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The Obvious Consequence Of Trump’s Immigration Policy That No One’s Talking About
*No one is talking about the fact that 60 percent of ag workers are immigrants. If they leave food prices will increase, farmers will chose to change their crops, agriculture […]
Donald Trump Gambles on Immigration but Sends Conflicting Signals
*He wasn’t so tough in Mexico, was he? Then he comes back to Phoenix and barks again. Typical Trump. VL By Patrick Healy, The New York Times (5 minute read) Donald […]
Donald Trump’s immigration plan could affect the nation’s milk supply
*More than 40 percent of U.S. dairy farm workers are Latino immigrants. And it’s not just milk. Trump’s plan to deport the undocumented would wreak havoc on the nation’s food […]
Donald Trump’s Presidential TV Ad to ‘Stop Illegal Immigration’ Doesn’t Really Show Latinos Crossing U.S.-Mexico Border
*The problem for Trump and his campaign is that they get sloppy becasue his followers don’t question what he says.There are many people, not his partisans, who watch what he […]
The Latina Anti-Immigration Activist Who Set The Stage For Donald Trump
*It’s a long read but worth the investment. You’re going to find names that you may not have been familiar with, but that you should know: Maria Espinoza, John Tanton. […]
Operation Wetback, the 1950s immigration policy Donald Trump loves, explained
*An excellent primer on “Operation Wetback.” Writer Dara Lind explains who was deported, how, how many and why. Contrary to what Trump says, it wasn’t “humane,” and it wasn’t successful. Forty-nine […]
Trump’s Wall and the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Immigration
*This is brilliant! A cost-benefit analysis of why undocumented immigrants come to the U.S. and how some of the immigration ideas being proposed (walls and such) are, in the final […]
This Is How Much Donald Trump’s Immigration Plan Would Cost America if Mexico Doesn’t Pick Up the Tab
*I like the sarcastic tone of the headline. I don’t like that we’re still talking about Trump. And I like the numbers in this piece. Trump’s immigration plan will cost […]
Donald Trump’s Immigration Principles Would’ve Barred His Own Grandfather
*So Trump’s plan would have kept his own grandfather from coming to the U.S. This piece has a good recounting of the mid-nineteenth century history of the U.S. when German […]
Biden Says He’ll Introduce Immigration Bill ‘Immediately’
President-elect Joe Biden says he’ll introduce immigration legislation “immediately” after taking office later this month, and that his Justice Department will investigate the Trump administration’s separation of migrant children from […]