The Trump administration has attempted to justify its harsh crackdown on immigrants as helpful for American workers. But as Sarah Lazare reports this week, the overwhelming evidence is that it’s doing the opposite.
Sarah points to examples, from labor organizers being targeted for deportation to federal immigration agents harassing U.S.-born workers on a picket line. And she highlights a growing body of research highlighting how immigration crackdowns actually lead to more wage and workplace violations against all workers, reduce jobs available for U.S.-born employees, and hurt the economy overall. Trump’s “masked, armed federal agents are creating hostile environments for all workers, not just immigrants,” she concludes.
Meanwhile, Jordan Liz highlights the administration’s perverse rationale for targeting children in ICE raids. In the view of hardliners like Stephen Miller, Jordan explains, “the children of immigrants are just as — if not more — dangerous than their parents.” Therefore, “ICE will arrest, detain, cage, traumatize, and tear gas them. Agents will use them as bait, deny their rights, and deport them in the name of defending America.” Instead, Jordan calls on Americans to stand up for children and others who can’t defend themselves.
Also this week, Eric Morrissette explains the importance of a Supreme Court case over whether Trump can fire a Fed governor. And Jim Hightower exposes the ruse behind the GOP’s so-called “ban” on stock trading by members of Congress.
New This Week…
Trump’s Assault on Immigrants Hurts U.S.-Born Workers, Too | Sarah Lazare
The research is clear: when immigrant workers are targeted, it threatens all workers’ ability to fight for better pay and conditions.
Trump and Vance Can’t Be ‘Pro-Life’ While Committing Violence Against Children | Jordan Liz
Children aren’t exempt from ICE’s violence. And for administration hardliners, that’s the point.
One Woman’s Refusal | Eric Morrissette
The importance of Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s stand against presidential pressure.
The GOP’s Solution to Corruption: Just Legalize It | Jim Hightower
The party’s so-called “stock trading ban” still allows members of Congress to own and sell stock in corporations they oversee.
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Alex Pretti and Renee Good Were Lynched. How Will We Respond? | William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
We don’t need better training for the men who killed these activists. We need a moral movement to disarm them and reconstruct democracy.
The Senate Must Not Fund ICE | Sonali Kolhatkar
The money fueling ICE’s abuses comes directly out of the pockets of working Americans who are already struggling.
We Need Child Care, Not Partisan Threats | Kate Schuett
Freezing child care funding on the basis of partisan allegations only hurts working families like mine.
Trump’s Judicial Nominees Signal Their Loyalty To Him, Endangering Us All | Paul Gordon
If nominees are so desperate to avoid offending Trump now, how can we expect them to fairly consider arguments that he’s violated the law when they’re judges?
