[American Civil Liberties Union]
ACLU: “Today’s decision affirms that the Trump administration’s abuses continue to need to be reined in. The administration’s attempt to suppress our demands of justice for Black lives and use Portland as a campaign prop miserably backfired.”
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Department of Homeland Security
Trump’s DHS Targeting Activist Americans as “Antifa” Foreign Agents
[DHS\Antifa]
“They targeted Americans like they’re Al-Qaeda” a former senior DHS intelligence officer with knowledge of the operations told The Nation, comparing the operation to the illegal surveillance of activists during the civil rights era.
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ACLU Suing Feds and Portland Police for Attacking Medics
[ACLU\Portland]
ACLU: “Multiple volunteer street medics are suing the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals Service, and the City of Portland for targeting and attacking them at Portland protests against police brutality.”
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Democrats: Trump “Weaponizing” Federal Agents for Political Agenda
[Trump’s Secret Police]
Democrats: “We find it particularly troubling that in Portland, many of these federal officers have apparently been patrolling the streets in unmarked vehicles and arresting protestors off the street – in some cases without probable cause.”
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Trump Collecting Information on People Deemed “Threatening” to Confederate Monuments
[Trump\Confederate Monuments]
SPLC: “President Trump continues to abuse the powers of the Executive Branch. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now being weaponized against communities seeking to remove Confederate monuments from their public spaces.’
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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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HAITIAN NURSE ON FRONTLINES OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC FACES DEPORTATION
[COVID-19\TPS]
America’s Voice: Rony Ponthieux, a Haitian nurse who despite taking care of three coronavirus patients every day, is under threat of possible deportation from the Trump administration and separation from his wife and two children.
Facebook
AMERICA’S GOVERNORS AND MAYORS FILL LEADERSHIP VOID LEFT BY TRUMP
[COVID-19\Leadership]
Morial: “As the President has faltered, governors and mayors have risen – most notably, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose state has been the hardest-hit.”
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SANDERS ON CORONAVIRUS: GOVERNMENT NOT DOING ENOUGH
[Coronavirus\Government Response]
Sanders: “I am doing everything in my power in the U.S. Senate to correct the completely unacceptable federal response to this crisis.”
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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REPORTEDLY PLANNING DEPORTATION OF DREAMERS WHILE CONTINUING IMMIGRANT CHILD SEPARATION
[Immigration\DACA\Child Separation]
Acting ICE Director Matt Albence confirmed the Department of Homeland Security will pursue deportations for Dreamers.
The Trump Administration separated more than 3,000 children from their families before a federal court halted mass separations in June 2018 and ordered the Administration to reunite the children with their families if possible.
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