Former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and top immigration enforcement official Ronald Vitiello were ousted last month in part because they didn’t support a White House plan to arrest upwards of 2,500 undocumented adults and their children, according to the Washington Post. The plan, which would have spanned 10 cities,…
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Homeland Security Office Supervisor Calls Black and Latino Workers 'Monkeys'
Racist behavior is commonplace and encouraged by management at a Department of Homeland Security investigative office in Virginia. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said, in a decision, that the office has widespread “offensive and racially hostile behavior.” For example, a supervisor called Black and Latino employees “monkeys,” and an…
Life Interrupted: No Peace For Trump's Camp
Family separations continue to yield an uproar from the American public in large ways, like the 600 marches in late June, and in smaller impactful ways — namely confronting President Trump’s camp during their leisure time. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Steve Bannon were both interrupted this past weekend….
Trump Rallies Base With Coordinated Communications Plan
By Sheryl Estrada and Luke Visconti Despite the backlash against the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy regarding immigrants, President Trump boosted his approval ratings among Republicans to 90 percent, higher than Ronald Reagan at this point in his presidency. The rise in Trump support “suggests a level of unity among…
Blonde Affirmative Action Strikes Back. Dopey Move by Nielsen Gives Administration a PR Black Eye in the Middle of the Border Crisis.
While the Department of Homeland Security is separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, they have no problem enjoying Mexican food. In an appallingly thoughtless move, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen chose to dine at a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C., amid the border issues currently taking the nation…
Trump Caves, Signs Executive Order to Stop His Border Policy, No Details
UPDATED June 20, 2018 at 3:36 p.m. Trump signs executive order to keep families together at border, says ‘zero-tolerance’ prosecution policy will continue. The New York Times reports that the new executive order seeks to modify that existing consent decree in order to keep parents and children together in detention….
Sen. Kamala Harris Calls on DHS Chief to Resign: We Must Speak the Truth
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has called on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign in light of her failed leadership and enforcement of inhumane immigration policies. “The government should be in the business of keeping families together, not tearing them apart. And the government should have a commitment…