The immigration thread

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Melania became a naturalized US citizen in 1988. Her parents were naturalized three days ago. Trump claims chain migration is a "disaster" that allows terrorists to enter the US and he wants it abolished. Actually, immigrants are far less likely to commit crimes and attacks than native-born Americans. Why doesn't Trump ever suggest banning native-born Americans?

Melania Trump's immigration lawyer calls President's attacks on chain migration 'unconscionable '

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...NdSy?ocid=AMZN

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Immigrants can be thankful for all the many judges whose rulings serve as "checks and balances" against the xenophobic, zero-tolerance policies of the Trump administration.

Judge extends halt on deportations of separated families
The Associated Press, Aug 17 2018 2:57 PM

A federal judge has extended a freeze on deporting families separated at the US-Mexico border, giving a reprieve to hundreds of children and their parents to remain in the United States. US District Judge Dana Sabraw said in his order Thursday that "hasty" deportation of children after reunification with their parents would deprive them of their right to seek asylum. The ACLU had requested families be given at least a week. The judge's order did not specify a date for when the reprieve would end.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...lies/23504361/

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The "zero-tolerance" immigration policy is also, sadly, a "zero-compassion" immigration policy.

ICE detains man driving pregnant wife to hospital to deliver baby
CBS News, Aug 18 2018 4:50 PM

The husband of a California woman was arrested Wednesday by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while he drove her to the hospital to deliver their baby. Joel Arrona was arrested in San Bernardino and remains in custody pending "removal proceedings," the federal agency said in a statement.

Arrona was driving his wife, Maria del Carmen Venegas, to the hospital for a scheduled cesarean section when they stopped to get gas. She said two ICE agents approached them and asked for identification. Venegas showed the agents her ID but her husband did not have his with him. When the couple offered to get his ID at their home nearby, Arrona was taken into custody. Venegas was left at the gas station by herself and was forced to drive herself to the hospital.

In a statement, ICE said Arrona is a Mexican citizen who has been living in the US illegally. The agency added, "ICE no longer exempts classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement. All those in violation of the immigration laws may be subject to immigration arrest, detention and removal from the United States."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-det...ia-2018-08-18/

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Thousands of undocumented immigrants were under 16 when they were brought to the US by their parents. In 2012, Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects those young immigrants from deportation if they are in school or have completed high school. Trump tried, and failed, to end DACA in 2017. This year, eight states and two Governors filed a lawsuit in the hope of having DACA declared unconstitutional. Today a federal judge ruled against them but he said he thinks DACA is illegal. The fate of DACA will probably have to be decided by the Supreme Court.

Texas judge says he'll likely kill DACA -- but not yet

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/te...IrO7?ocid=AMZN

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Trump does not like illegal immigrants. Trump also does not like legal immigrants. He's made it much harder for highly-skilled people from other countries to get work visas and an increasing number of applicants are being denied. As a result, we have a shortage of tech workers, hotel workers, medical workers and landscapers. No, Trump does not like immigrants -- although his grandfather immigrated from Bavaria, his first wife immigrated from Czechoslovakia and his third wife immigrated from Slovenia.

Companies say Trump is hurting business by limiting legal immigration

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...NxEc?ocid=AMZN

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The Flores Settlement Agreement is a 1997 consent decree that protects undocumented immigrant children. Trump hates undocumented immigrants so it follows that he also hates the Flores Settlement Agreement and is seeking to nullify it.

Trump administration seeks to keep undocumented immigrant families detained indefinitely

https://ktla.com/2018/09/06/trump-ad...-indefinitely/

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If Trump were honest -- which he isn't -- he would admit that he really doesn't want any immigrants coming to the United States.

Despite Trump's promise to protect them, Christian refugees struggle to enter US
Trump vowed to aid Mideast Christians but under his administration the number of Christian refugees admitted to the US has fallen more than 40%.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...-enter-n908501

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As Hurricane Florence approaches the Carolinas, we learned that $10,000,000 was taken from FEMA's budget and given to ICE so more migrants could be held in detention centers -- and the number of migrant children being held is now at an all-time high: 12,800. There hasn't been an increase in the number of migrants crossing the border but fewer migrant children are being released to sponsors, parents or family members. They're being kept in detention centers here in the "land of the free."

Detention of migrant children has skyrocketed to highest levels ever

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/u...detention.html

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Donald Trump, 2016: "I'm going to build a big beautiful wall and Mexico will pay for it." Donald Trump, 2018: "I'm going to give Mexico $20,000,000 of US taxpayers' money so they can deport illegal immigrants from Central America. Then these people won't be able to sneak into the United States where we would have to deport them." Yes sir, that Donald Trump is all heart.

US plans to pay Mexico to deport as many as 17,000 unauthorized immigrants from Central America

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u-...fUGc?ocid=AMZN

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The Trump administration's war on immigrants continues. In fiscal year 2015 (which began October 1, 2014), the United States accepted 84,995 refugees. In fiscal year 2016, the US accepted 97,000. President Obama said the US would accept 110,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017 -- but Donald Trump became President and cut the number to 45,000. That limit was maintained in fiscal year 2018. In the new fiscal year which begins October 1, 2018, the number of refugees accepted will be cut even further, to 30,000. "If Trump only had a heart..... "

US slashes number of refugees to 30,000 next year

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us...tAc2?ocid=AMZN