Immigration
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 …
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 …
Wall Street’s Border Wall: How Five Firms Stand to Benefit Financially from Anti-Immigrant Policy
“An examination of Sterling Construction Company, the only publicly-traded company to receive a contract to build a border wall prototype, reveals that Trump-connected Wall Street investors from across the political spectrum stand to benefit financially from the wall.2 Investors in Sterling include far-right funder Robert Mercer and his firm Renaissance Technologies, as well as BlackRock and JP Morgan Chase, led by Democratic donors Larry Fink and Jamie Dimon, respectively. Sterling’s prototype contract appears to already be benefiting its shareholders by helping to drive up its share price to the highest levels in years.” More …
Some Motel 6 Phoenix Locations Turned Over Guest Data to U.S. Immigration, and 20 People Were Arrested.
“Are other chains doing the same thing?” More …
Is the Catholic Church Turning On Trump? U.S. Bishops Slam Immigration RAISE Act Proposals as ‘Discriminatory’
“The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, Bishop Joe Vasquez of Austin, Texas, criticized the RAISE Act introduced by two Republican senators on Thursday, the Catholic Herald reported. The proposed legislation—the full name of which is the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act—would cut immigration by 41 percent in its first year and by 50 percent over a 10-year-period, The Guardian reported.” More …
Are Employers Using Trump’s ICE to Intimidate Workers?
“Federal immigration agents have shown up twice at California labor dispute proceedings to apprehend undocumented workers, in what state officials believe may be cases of employer retaliation. The Labor Commissioner’s Office, the state’s labor enforcement arm, said that since November U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up at locations in Van Nuys and Santa Ana looking for workers who had brought claims against their employers.” More …