Here’s the latest news today out of Pennsylvania: Lou Barletta, the Republican Party’s Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018, is running for governor of Pennsylvania. Barletta, 65, becomes the most prominent figure to […]
Category: Deportation
Joe Biden to immigrant rights activist: Vote for Trump
Certain personal attributes are not transferable. Joe Biden attempting to channel Trump shows why he is incompatible with a Democratic Presidency. Joe Biden has a way of showing a disregard for minority concerns in practice. […]
The 2019 “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done” 3rd Quarter Report
Since the Trump Presidency began back in January 2017, we have endeavored to maintain a comprehensive listing of all the administrations misdeeds in the Everything Awful The Trump Administration Has Done Omnibus (full list here), and have attempted […]
Brazilian Colorist Marina Amaral Shows What Truly Made America Great – “Ellis Island 1907”.
Marina Amaral is an artist from Brazil who adds color to historic photographs. To my mind the above is one of her best works, along with her text, but you can explore it all here. Ellis […]
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 141)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the […]
USCIS Tells Kids with Cancer They Have 33 Days to Leave the US (Updated)
TRMS last night: Trump admin targeting families of ailing children for deportation Anthony Marino, immigration legal services director of the Irish International Immigrant Center, talks with Rachel Maddow about the frantic legal effort to protect […]
SC-Sen: CREDO Action Goes After Leningrad Lindsey For Jamming Through A Racist Anti-Asylum Bill
Received this e-mail today from CREDO Action: While Donald Trump attempts to use the El Paso and Dayton massacres to supercharge his anti-immigrant agenda, Republicans are breaking Senate rules to institutionalize xenophobia and hate.1 Sen. […]
Stephen Miller IMO is the stringpuller and leading this country into ruin.
Stephen Miller is behind all of the carnage we are facing. We have known Trump is a puppet and I read and reread Miller’s biography and I wonder why Mueller did not interview him. The […]
A warning about Trump's rhetoric about “invasion”
that, when one considers as well his packing of the judiciary from District courts to the Supreme Court, that screams out from the Constitution. It is found in Article I, Section 9, Clause 2, and […]
FFS – Obama had no ability to decrease the number of deportations
The dumbest argument that I heard in the last Democratic Debate was the notion (and attack on Joe Biden) that fmr. President Obama should have reduced the number of deportations. As the NYT summarized: Other […]
DUE WARNING!!!!
and yes by using ALL CAPS I am SHOUTING No, I am SCREAMING. By now everyone knows about the improper/illegal arrest of an American born citizen by ICE who even when documentation was provided to […]
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 128)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the […]
ICE Detention Center: We're not responsible for staff sexually abusing migrants
Monsters. From two senior staff attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union: ICE Detention Center Says It’s Not Responsible for Staff's Sexual Abuse of Detainees Although the employee pled guilty to criminal institutional sexual assault […]
MoveOn members demand Congress Close the Camps
Every day immigrants are suffering from intentional inhumane conditions created by the Trump administration. News continues to pour out that the Trump administration’s escalation of brutal attacks against immigrants and refugees has reached new, even more horrific […]
'Highlights for Children' becomes the enemy of the people
Et tu, Highlights? Et tu? This pretty much leaves Guns & Ammo, Boys’ Life, InfoWars, and Fox News all alone in the “patriot” camp. x At Highlights, our core belief is that children are the […]
Pelosi's statement on Trump's deportation threat: 'Utter malice and bigotry'
She’s not mincing words, folks. Nor should she. The statement: “The President’s new threat of a mass deportation dragnet is an act of utter malice and bigotry, designed solely to inject fear in our communities. […]
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 119)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the […]
Hero Police Chief on child, fleeing violence, ordered back alone: Only Nazis follow orders blindly.
Normal, healthy people can all agree that you don’t torture children to punish adults. You don’t rip children from their parents to serve as a deterrent or warning to others. Yet Trump followers aren’t normal. Last […]
Hero police chief on deporting 11-year-old child alone: 'Nazis enforced their laws as well'
Most people can agree that you don’t torture children to punish adults. You don’t rip children from their parents to serve as a deterrent or warning to others. Yet Trump followers aren’t normal. Last year, government […]
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 115)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the […]
Dispatches from The National Emergency. The Horror. The Horror.
x Dearest Emily,The sadness in the woman's eyes beggared the imagination. With desperate heart, I seized her hand. “Do not despair, friend! For we shall outlive these horrors!”“Sir,” she responded with infinite kindness. “This is […]
MoveOn Statement on Deal to End the Government Shutdown with No Wall
“Congress must not give into Trump’s demand for increased funding for a wall, his deportation machine, or border militarization in the next round of this fight” WASHINGTON, DC — Moments ago, Donald Trump announced a […]
The 2019 “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done” Year End Summary Report
Overview Since the earliest days of Donald Trump’s Presidency, we have attempted to catalog all of the harmful actions committed by his administration. Furthermore, by categorizing these actions by policy areas and scoring their relative […]
What A Week It Was!
photo: PDA Activists In Solidarity With The Women’s March Say:Healthcare is a Human Right / We Need Medicare For All In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Janis, Deb, Dan, Dr. Bill, Kim, Bryan, and […]
Tell Congress: “No Racist Border Wall”
Join DREAMers Saying “Build Bridges Not Walls!” In solidarity, Debra Schrishuhn and Dan O’Neal for Alan, Mike F., Mike H., Janis, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Bryan, and Shayna—your PDA National Team Tell Congress To Oppose Trump’s […]
Trump is trying to pull a fast one. And we can't afford to let him get away with it.
What, oh what is a fledgling dictator to do when the masses won't just blindly obey what he orders?!? The Trump administration is caught between a rock and a hard place on family separation, and […]
A Bit of Good News: A CA Sheriff Terminates Contract with ICE to Hold Detainees.
Contra Costa County, across the Bay and northeast from San Francisco, will not longer be keeping ICE detainees in its jail facilities. In particular, the West County jail, in Richmond, CA has been a holding facility […]
The moment Ricardo Mercado sees his daughters, who had no idea he'd been released from ICE custody.
x The moment Ricardo Mercado of Oakland sees his daughters, who had no idea he had been released on $5,000 bond from ICE custody after 9 months. He is still fighting to stay in the […]
ICE Blockade!
x Protesters form a giant human chain outside ICE office in San Francisco, denounce immigration raids. Video: https://t.co/t0Blc0KCQ3 pic.twitter.com/zBte4DFxsR— Sara Bueno (@TVwebproducer) February 28, 2018 Hundreds of people have gathered outside of ICE in San […]
Oakland Deports ICE.
On the day Homeland Security announced planning for a major immigration raid in the Bay Area in response to sanctuary city laws… U.S. immigration officials have begun preparing for a major sweep in San Francisco […]
Just In: #DACA recipients can start applying for renewals.
x BREAKING: #DACA recipients can start applying for renewals. Follow @NILC_org for guidance soon! #ProtectDreamers https://t.co/eRiDWsF1tw — Marielena Hincapié (@MarielenaNILC) January 14, 2018 Jan. 13, 2018, Update: Due to a federal court order, USCIS has […]
