I’d like to preface this post by saying that, as a result of economic insecurity, climate change, authoritarianism, and any number of other factors, the United States will almost certainly see more immigration over the coming decades, as an increasing number of people, quite understandably, begin gravitating toward more stabile, less dangerous countries. And, as […]
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You can’t argue that Obama imprisoned child immigrants while also arguing that he had an open border policy
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged ACLU, Amy Kremer, anti-Muslim, authoritarianism, bone spurs, border wall, cages, child abuse, child cruelty, civility, Climate Change, CNN, complexity, conspiracy theorists, cult of victimhood, Diane Feinstein, Donald Trump, due process, economic insecurity, Einstein visa, fact check, family separation, fascism, fear, fifth amendment, fourteenth amendment, FOX News, gerrymandering, harassment, human rights, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, illegal immigration, immigration, immigration refom, Ivanka Trump, Jeh Johnson, Judicial Branch, Latin America, Maxine Waters, Melania Trump, Mike Huckabee, MS-13, Nazi analogies, Neil Gorsuch, open borders, Paul Ryan, post-fact, professional victims, racism, reality television, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, shithole, Steve King, Supreme Court, The Red Hen, the short attention spans of Americans, threats to Democracy, travel ban, Trumpism, unaccompanied minors, unconstitutional, undocumented workers, white victimhood, Women for Trump, zero tolerance 58 Comments
An effusive, praise-filled Christmas speech to be delivered to the conservative patriarch or matriarch of your family
Tomorrow, I imagine that many of you will be heading off to have Christmas dinner with your parents, some of whom may be Trump-supporting Fox News viewers. I know it’s unlikely, but, if that should be the case, and, if the conservative patriarch or matriarch of your family, inspired by Trump, should go around the […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged allowance, ANWR, ass kissing, Birthers, Christian Wolfcock, Christmas, deregulation, Donald Trump, drill baby drill, estimating crowd size, fragile egos, Mike Pence, praise, racism, speeches, tax cuts 25 Comments
The successful campaign to stop the ICE deportation of Ann Arbor’s Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo
A few days ago, I met up with fellow Ypsilantian Martha Valadez, to discuss the case of Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo, an undocumented 16-year resident of Ann Arbor who had been ordered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to report to the Mexican border for deportation. Since that meeting, ICE has granted Sanchez-Ronquillo a one-year […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized Also tagged #stopjosesdeportation, AFL-CIO, Alliance for Immigrants Rights, Anaheim, Bach Elementary, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, deportation, Disneyland, DREAM Act, El Hielo, ethnic studies, executive orders, green card, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration interview, immigration reform, INS, Jan Brewer, Joe Arpaio, Jose Franco, Jose Luis, Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo, La Santa Cecilia, Martha Valadez, Mexico, Michigan United, Obama, One Michigan, prosecutorial discretion, racial profiling, racism, talk to the hand, undocumented workers, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WICIR, Ypsi immigration interview, z-snap 16 Comments