Immigration articles

Several articles which show how harsh and wide-ranging Trump’s policies are:

US Border Patrol is boarding Canadian lobster fishing boats, in disputed waters claimed by Canada, and asking about illegal immigrants. Fishermen say they’ve never seen Border Patrol there before, only Coast Guard. https://t.co/YWjOkQhkwa

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 4, 2018

Unless we're rooting out Nazi war criminals, this really is crazy. And un-American. And even totalitarian. A "a de-naturalization task force" is even worse, as a matter of civil liberty, than the crisis the administration just created on the border. https://t.co/u1q20VXWkF

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 4, 2018

It’s horrific, and it’s just the beginning. The authoritarianism will accelerate now. It’s up to all of us to stand against it. https://t.co/jMb0fLvVuF

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 4, 2018

Migrant mothers at a detention center that Kirstjen Nielsen made a secret visit to were moved to a distant soccer field during Nielsen's visit, according to the Intercept.

They reportedly shouted to Nielsen for help but were too far away for her to hear. https://t.co/Scdvs79S6S

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 4, 2018

This thread is utterly devastating. https://t.co/WmTu4LAxch

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) July 3, 2018

At the ICE facility I visited, I met a woman from Mexico who has lived here for 18 years. She called 911 after her husband brutally beat her. They turned her over to immigration authorities. She now fears deportation. She has 3 kids.

There should be no agency with this mission.

— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) July 3, 2018

This is not due process. Immigration judges should refuse to preside over removal proceedings of minors who have no adult to represent their interests. https://t.co/FKFNOuQrWd

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 4, 2018

It seems that the GOP is so emotionally committed to keeping children in detention centers that they equate the stance of abolishing ICE with “open borders.”

Don’t let their hysteria get to you. A humane, responsible immigration system is possible. https://t.co/JOJJwraEPo

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) July 4, 2018

In an Iowa town, where you stand on an immigration raid may depend on where you worship https://t.co/XqLeGSFNyc

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) July 4, 2018

'They treated us as though we were animals': Letters from inside an immigration detention facility https://t.co/aSwuxbYvXM pic.twitter.com/KxkxWliD19

— CNN (@CNN) July 4, 2018

American tech workers are going to Canada

This article states:

“The spike in applications and hiring adds to the evidence suggesting that President Trump’s immigration crackdown is resulting in a loss of tech workers to Canada. ”

Sad!

Trump’s actions will probably increase gang membership

What do you think the children Trump has separated from their parents are going to think of the United States when they grow up? I am sure some will join anti-US gangs to strike back. Trump is alienating most of the world with his isolationist policies and bigoted rhetoric.

Trump is making us less safe and will be a great recruiting tool for people who want to harm our country.

ICE forcing parents to accept deportation in order to see separated children

Critics want to abolish ICE. But what does it exactly do? https://t.co/hg0EY4lGrt

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 3, 2018

Scoop: ICE forcing separated parents to accept deportation to see their kids https://t.co/h3Ktyoc3tZ via @nbcnews

— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) July 3, 2018

Last week ICE reportedly encouraged a Brazilian father seeking asylum to accept deportation in order to be reunited with his son. He refused. Here he describes what living through family separation feels like. https://t.co/jbSvk8JqfI pic.twitter.com/mKnA4r5ohS

— Ryan Devereaux (@rdevro) July 3, 2018

Indiana church protests Trump's immigration policies by holding Jesus, Mary and Joseph in 'ICE detention' https://t.co/8BKrrFByc6

— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 3, 2018

It is so revealing that the main defense of ICE are criminal arrests/prosecutions that could be done by other law enforcement agencies.

Notice WH isn’t defending ICE by saying: “But look at all these moms we arrested at a garden center in Ohio!”

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 2, 2018

From an ICE processing center in El Paso, Mabel Gonzales has been compiling lists of other mothers who have been separated from their children: https://t.co/n5IlitLMQU pic.twitter.com/P0JHw7mM7Z

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) July 3, 2018

natesilver: Until fairly recently, Google searches for Vanilla Ice exceeded searches for ICE. https://t.co/UtVZaWiZcL pic.twitter.com/CQCmqSjbRo

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 3, 2018

In his latest fearmongering, President Trump gets both MS-13 and ICE wrong, writes @GrahamDavidA: https://t.co/IA2fLUz6SA

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 3, 2018

ICE isn’t the border agency. That’s CBP. https://t.co/UAR5V24OPB

— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) July 3, 2018

ICE moved more 60 women out of earshot of DHS Secretary Kristjen Nielsen, who was visiting the detention center where they were being held after having their children taken away from them, so she couldn't hear them screaming for help, @theintercept says https://t.co/IRuHDqdXy2

— Emily Flitter (@FlitterOnFraud) July 3, 2018

White House using official Twitter account to attack two senators

The White House twitter feed lies and attacks Senators Harris and Warren. How is this constructive or legal? Taxpayers should not have to pay for this partisan venom. There will never be a good discussion on immigration as long as the Trump side says Democrats want crime, open borders and MS-13. I don’t think Trump wants to solve immigration – he likes it as an issue. Good for Senator Harris for fighting back!

White Houses lashes out at Sens. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren https://t.co/3NUgi32sMP

— POLITICO (@politico) July 2, 2018

The Trump administration* found a disgusting new way to use the official White House Twitter account https://t.co/zs5vCPVPN1

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) July 2, 2018

Re: White House tweets attacking Senators: Section 1352(a) of Title 31: No part of the money appropriated by any enactment of Congress shall..be used directly or indirectly to pay for any .. written matter… intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) July 2, 2018

White House official twitter account slams potential 2020 opponents over ICE FALSELY accusing @SenKamalaHarris of "supporting the animals of MS-13" and @SenWarren of "supporting criminals moving weapons, drugs and victims" across our borders. Raises questions of law and ethics

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) July 2, 2018

As a career prosecutor, I actually went after gangs and transnational criminal organizations. That's being a leader on public safety. What is not, is ripping babies from their mothers. pic.twitter.com/WyyHU3U7jE

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) July 2, 2018

Harris responds to the tweet from the official White House account. I’m told by a source close to her that she has used her personal campaign account to reply to this tweet to make it clear that it was inappropriate for the White House to use their official account. https://t.co/7Riq53k6LJ

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 2, 2018

Verified White House account being used to target individual US Senators. pic.twitter.com/9OXbKdvAG5

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 2, 2018

the idea here (and it should be straightforward at this point) is to do get people to repeat the (false) allegation by doing something that breaks an unspoken norm (using the White House account for trolling) https://t.co/e5AzkdkOUA

— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) July 2, 2018

wrote in October how even MS-13 experts think the Trump WH exaggerates the gang's threat to justify its immigration crackdown. still relevant nowhttps://t.co/ItbJpzrDup https://t.co/iqvxoMJn41

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) July 2, 2018

update:

There’s no basis for this claim at all. Harris has never said anything positive about MS-13. She simply called to “critically re-examine ICE and its role and the way it is being administered,” suggesting “starting from scratch” is an option. https://t.co/9Pil9ZB3Ut

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 3, 2018

https://t.co/viogk6RCNX pic.twitter.com/fzhzZnbdnm

— Share the Facts (@sharethefact) July 4, 2018

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When the ACLU filed suit on behalf of families separated at the border, it was just the latest demonstration of what its leaders and donors have willed it to become: a rapid legal assault force against the Trump administration https://t.co/QcEQpAQpeD

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 2, 2018

Undocumented workers help the economy

Around 8 million undocumented workers make up 5 percent of the U.S. workforce, benefiting the U.S. economy https://t.co/NMiOiCcKU9

— Salon (@Salon) July 2, 2018

The article states: ” A 2016 Pew poll found that 76 percent believe undocumented immigrants are as honest and hard-working as U.S. citizens, while 71 percent said they mostly fill jobs that Americans aren’t willing to do.”

What is the Trump administration hiding?

Why all the secrecy from @HHSgov? https://t.co/HV6NrSJIl0

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 2, 2018

As deadline looms, Trump officials struggle to reunite migrant families https://t.co/FemRxxnAsw

— POLITICO (@politico) July 2, 2018

Trump administration wants to make it harder for people to qualify for asylum

Border agents won’t let asylum seekers reach a port of entry. Now, the Trump administration wants to prevent people who don’t come in through a port of entry for qualifying for asylum. Disgusting.

June was a hectic month on the border, so it's worth going back and remembering what happened. I'll do that through some of the stories I wrote. The first was the revelation that CBP agents were blocking asylum seekers from reaching a port of entry. 1/ https://t.co/ux7MqxCYKz

— Bob Moore (@BobMooreNews) July 1, 2018

The proposed overhaul would restrict asylum for victims of domestic and gang violence, and make it nearly impossible for most Central Americans — including families — to qualify. https://t.co/Sk52ynREno

— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 1, 2018

Trump lies when he said ICE liberated towns from MS-13

He started saying that the day he hired Kelly last year and never stopped https://t.co/35ygaQCmSE

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 30, 2018

Exactly! I am from Long Island and Trump always makes it sound like we are being controlled by MS-13 and that they are teeming in the streets. Just not true. It’s fear mongering at its absolute worst

— Kym Wald (@kymwald) July 1, 2018