SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — It’s been two weeks since Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, in part on a pledge to aggressively purge the small city of Springfield, Ohio, of its large Haitian immigrant population. To the president-elect, it doesn’t matter that the Haitian workers and families are there legally; …
Read More »Trump Confirms He's Declaring National Emergency So Military Can Deport Migrants
Donald Trump‘s determination to conduct mass deportations of undocumented immigrants is very real, and he wants to start cracking down immediately. One of the ways he plans to do so is by declaring a national emergency that will enable him to use the military to help boot migrants out of …
Read More »Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in 'Camps'
Donald Trump’s incoming administration brass wants it made clear: The president-elect is not planning to build a brand new network of “camps” to house the myriad undocumented immigrants who Trump has vowed to round up in what he claims will be “the largest deportation” operation in the “history of our …
Read More »Trump Taps Family Separation Mastermind to Be 'Border Czar'
In 2016, following Donald Trump’s upset win for the White House, The Wall Street Journal reported that his campaign staff seemed flabbergasted by the scope of hiring and appointments required for an incoming administration. The stumbling start to Trump’s first administration delayed the draconian policy platform Trump had won the …
Read More »'You Can't Despair. Because That's What They Want'
Donald Trump will be president again. Far more dispiriting than what the election says about Trump is what his win says about the American body politic. We are a house divided on a fault line of decency. Trump’s venality, his bigotry and racism, his fondness for dictators, and his disregard …
Read More »Every Awful Thing Trump Has Promised to Do in a Second Term
Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election in convincing fashion, trouncing Kamala Harris in the Electoral College and becoming the first Republican to win the popular vote in 20 years. He claimed during his victory speech that he has “an unprecedented and powerful mandate” to do what he wants — …
Read More »Trump Reaffirms Determination to Carry Out Mass Deportations: 'No Price Tag'
In a little less than three months, Donald Trump will be sworn in as president. His chief campaign promise to crack down on undocumented immigrants is top of mind as he prepares to return to office. “There is no price tag,” Trump told NBC News on Thursday, speaking about his …
Read More »What Happens When Trump Exploits Your Daughter's Murder
BROOKLYN, Iowa — It’s been more than six years since Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old studying at the University of Iowa, was murdered near her family’s house. Her mother, Laura Calderwood, says that in the years since, every night she is at home, she still walks down her second-floor hall to …
Read More »Musk Wants 'Honest' Immigrants. Why Won't He Tell His Own Story?
At a town hall event on Saturday in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as Elon Musk continued his tour of the state in support of Donald Trump, the topic of immigration came up. That in itself was hardly unusual — Musk, Trump, and the entire MAGA movement have been demonizing immigrants throughout the …
Read More »Democrats Are, in Fact, Cracking Down at the Border
EL PASO, Texas — In a campaign visit to the Arizona–Mexico border in September, Vice President Kamala Harris promised to institute “more severe criminal charges” for people who attempt to cross the border without adequate paperwork, touting her record as a prosecutor. Five years ago, while campaigning for president, Harris …
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