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

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

Zero tolerance is a mistake

This blanket zero tolerance policy to treat everyone who crosses the border as a criminal is a colossal mistake. https://t.co/GSB7Ne8sC7

— Brennan Center (@BrennanCenter) July 1, 2018

Everyone is entitled to Due Process

"[T]he Due Process Clause applies to all 'persons' within the United States, including aliens, whether their presence here is lawful, unlawful, temporary, or permanent." https://t.co/vKHEjxS7dt

— Deepak Gupta (@deepakguptalaw) June 30, 2018

Children as young as three have been ordered to appear in court alone

"We were representing a 3-year-old in court recently who had been separated from the parents. And the child — in the middle of the hearing — started climbing up on the table. It really highlighted the absurdity of what we’re doing.” https://t.co/2XpK0rKrAL via @TexasTribune

— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) June 28, 2018

The FBI meeting with Congress on the informant will only include Republicans

Sarah Sanders says meeting with Hill lawmakers will take place Thursday about confidential FBI source — and NO Dems will be at the meeting. Nunes and Gowdy will meet with Wray, Coats and a senior DOJ official. No WH staff will attend.

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 22, 2018

By not inviting Democrats to this FBI briefing, the White House appears to be, quite literally, politicizing intelligence.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) May 22, 2018

Democracy is being dismantled in front of us. The fact that no Democrats are invited to the DOJ briefing on the FBI informant screams politics Trumps national security and the rule of law. We’re way beyond the slippery slope. We’re heading to the abyss.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) May 22, 2018

This is not right. Briefings like this should be bipartisan. https://t.co/Eorhnf8Mim pic.twitter.com/lOE5mqlqZB

— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) May 23, 2018

SCHUMER on WH mtg RE: confidential FBI source: "I think it's very wrong and I think it shouldn't be done. It's unprecedented, it's outrageous and it has overtones of things that would be done in a banana republic where the dictator just pushes what he wants done."

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) May 22, 2018

Sad!

The US bail/fine system is a disgrace

The bail/fine system in the US is a disgrace. @SenSanders is absolutely right. A piece I once did on it: https://t.co/6J2KNpKHoQ https://t.co/mwWk0xWxjN

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) May 16, 2018

Republicans want to repeal safeguards against racial discrimination in auto loans

“The Senate is on the verge of getting rid of a consumer protection measure meant to stop car dealers from charging more for car loans based on race. And the vote is just the start of lawmakers’ attempts to target years of federal agencies’ decisions through the Congressional Review Act, the GOP’s new favorite deregulatory toy.”

Sad!

More people are viewing the FBI as biased against Trump

The Republican attacks on our intelligence agencies are working.

“More than half of Republicans now think that the FBI is actively biased against Trump.”

This is nonsense designed to protect Trump from the investigations.

This was the entire strategy, laying the groundwork for Republicans in Congress to do nothing in the event that the investigations produce damning findings about Trump, but don’t deliver a smoking gun. It gives them cover for inaction with the base. Mission accomplished. https://t.co/jPgAqmZuCP

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) April 17, 2018

Sad!