[Office of the Inspector General]
“This emergency Management Alert warns that the DHS did not comply with the law when it created and deployed – for political reasons – a ‘Task Force’ that included officers from Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
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CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION
Watchdog: DHS Improperly Deployed Officers and Agents to Task Force
Trump Refuses to identify CBP employees who made racist, sexually violent posts
[Customs and Border Protection]
Rep. Maloney: ““It is unclear why the Trump Administration is going to such extreme lengths to protect these employees who posted racist and sexually violent material, but President Trump himself has set the example of publicly and repeatedly defending similar actions by himself and others.”
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2020 Election: Is Trump Planning a Coup d’État?
[2020 Election\Donald Trump]
The Nation: “The report warns that a desperate Trump could push the American republic to the breaking point. The authors even envision scenarios in which Trump wins the Electoral College but loses the popular vote and exploits the ensuing unrest.”
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Oregon Governor Announces Withdrawal of Federal Troops from Portland
[Portland\Federal Troops]
Gov. Brown: “After my repeated requests, the federal government has agreed to a phased withdrawal of federal officers…”
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Portland: House to Introduce Bill Requiring Feds Identify Themselves
[Portland\Trump’s Secret Police]
The Nation: “The bill would require on-duty federal agents display not just the name of their agency, but the individual agent’s last name and identification number.”
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Trump’s Secret Police Creating Constitutional Crisis in Portland
[Trump’s Secret Police\Portland]
Brown: “Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland have been shot in the head with kinetic impact munitions, swept away in unmarked cars…We cannot sit idly by and accept this as the new normal — in Portland or anywhere else in this country.”
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TRUMP’S CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL REPORTEDLY TARGETING IRANIAN-AMERICANS
[Immigration\CBP\Iranian-Americans]
In the midst of increased tensions, a Vice “Motherboard” exclusive details the seizure of an active duty American soldier’s iPhone – while traveling on official business – apparently due to their Iranian heritage.
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AFT PRESIDENT RANDI WEINGARTEN: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S NEW FLORES RULE “CRUEL”
[Immigration News]
AFT’s Weingarten: “In another cruel move, the Trump administration has chosen to once again target immigrant children, making it easier to hold them in detention indefinitely and under inhabitable conditions. The White House’s goal is quite clear: to prevent anyone from majority nonwhite countries from seeking refuge and asylum in the United States.”
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COURT RULES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MUST PROVIDE “SAFE AND SANITARY” CONDITIONS FOR DETAINED IMMIGRANTS
[Immigration News]
Pili Tobar of America’s Voice: “It’s truly appalling that the government needed to be forced to provide basic human necessities to children in detention. This is a defining moment of the Trump administration’s cruelty. To go out of their way to prevent children from bathing, brushing their teeth and having a clean place to sleep and eat is not only barbaric, but stands in the face of American values and principles.”
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