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Wed, May 22nd, 2019

Democrats Show Trump They Can Legislate And Investigate By Passing The Dream Act

On the same day that Trump claimed that Democrats couldn't legislate and investigation, the House Judiciary Committee passed permanent protections for Dreamers.

Jason Easley

Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor and Senior White House and Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason spent four years as a political columnist and the politics editor at 411mania.com, where he covered such issues as the Iraq War, warrantless wiretapping, and the daily workings of the American legislative process. Jason has also written for the Blogger News Network and saw his 2008 presidential election coverage quoted in over 300 newspapers worldwide. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

Awards and Professional Memberships

Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association

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Mon, May 20th, 2019Mon, May 20th, 2019

16-year-old Guatemalan Boy Dies In US Custody Due To Trump Immigration Policy

A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died in US custody in the Rio Grande Valley Sector on Monday morning, making the fifth death of an immigrant minor at the southern border since December.

Sarah Jones

Ms. Jones is the Editor-in-Chief of PoliticusUSA and a Huffington Post contributor. She has covered President Barack Obama, 2016 Democratic candidate for president Hillary Clinton, VP Joe Biden, Senator Elizabeth Warren, First Lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Sarah hosts Politicus News and co-hosts Politicus Radio. Her analysis has been featured on several national radio, television news programs and talk shows, and print outlets including regular appearances on The Ann Walker Show With Scott Nevins for UBN Radio and KPTR 1450’s California Woman 411, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Wire, CNN, MSNBC, The Week, The Hollywood Reporter, The Richard Dawkins Foundation and more.

Sarah has won two Telly Awards and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists. She graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in Latin and Psychology, including studying the psychology of organized crime, with graduate studies in the psychology of linguistics and Latin poetry.

Fri, May 17th, 2019

Second U.S. appeals court rules Trump cannot end protections for ‘Dreamers’

A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump cannot end a program that shielded from deportation immigrants brought into the country illegally as children, the second time the administration has lost an appeal on the issue.

Reuters

Thu, May 16th, 2019

Pelosi Kills Trump’s Immigration Plan Before It Even Reaches The House

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement declaring Trump’s immigration plan dead on arrival before it even reaches the House.

Speaker Pelosi said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA:

This dead-on-arrival plan is not a remotely serious proposal. read more

Jason Easley

Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association

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Posted on Mon, May 13th, 2019
Trump’s Big Lie Collapses: Data Shows Areas With More Undocumented Immigrants Have Less Crime

Trump knows his best bet politically is to play into peoples' fears and prejudices – even if they're completely baseless.
Sean Colarossi
Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.

Posted on Fri, May 10th, 2019
Trump Is Pushing To Make Tens Of Thousands Of Poor US Kids Homeless

The Trump administration is trying to taking housing assistance away from up to 55,000 citizen children because one of their parents is an immigrant.
Jason Easley

Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor and Senior White House and Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason spent four years as a political columnist and the politics editor at 411mania.com, where he covered such issues as the Iraq War, warrantless wiretapping, and the daily workings of the American legislative process. Jason has also written for the Blogger News Network and saw his 2008 presidential election coverage quoted in over 300 newspapers worldwide. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

Awards and Professional Memberships

Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association

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Posted on Thu, May 9th, 2019
‘Grade-A Idiot’: Julián Castro Destroys Trump For Encouraging Violence Against Immigrants

Since the earliest days of his campaign, Donald Trump has been a beacon of inspiration for violent white supremacists and racists.
Sean Colarossi
Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.

Posted on Tue, Apr 30th, 2019
Trump Under Investigation For Forcing Undocumented Golf Course Employees To Work For No Pay

At the end of the day, it's clear that Trump doesn't give a damn about undocumented immigrants other than how much he can exploit them to his benefit.
Sean Colarossi
Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.

Posted on Sun, Apr 28th, 2019
Pentagon to send more troops to Mexico border, some in contact with migrants

The Pentagon said on Friday that it expected to send about 300 additional troops to the border with Mexico including roughly 100 cooks who would hand out meals, breaking with past policy to avoid troops coming in contact with migrants.
Reuters

Posted on Fri, Apr 26th, 2019
Judge gives U.S. six months to identify separated migrant children

By Tom Hals

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge said on Thursday he would order the Trump administration to comb through the records of 47,000 immigrant children and within six months identify those separated from their parents after crossing the Mexican border. read more
Reuters

Posted on Wed, Apr 24th, 2019
Armed border militia leader Larry Hopkins attacked in jail

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) last week accused Hopkins' group of being a fascist, white nationalist militia illegally detaining and kidnapping Central American families seeking asylum.
Reuters

Posted on Mon, Apr 22nd, 2019
Mexico warns of ‘deep concern’ over armed groups on U.S. border

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico said on Saturday it had “deep concern” about armed groups that intimidate and extort migrants on the border, shortly after the ACLU and Democratic senators called for a probe into such citizen efforts to block migrants from crossing. read more
Reuters

Posted on Mon, Apr 22nd, 2019
Leader of armed group at the border boasted of assassination training to kill Obama and Clinton

The leader of an armed group that is stopping undocumented migrants who cross into the United States from Mexico had boasted about training to assassinate former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, an FBI agent said in court papers on Monday.
Reuters

Posted on Fri, Apr 19th, 2019
Rights group condemns U.S. ‘vigilante’ treatment of migrants on border

(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico on Thursday called for state authorities to investigate a small group of armed U.S. citizens who they alleged are illegally detaining migrants entering the United States. read more
Reuters

Posted on Wed, Apr 17th, 2019
U.S. mayors decry Trump sanctuary city threat, ‘prepared to welcome’ migrants

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. mayors said their cities would welcome illegal immigrants, dismissing President Donald Trump’s threats to transport people detained at the border to “sanctuary cities” as illustrating the White House’s callous approach to the issue. read more
Reuters

Posted on Sat, Apr 13th, 2019Sat, Apr 13th, 2019
Legal Expert Warns Trump May Be Leading A Criminal Conspiracy On The Border

According to one legal expert, Trump is leading a criminal conspiracy to commit crimes by violating US immigration laws.
Jason Easley

Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor and Senior White House and Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason spent four years as a political columnist and the politics editor at 411mania.com, where he covered such issues as the Iraq War, warrantless wiretapping, and the daily workings of the American legislative process. Jason has also written for the Blogger News Network and saw his 2008 presidential election coverage quoted in over 300 newspapers worldwide. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

Awards and Professional Memberships

Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association

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Posted on Mon, Apr 8th, 2019Wed, Apr 10th, 2019
U.S. judge halts Trump policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico

By Tom Hals

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday halted the Trump administration’s policy of sending some asylum seekers back across the southern border to wait out their cases in Mexico, stopping a program the government planned to expand to stem a recent flood of migrants. read more
Reuters

Posted on Mon, Apr 8th, 2019Wed, Apr 10th, 2019
Rachel Maddow Just Destroyed Trump’s Fake Emergency Once And For All

Trump's purge of the Department of Homeland Security has put the final nail in his always-ridiculous national emergency declaration coffin.
Sean Colarossi
Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.

Posted on Mon, Apr 8th, 2019Wed, Apr 10th, 2019
Kirstjen Nielsen Will Never Outrun Her Cruel And Inhumane Immigration Legacy

Former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will certainly try, but she will never be able to outrun her cruel and inhumane immigration legacy.
Sean Colarossi
Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.

Posted on Mon, Apr 8th, 2019Wed, Apr 10th, 2019
Trump Wants To Break The Law And Return To Putting Kids In Cages

Trump wants to resume putting migrant kids in cages, which is one of the reasons why Kirstjen Nielsen was pushed out.
Jason Easley

Mr. Easley is the founder/managing editor and Senior White House and Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason spent four years as a political columnist and the politics editor at 411mania.com, where he covered such issues as the Iraq War, warrantless wiretapping, and the daily workings of the American legislative process. Jason has also written for the Blogger News Network and saw his 2008 presidential election coverage quoted in over 300 newspapers worldwide. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

Awards and Professional Memberships

Member of the Society of Professional Journalists and The American Political Science Association

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