Thousands of Jews protest ICE raids across U.S., 36 arrested in NYC | +972 Magazine

A growing movement of American Jews is mobilizing against U.S. immigration policy across the country. Drawing parallels between past Jewish suffering and the experiences of Latinx immigrants today, protesters chant ‘close the camps’ and ‘never again is now.’ Hundreds of American Jews protest against ICE raids at an Amazon store in New York City, August…

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Border news: Donald Trump tweets threat to close US-Mexico border “next week” – Vox

President Donald Trump has occasionally threatened to “shut down” the US-Mexico border for months. Nothing has happened. But now, the president is putting an actual timeline on the threat — insisting that he will shut down all or “large portions” of the US-Mexico border “next week” unless Mexico stops all Central American migration into the…

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The Atlantic: Let’s Get Fascist So We Don’t Have To Elect Fascists

We must repel the barbarian horde, according to The Atlantic. Without immigration restrictions, there are no national borders. Without national borders, there are no nation-states. Without nation-states, there are no electorates. Without electorates, there is no democracy. If liberals insist that only fascists will enforce borders, then voters will hire fascists to do the job…

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GOP Sen. Tillis to vote for resolution blocking Trump’s emergency declaration | TheHill

  GOP Sen. Thom Tillis said on Monday that he will support a resolution to block President Trump national emergency declaration on the U.S.-Mexico border. “I would vote in favor of the resolution disapproving of the president’s national-emergency declaration, if and when it comes before the Senate,” Tillis wrote in a Washington Post op-ed. Tillis’s decision comes…

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Tomi Lahren, Meet The Great Great Grandfather Prosecuted For Forging His Citizenship Papers! – Wonkette

An avid genealogist, I have a knack for using the document trail to root out buried family secrets and often help adoptees and others trace their histories. And so it’s with great amusement that I have unpacked the family trees of anti-immigrant right-wing personalities from Rep. Steve “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s…

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“We Can’t Save Everyone”: The Hopeless Mission Of The Only Ship Still Rescuing Refugees

THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN — “Leave the area immediately now,” the voice from the coast guard vessel al-Khifa said again. “I am the authority here. Leave the area immediately now.” It was 4 a.m. when the threat to the Aquarius, rocking in international waters around 30 miles from Libya, came over the radio. Not visible was…

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