stranger Than Fiction: U.S. Asylum Policy
Nfor grew up in the West African country of Cameroon, where homosexuality is a crime, and where gay men often are attacked, sometimes murdered, by vigilantes. He fled in fear for his life, eventually making his way to the United … Continue reading
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Gutting DACA While Pretending to Save It
The “compromise” proposal to end the shutdown announced by Trump on January 19 was unveiled by Mitch McConnell on Monday night, January 21—and it’s even worse than predicted. The conservative Cato Institute said it doesn’t extend DACA, but sets up … Continue reading
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‘For I Was Thirsty, And You Gave Me to Drink’—Now You Go to Jail
The Gospel has no standing in Arizona, where four volunteers have been convicted of crimes for placing food and water in the desert for migrants crossing the border. Now they awaiting sentencing, facing up to six months in prison. “This … Continue reading
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President’s “Offer”— Nothing At All
Trump says that he will “compromise” with Democrats and give DACA students and more than 300,000 immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) a three-year extension of temporary status in exchange for $5.7 billion for his boondoggle wall. This “compromise” would … Continue reading
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Message to Soldiers: No Thanks for Your Service
A decorated Marine veteran was almost deported, despite being a U.S. citizen, born and raised here. Any new recruits with “foreign ties,” even U.S. citizens married to non-citizens, will be targeted for investigation and vetting by the military’s planned Foreign … Continue reading
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