No immigrant has done more to divide the country and damage American life.
Immigration
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Has Trump Overestimated the Cruelty of His Own Supporters?
After his family separation policy ignited a conservative backlash, Trump tried to pin the new initiative on Democrats.
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How What We Do There Drives Central Americans Here
It’s the United States that has unleashed the chain of violence that has forced thousands of refugees to seek asylum here.
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Why the 2020 Census Citizenship Question Matters in the 2018 Elections
Red states will suffer if that question is asked—but Republican state attorneys general haven’t even murmured a protest.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Turning the Southwest Blue with ‘Brown and Beautiful’ Millennials
Want to flip Texas and Arizona? Nearly one million Latino citizens turn 18 every year.
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Can This Census Be Saved?
The fight over whether the census should ask about citizenship won’t be settled before the midterms, giving Democrats a shot at forcing the administration to reverse course.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
There Are Echoes of the Fugitive Slave Act in Today’s Immigration Debate
This article originally appeared at The Los Angeles Times. Subscribe here. Last week, Libby Schaaf, mayor of Oakland, took the logic of so-called sanctuary cities and states one step further by warning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned a raid on immigrants in the country illegally. Over the weekend, roughly 150 immigrants were apprehended […]
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If the Census Asks, “Are You a Citizen?”
Immigrants won’t answer, and blue states—California especially—will lose representation.
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Trump: Make Immigrants’ Use of Public Health Benefits a Deportable Offense
New proposed restrictions mean that immigrants who have received any public benefit to which they were legally entitled could be turned away at points of entry, or see their applications to extend their stays be denied.
Posted inEducation in America
Mentors Under Siege: California’s DACA Teachers
Of California’s roughly 223,000 DACA recipients, an estimated 5,000 are working teachers. Three of them share their stories.
