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Republicans Make Wild Claims About The Dangers Of Immigration. Here’s The Truth

Immigration

Republicans Make Wild Claims About The Dangers Of Immigration. Here’s The Truth

Trump and his cronies are leaning into five splashy talking points about illegal immigration. But the facts are a bit different. Trumpist Republicans are using the surge of illegal immigration...
Robert Reich

Robert Reich
Jayapal Decries Senate Republicans’ Anti-Immigrant Policy Push

Immigration

Jayapal Decries Senate Republicans’ Anti-Immigrant Policy Push

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, issued the following statement regarding ongoing Senate negotiations that aim to...
Pramila Jayapal

Pramila Jayapal
Putin’s War Gives America A Chance To Get Serious About Refugees

Immigration

Putin’s War Gives America A Chance To Get Serious About Refugees

These past brutal weeks have become only more unbearable as pictures emerge of the devastation that Russia has left behind in the towns around Kyiv. Still, shock events on this...
Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben
Our Responsibility To Climate Migrants

Energy, Environment & Climate / Immigration

Our Responsibility To Climate Migrants

Last November, as the most active Atlantic hurricane season ever recorded ground to a close, the last two big storms – Eta and Iota – ripped into Central America. A...
Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben
History Has Taught Us That Concentration Camps Should Be Liberated

Immigration

History Has Taught Us That Concentration Camps Should Be Liberated

“YES, WE DO have concentration camps,” began the stinging critique of the Trump administration’s immigration detention facilities. It was written earlier this week by the editorial board of the Salt Lake Tribune, in...
Shaun King

Shaun King
Michael Lighty – California Defies Trump Policies By Giving Medicaid To Some Undocumented Young Adults

Healthcare / Immigration

Michael Lighty – California Defies Trump Policies By Giving Medicaid To Some Undocumented Young Adults

The Real News Network’s Marc Steiner interviews Lighty on California’s new law that would use state and federal funds to provide Medicaid to undocumented adults between 19-25 years-old.  
Marc Steiner

Marc Steiner
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Racial Justice & Human Dignity / Immigration

Civil Rights, Immigration, & Human Dignity

At The Sanders Institute Gathering, Dr. Jim Zogby moderated a panel on civil rights, immigration, and human dignity with Dr. Radhika Balakrishnan, Representative Tulsi Gabbard, Susan Sarandon, and Ben Jealous....
Civil Rights, Immigration, & Human Dignity

The Sanders Institute
Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?

Immigration

Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?

It used to be that people who owned a lot of things could protect themselves and their things by erecting sturdy houses and, if necessary, putting a lock on the...
Robert Reich

Robert Reich
Seven Truths About Immigration

Immigration

Seven Truths About Immigration

1. A record high of 75 percent of Americans now say immigration is a “good thing” for the country. 2. America needs more immigrants, not fewer, because our population is rapidly aging....
Robert Reich

Robert Reich
The Unconstitutional Census Power Grab

Immigration

The Unconstitutional Census Power Grab

The Trump administration’s decision to alter the 2020 Census to ask people if they are American citizens is an unconstitutional power grab that would hurt many disadvantaged Americans.  The U.S. Constitution calls...
Robert Reich

Robert Reich
The Immigration Debate We Must Not Lose

Immigration

The Immigration Debate We Must Not Lose

The debate over US immigration policy is a very personal one for me. It's about my family's history and the hardships they faced coming to America. It is also about...
Dr. James Zogby

Dr. James Zogby
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