White House Chaos Continues as Trump Claims “Absolute Legal Right” on Sanctuary Cities Proposal
Pete Marovich/CNP/ZUMA Wire In a late night tweet on Saturday, President Donald Trump added fuel to his latest immigration row, declaring the United States had “absolute legal right” to send migrants detained at the border to various sanctuary cities throughout the country. The president also demanded that California, a heavily blue-leaning state he has publicly…
Killing Migratory Birds Has Been a Crime for Decades. Not Anymore.
Zach Gibson/Getty Images This story was originally published by Reveal and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Under Republican and Democratic presidents from Nixon through Obama, killing migratory birds, even inadvertently, was a crime, with fines for violations ranging from $250 to $100 million. The power to prosecute created a deterrent that protected birds and enabled…
A Death, a Life, and a Border Wall
The border wall between the USA and Mexico in Arizona.Getty Images In the fall of 1993, Aaron Bobrow-Strain arrived in Tucson, Arizona, near the jagged ridge of the United States’ southern border. Dominating the news was debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement, which would be passed by the House that November. As Bobrow-Strain settled…
Seattle’s Mayor Had the Perfect Response to Trump’s Threat to Send Immigrants to Sanctuary Cities
Jenny Durkan announces her candidacy for Seattle mayor in May 2017.Ted S. Warren/AP On Friday, President Donald Trump said his administration was seriously considering sending undocumented immigrants caught along the border to sanctuary cities around the country as a way to punish Democrats who opposed his border wall. The proposal was first floated last year,…
Do Democrats Have an Immigration Policy to Offer?
Dan Balz says no one has a great immigration policy on offer: President Trump’s immigration policies have been a failure. His goal of sealing the border has come to naught, and a mass of asylum seekers has overwhelmed the system. Trump has sought to blame others, including the Democrats, for the problem. Democrats cry foul,…
A New York Newspaper Ran an Attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar. Now Yemeni American Bodega Owners Are Boycotting It.
Rep Ilhan Omar speaks to support LGBTQ and allied high school students from across Minnesota who marched to the State Capitol steps March 21Jim Mone/AP Two years ago, about a thousand Yemeni American corner-store owners in New York City closed their businesses and gathered to protest President Donald Trump’s ban on Muslim travelers to the…