Month: June 2018
Trump aides plan fresh immigration crackdowns before November midterm elections
“White House policy adviser Stephen Miller wants to make sure the president can show he’s doing something about border control.”
Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border
“ProPublica has obtained audio from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, in which children can be heard wailing as an agent jokes, ‘We have an orchestra here.'” More …
U.S. interfaith leaders urge government to #KeepFamiliesTogether
“Recently, the Administration announced that it will begin separating families and criminally prosecuting all people who enter the U.S. without previous authorization. As religious leaders representing diverse faith perspectives, united in our concern for the wellbeing of vulnerable migrants who cross our borders fleeing from danger and threats to their lives, we are deeply disappointed and pained to hear this news.”
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US bishops condemn immigration policies that separate families at border
“The U.S. bishops began their annual spring assembly by condemning recent immigration policies from the Trump administration that have separated families at the U.S.-Mexico border and threatened to deny asylum for people fleeing violence.” More …
Climate Change May Already Be Hitting the Housing Market
“Between 2007 and 2017, average home prices in areas facing the lowest risk of flooding, hurricanes and wildfires have far outpaced those with the greatest risk, according to figures compiled for Bloomberg News by Attom Data Solutions, a curator of national property data. Homes in areas most exposed to flood and hurricane risk were worth less last year, on average, than a decade earlier.” More …
Trump Falsely Blames Democrats While DHS Chief Defends Family Separation
“White House officials are unable to cite any part of U.S. law that dictates the separations, which were initiated in April after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced “zero tolerance” for unlawful border crossings. Adults apprehended after crossing the border outside an official port of entry are to be arrested and prosecuted under Sessions’ decree, which leads to their children being removed.” More …
Biopharma Deploy Trump’s Tax Windfall to Buy Back Billions in Stock
“Large-cap biopharmaceutical companies took advantage of repatriation of overseas profits and lower corporate tax rates to push share repurchases to the highest level in at least 10 years.” More …
Trump signs executive orders to make it easier to fire federal employees
“A series of executive orders, signed by President Trump on Friday, will make it easier to lay off federal government employees and “[roll] back the prerogatives of unions that represent them … ” More…
Supreme Court rules employers can ban class action lawsuits in arbitration
“In a 5-4 ruling on a trio of cases penned by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court’s Republican majority sided with businesses whose employment contracts include mandatory arbitration clauses that prevent class action lawsuits. Instead, workers who take to the courts against an employer must do so as individuals.” More …