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Immigration
Myth: Americans believe immigrants make up 33% of the population.
Fact: Immigrants as a whole make up only 13% of our population, and undocumented immigrants make up only 3%.
Every American has heard time and again that we are a nation of immigrants, but hard economic times tend to inflame nativist sentiment. Many of us believe that immigrants are overrunning our population and ruining our economy by stealing jobs and unfairly drawing welfare benefits. It’s a common belief that immigrants, particularly undocumented immigrants, are prone to criminal behavior, refuse to assimilate, and mostly come to the US to commit crimes and collect welfare.
But the facts tell a different story. For example, undocumented immigrants are 5% of the workforce, and many pay into our Social Security and Medicare systems, from which they will never draw benefits.
As a nation of immigrants, our strength comes from our diversity.
Migrant Caravan Besieged By Fake News
Immigration opponents are spreading misinformation about the migrant caravan in the hopes of manipulating the American public. One such rumor, perpetuated by President Trump, is that there are “unknown Middle Easterners” amongst the travelers.
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How Hyperbole is Used to Sway Public Opinion on Immigration
The president has developed quite a reputation for exaggerating issues—to the point of telling outright lies. Moral implications aside, this type of rhetoric has proven to be incredibly effective, particularly as it relates to immigration.
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Reunification Interest Dwindles as Omarosa Gains the Spotlight
Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman made headlines multiple times this week. But the public really ought to be more focused on the fact that there are still hundreds of migrant children who have yet to be reunited with their families.
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Kobach’s Anti-Immigration Efforts Are Only a Victory for Him
Kansas Republican gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach has created anti-immigration ordinances for several small cities. The trouble is, those ordinances resulted in huge legal costs for those towns—including hundreds of thousands in legal fees for Kobach himself.
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Major Republican Accomplishments in US Government
Earlier today, we shared a post about major Democratic accomplishments in American history. As a follow-up, here’s a list of some of the actions taken by the Republican party over the past 100 years or so that have shaped America into the country we know and love.
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Immigrants Discharged by Military Are Vital to National Security
MAVNI provides a way for the military to recruit foreign-born people with special knowledge, language, and cultural skills in order to advance the security of and contribute to the success of U.S. operations in other nations.
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Trump Administration Can’t Meet Family Reunification Deadline
Today is the court-ordered deadline for all migrant children under the age of five to be reunited with their respective families, and the Trump administration is expected to fall short of meeting that requirement. On Monday, CNN reported that the federal government anticipates that only 56 of the 102 children will be reunited with their loved ones.
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SCOTUS Rulings Are a Victory for GOP
The latest rulings by the Supreme Court present a stinging reminder of the lasting impacts of the GOP’s 2016 nomination blocking tactics and rule changes in the Senate designed to cement Republican control of the nomination process.
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Meet Friedrich Trump, the President’s Immigrant Grandfather
Friedrich Trump arrived in the U.S. in 1885. A non-English speaking immigrant, the 16-year-old was dirt poor, had only one suitcase of belongings, and came to America with the simple hope of a better life. Under today’s policies, he would be classified as an “unaccompanied alien child.”
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Jeff Sessions Slams ‘Open Borders Radicals’
Attorney Jeff Sessions has accused California lawmakers, particularly Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf of being an “open border radical” and endangering immigration officers in order to “score political points on the backs of officer safety.”
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