I wanted to write about immigration yesterday, after news broke that Donald Trump had fired Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, but I just didn’t think that I could do the subject justice, given the sheer magnitude of everything that’s been happening. But, with that said, I’ve decided to give it another shot right now. […]
Tag Archives: immigration law
Lacking any other ideas, Trump and doubles down on border cruelty, firing everyone who stands in Stephen Miller’s way
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged anti-immigrant, asylum, blue tape, Calexico, Claire Grady, cruelty, Customs and Border Patrol, deterrent, El Paso, EPA, executive orders, family separation, FEMA, Flores v. Reno, gangs, Homeland Security, ICE, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, international trade. Mexico, Jeff Sessions, Jenny Lisette Flores, Kirstjen Nielsen, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pompeo, ports of entry, racism, Randolph "Tex" Alles, Secret Service, Secretary of Defense, southern border, Stephen Miller, United Nations, White House Chief of Staff, xenophobia, zero tolerance 28 Comments
ICE raids across SE Michigan, and the launch of “Bad and Nasty” …on this weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack
This weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack, which I believe will be our third under the Trump administration, will be told in two parts. First, we’ll be talking about recent raids in our community by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officials, which have resulted in the arrest of four undocumented immigrants in Ypsilanti. […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized Also tagged Angie Martell, arts funding, Bad and Nasty, Bad Hombres and Nasty Women, Department of Homeland Security, Donald Trump, Holly Hughes, Homeland Security, immigration, Immigration Law Enforcement Act, Jerry Clayton, law, Lois Weaver, Manny Lagunes, Margo Schlanger, Mary Jo Watts, NEA, NEA Four, Not My President's Day, performance art, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WICIR, William Lopez, Women's One World, WOW Cafe 2 Comments