Trump is making the racist subtext text – Vox
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Michigan dad deported to Mexico after living in U.S. for 30 years
Jorge Garcia, 39, of Lincoln Park, hugs his wife and two kids before being escorted by ICE agents to be deported to Mexico, on Jan. 15, 2018, at Detroit Metro Airport. Erik Shelley Buy Photo Buy Photo His arms wrapped around his wife and two teenage children, Jorge Garcia’s eyes welled up Monday morning as…
Trump’s Travel Ban Is Back On, Says Supreme Court
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Images The Supreme Court said Monday that it will allow President Donald Trump’s travel ban to be fully enforced while legal challenges against it wend their way through the lower courts. In layman’s terms, individuals from six majority-Muslim nations and two others will no longer be able to travel to the United…
Mass Deportation Is a Lose-Lose Proposition – Bloomberg
In its zeal to deport unauthorized immigrants, the U.S. risks turning itself into a quasi-police state — all for little or no benefit to the native-born. First of all, net illegal immigration to the U.S. ended a decade ago: But there are still about 11 million to 12 million unauthorized immigrants remaining in the U.S….
Foreign-born recruits, promised citizenship by the Pentagon, flee the country to avoid deportation – The Washington Post
U.S. troops are sworn in as naturalized citizens on Nov. 2, 2012, at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. (State Department) Frustrated by delayed promises from the U.S. military for citizenship, and in fear of the Islamic State if he were deported back to Iraq, Ranj Rafeeq has given up the American Dream for a Canadian one. Rafeeq…
Face scans for US citizens flying abroad stir privacy issues – The Washington Post
HOUSTON — If the Trump administration gets its way, U.S. citizens boarding international flights will have to submit to a face scan, a plan privacy advocates call a step toward a surveillance state. The Department of Homeland Security says it’s the only way to successfully expand a program that tracks nonimmigrant foreigners. They have been…
The Latest Version of Trump’s Muslim Ban Is Taking Effect Tonight and It’s Worse Than Ever
AP Welcome to WHAT NOW, a morning round-up of the news/fresh horrors that await you today. After the Supreme Court allowed the majority of President Trump’s Muslim travel ban to take effect earlier this week, the administration issued new criteria that require visa applicants from the six majority-Muslim countries and all refugees to have a…