Trump Presidency

Long line of cars wait on a road under a large sign above that reads, Welcome to the United States.
Shani Saxon  Aug 19, 2019 5:20PM EDT

Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Rule Targeting Immigrants of Color

“This rule change is a direct attack on communities of color and their families, and furthers this administration’s desire to make this country work primarily for the wealthy and White.”
Rashida Tlaib. A brown woman wearing glasses sits at a desk at a House hearing
Akiba Solomon  Aug 16, 2019 12:02PM EDT

Israel Says Rep. Tlaib Can Visit If She Doesn't Protest, She Declines

“I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in—fighting against racism, oppression and injustice.”
A crowd of brown men carries the brown body of Marwan Nasser through the streets.
Akiba Solomon  Aug 15, 2019 3:31PM EDT

With Big Push From Trump, Israel Denies Entry to Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar

The Democratic members of Congress were reportedly looking to visit with Palestinian people to learn more about their lives under Israel’s harsh policies.
Young girl with dark hair and a pink butterfly on her white t-shirt stands in front of a chainlink fence.
Shani Saxon  Aug 14, 2019 4:45PM EDT

D.C. Officials Oppose Plan to Shelter Migrant Children in Nation's Capital

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser: “Washington, D.C. will not be complicit in the inhumane practice of detaining migrant children in warehouses.”
George Takei. Elder Japanese-American man with short gray hair wearing blue suite jacket and striped shirt seated in front of sign reading "Terror."
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Aug 13, 2019 2:18PM EDT

George Takei: 'We've Reached A New, Grotesque Low'

The activist and actor—whose new television show is set in a WWII-era Japanese-American community—says the horror of America’s immigration policy is ongoing.
Protestors hold black and white sign that reads "Abolish ICE."
Shani Saxon  Aug 12, 2019 4:59PM EDT

Trump Administration Policy Change Privileges Wealthy Immigrants

“With one regulation, they are attempting to scratch two itches: one is penalizing immigrants for using public benefits that they are legally entitled to, and the other is cutting legal immigration in half.”
Woman with dark hair holds protest sign against ICE that reads, "ICE: Inhuman, callous, evil."
Shani Saxon  Aug 9, 2019 4:08PM EDT

Experts Concerned About Children Following Mississippi ICE Raid

“The trauma these students are enduring is inconceivable. The effect the raids will have on their long-term mental and emotional health is profound.”
Three people wearing black-rimmed glasses, bow their heads and cry as they stand arm-in-arm.
Shani Saxon  Aug 5, 2019 5:48PM EDT

Trump Links Call for Background Checks With Immigration Reform in Wake of Mass Shootings

The president took to Twitter to suggest “marrying” the two unrelated and politically divisive issues.
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Ayana Byrd  Jul 24, 2019 4:09PM EDT

Trump Administration Seeks to Strip 3.1 Million People of Food Security

The quest to prevent lower-income earning people from accessing food stamps via the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program continues.
group of people stand in single-file line as they board a green and white border patrol van.
Shani Saxon  Jul 23, 2019 4:01PM EDT

Homeland Security Expands Fast-Track Deportation Policy

The Trump administration can now deport migrants of undocumented status without giving them an opportunity to appear in court.
Border patrol agent wearing green uniform stands before a group of migrant children and their guardian.
Shani Saxon  Jul 22, 2019 3:53PM EDT

Advocacy Groups, Unions Urge Hotels to Stop Helping ICE Detain Migrants

The Trump administration announced plans to use hotels to house immigrants arrested in raids.
A Mexican baby
Ayana Byrd  Jul 22, 2019 12:36PM EDT

Study Finds Increase in Latinx Preterm Births After Trump Election

Researchers emphasized a connection between psychosocial stress and an increase in babies born early after 45 won the White House.
A young boy with brown hair wears an emotional expression as he sits on a a concrete platform and hugs his father.
Shani Saxon  Jul 16, 2019 5:23PM EDT

Immigrant Rights Advocates Call Trump's New Asylum Restrictions 'Most Egregious' to Date

Representative Bennie Thompson called the new government regulation “xenophobic and racist.”
Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib at press conference.
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Jul 16, 2019 4:53PM EDT

ICYMI: The Squad Calls Out Trump's Racism, Moves Convo Forward

Representative Ayanna Pressley: “I will always refer to him as ‘the occupant,’ as he is only occupying space. He does not embody the grace, the empathy, the compassion, the integrity that that office requires and that the American people deserve.”
Man stands with his hands behind his head and his back to an officer who is searching him. The man's small son stands in front of him.
Shani Saxon  Jul 15, 2019 5:38PM EDT

Families Fear for Future as ICE Conducts Raids

President Donald Trump warned of upcoming mass deportations of “millions” of immigrants of undocumented status.
The Squad. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass), Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.),
N. Jamiyla Chisholm  Jul 15, 2019 2:37PM EDT

House Reps of Color Respond After Trump Tells Them to 'Go Back'

Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib: “We’re not going anywhere.” 
A protestor holds up a yellow sign captioned "End the Raids! End the deportations."
Akiba Solomon  Jul 12, 2019 4:49PM EDT

Tools of War: Share This List Before the ICE Raids Start

Starting on Sunday, Homeland Security will begin raiding the homes and workplaces of some 2,000 people who remain in the country despite deportation orders. Here, tools for making it through. 
Two young boys wth black hair have their backs to camera inside a drab, cinderblock facility.
Shani Saxon  Jul 10, 2019 4:04PM EDT

Migrant Children Accuse Arizona Border Agents of Sexual Assault and Retaliation

Young people in a facility in Yuma, Arizona, say they were punished for speaking out against inhumane conditions.
A demonstrator holds up a hand drawn sign of an immigration cage with the caption "Trump's new hotels."
Christina Fialho, Liz Martinez  Jul 10, 2019 2:33PM EDT

In Immigration Lockups, Hate Speech Means More Than Just Words [Op-Ed]

Freedom for Immigrants has documented some 800 incidents of hate and bias by guards against people in ICE detention. In many cases, verbal abuse led to physical and sexual assault, denial of medical services, retaliatory use of solitary confinement and denial of visits.
hazy New York City skyline
Ayana Byrd  Jul 10, 2019 1:14PM EDT

Trump's Claim That Nation's Air Has Never Been Cleaner Disproved By His EPA

Pollution is actually up since President Barack Obama left office.