The Trump administration’s politicization of federal disaster aid was on display over the weekend. President Donald Trump’s provision of disaster aid to help Texas respond to deadly flooding in Kerr County — the conservative-leaning region that helped elect GOP Rep. Chip Roy — was urgent. His approach to recent catastrophes in states led by Democrats? Not so much. The federal Read More…
New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver pleaded not guilty Wednesday on charges of assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement related to a clash at the ICE detention facility at Delaney Hall in Newark. McIver’s supporters, including Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and immigrants rights groups, rallied outside of federal court in Newark to call for the charges to be Read More…
President Donald Trump is lashing out at The New York Times and CNN for publishing reports that challenge the effectiveness of recent U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Trump has dismissed the outlets’ coverage as “fake news,” while defending his administration’s narrative that the strikes resulted in “total obliteration” of Iran’s nuclear capabilities. In doing so, he Read More…
The Trump administration has officially announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, impacting more than 500,000 Haitian nationals currently residing in the United States. Many of them have been living in the U.S. for years, some of them for more than ten years. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that the TPS Read More…
A Californian city has announced it is officially terminating its partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as protests continue in Los Angeles over immigration raids. Why It Matters Immigrant rights advocates and protesters squared off against federal authorities over the weekend in response to the White House’s immigration enforcement Read More…
Breshari Faulkner, a 31-year-old African American mother from Senatobia, Mississippi, was forcibly arrested by police in front of her children on Mother’s Day after being confronted in a Walmart parking lot while parked in a handicap space. The arrest occurred on May 11 in Senatobia, where Faulkner says she was waiting for her disabled grandmother, Read More…
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