Millions of Venezuelans have fled their country, but Trump’s anti-immigrant, anti-refugee stance has closed America’s door to them.
Manuel Madrid
Manuel Madrid is a Washington, D.C.–based freelance journalist and former Prospect writing fellow. His work has also appeared in Bolts magazine, the Miami New Times, and Caracas Chronicles.
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Border Wall or No, Immigrants Will Soon Have to Scale a Paywall
Proposed new Trump administration rules could keep low-income immigrants from applying for green cards or citizenship.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
ICE Now Locks Up Everyone
The agency no longer recommends release for detainees with no criminal records, and refuses to release information about its shift to mandatory detention for all.
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Can the House Stop Trump’s Gross Immigration Abuse?
An overdue reform agenda awaits investigations and hearings.
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Local Officials Paid a Price on Tuesday for Cooperating with ICE
In a number of counties, voters ousted elected officials who’d directed their police departments to aid ICE in its deportations.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump’s New Opportunity Zones Look Great for Investors
Whether they’ll actually help their intended beneficiaries—poverty-stricken neighborhoods—is a lot less clear.
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Rick Scott’s Double-Speak on Immigration
The Republicans’ Florida senatorial nominee has one message in his Spanish-language ads and another in his English-language ones.
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Think the GOP Tax Cut Was for the Rich? Actually, It Was for the White and Rich.
At nearly every point on the economic spectrum, a new report documents, it helped whites more than people of color.
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Locking Up the Children
The Trump administration’s treatment of migrant children as potential criminals has meant lengthy incarcerations for thousands—and an unwelcome shift in mission for the government’s children welfare specialists.
Posted inEconomic Policy
D.C. Council Repeals Wage Bump for Tipped Workers, Will of Voters Be Damned
Washingtonians voted for an initiative raising wages. Their elected representatives just nullified that vote.