immigration
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Seven-Year-Old Girl in U.S. Custody at Mexican Border Goes 90 Minutes Without Medical Care, Dies
Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin showed symptoms of dehydration and shock before she was transported from a remote area near the border to a border station. When she arrived at the border station three hours later, she had stopped breathing. After two revival attempts, Caal was pronounced dead by her father’s side. She had been…
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Blood on the Leaves: The 2018 White House Christmas Decor Is Surprisingly Appropriate
Remember all those times we wondered if Melania Trump was trying to send us a message with her styling choices? Well, I think we can put all speculation to rest, because for the second year in a row, her choice of holiday decor for the White House is shockingly on the nose. Last year, the…
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With Bigotry on the Ballot, the Midterms Feel Like a Potential Back to the Back of the Bus Moment
During the final weeks and days of this midterm cycle, President Donald Trump has been busy rallying bigots and those in his base comfortable with bigotry. According to polling data from the final NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll before Tuesday’s elections, it may be working, at least a bit. While Democrats remain strongly favored to…
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Trump Wants to End Birthright Citizenship. Here’s Why That’s Not Happening
President Donald Trump believes, like most white nationalists, that America is his country. Not sure how this belief came to be, but it’s certainly at the core of white nationalist rhetoric. By now everyone has seen footage of some exasperated racists shouting, “Get out of my country!” to some unsuspecting person who is trying to…
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Kanye, Come Get Your Boy: Trump Increasing Deportations of Black People to Country Known for Black Slavery
It’s getting hard to sustain the outrage, but we must. The Trump administration has now increased the deportation of undocumented immigrants back to Mauritania, a country known for enslaving its black residents. Yes, you read that right, literal black slavery. Immigration policies and practices are never easy, and even administrations with the best of intentions…
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Bank of America Accused of Freezing Accounts of Customers Over Citizenship Inquiries
Imagine you get up one day looking to pay your bills or just buy yourself some breakfast, but despite the fact that you have more than sufficient funds in your bank account, you somehow do not have access to your own damn money. Apparently, that’s what has been happening to Bank of America customers in…
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Oh, the Irony: Ivanka Trump's Makeup Artist Is … a Mexican Immigrant?
Here’s a study in “cognitive dissonance.” Style site Refinery29 recently revealed a very interesting and ironic fun fact about devoted first daughter and right-wing beauty icon, Ivanka Trump: her longtime makeup artist, Alexa Rodulfo, is a Mexican immigrant. Yes, you read that right. Already a beauty entrepreneur in her native Juarez, Mexico, in 2005, Rodulfo…
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It's Official: Melania Trump's Parents Are Now US Citizens
Melania Trump’s parents didn’t get stopped at the border for their second daughter to be ripped from their arms. They didn’t have to pine for the day that they’d all be reunited; they didn’t have to wonder if she was safe or being fed properly or even if she slept on a bed. They never…
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Woman Goes on Hate-Filled Anti-Muslim Rant on New York City Bus: 'ICE is Here For You'
People continue to show their whole entire asses to the world (through viral cellphone footage) and one woman filmed on a New York City bus during her hateful anti-Muslim rant is no exception. The footage of the interaction shows the woman, who identifies herself proudly as Ashley (of course she’s an Ashley) yelling at a…