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Feb 05 2018
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Trump Mocks ‘Little Adam Schiff’ as House Democrats Seek to Counter G.O.P. Memo
President Trump accused a top Democratic lawmaker on Monday of being “one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington,” calling Representative Adam Schiff of California “Little Adam Schiff” and accusing him of illegally leaking confidential information from the House Intelligence Committee.
New York Times (News)Sep 14 2021
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Top Democrat threatens to subpoena Biden officials as Blinken testifies on Afghanistan
Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, facing a second day of interrogation from Republican lawmakers highly critical of the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Driving the news: The committee's chair, the hawkish New Jersey Democrat Bob Menendez, pulled no punches in his opening statement, threatening to
AxiosJun 04 2020
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Steve King/Primary Elections
“Republicans in northwest Iowa ousted Rep. Steve King in Tuesday’s primary, deciding they’ve had enough of the conservative lightning rod known for making incendiary comments about immigrants and white supremacy… The nine-term congressman, shunned by his party leadership in Washington and many of his longtime supporters at home, lost to well-funded state Sen. Randy Feenstra.”( AP News)
The Flip SideAug 30 2016
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Trump woos women and minorities by pitting one group against another
Immigrants and refugees are taking jobs from black workers. Undocumented criminals prey on American women. Muslims pose a threat to gay men and lesbians.
Washington PostJan 14 2018
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GOP Senator Says Trump Didn’t Use Crude Term to Describe African Nations
Two Republican senators called into question whether President Donald Trump used the term “shithole countries” in a meeting with lawmakers on immigration last week, as critics of the president did not back down and continued to suggest his words were racist.
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 30 2018
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Migrants who traveled with caravan vow to wait at border until they are granted asylum
After a difficult, monthlong journey from Central America to the US-Mexico border, dozens of asylum-seeking migrants are vowing to remain outside an immigration processing center until "every last one" is admitted into the country, an organizer with the caravan said late Sunday.
CNN DigitalSep 04 2017
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Reports: Trump to end DACA, give Congress six months to act
After months of uncertainty, President Trump will announce on Tuesday that he is ending a controversial program that protects nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation, media reports indicated late Sunday.
USA TODAYMar 05 2021
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Homeland Security chief urges patience with "stressful challenge" along U.S.-Mexico border
The surging number of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has posed a "stressful challenge" for the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas acknowledged Monday, while insisting that the influx of undocumented children has not reached a "crisis" level.
"Quite frankly, we are working as hard as we are, not only in addressing the urgency of
CBS News (Online)Feb 23 2020
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Justice Sotomayor calls out the US Supreme Court in a sharp dissent
Yesterday, the US Supreme Court granted the federal government’s emergency request to stay an injunction in an Illinois case about the “public charge” rule in immigration. The order came with no explanation from most—not those in favor or opposed—just a vote count and a a damning dissent (pdf) from justice Sonia Sotomayor.
The five conservatives on the bench approved the government’s
QuartzJun 06 2019
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The border is in crisis. Here’s how it got this bad.
There really is something unprecedented — and deadly — happening at the US-Mexico border right now. But the threat is to migrants themselves.
President Trump’s constant temper tantrums about the US-Mexico border have become the background noise of his administration. Even as he reaches for more and more drastic threats to try to “stop” the flow of unauthorized migrants into the US —
Vox