[Immigration & COVID-19]
During the COVID-19 pandemic containment and response effort, immigrants’ contributions are ever more indispensable.
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Trump Administration
NY ATTORNEY GENERAL PUSHES FOR ABORTION ACCESSS DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
[COVID-19\Abortion Access]
Attorney General James: “As the coronavirus spreads across the country and residents are asked to stay at home, the federal government should be doing everything in its power to ensure women can maintain control of their reproductive choices.”
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TRUMP AND MILLER PRIORITIZE ATTACKING IMMIGRANTS OVER FIGHTING COVID-19
[Immigration\Stephen Miller]
Frank Sharry: “Trump has long outsourced immigration policy to his in-house racist, Stephen Miller. But if there ever was a moment to prioritize the war on the coronavirus over the war on immigrants, this is it.”
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DR. FAUCI ON TRUMP’S COVID-19 FALSEHOODS: I CAN’T TAKE HIS MICROPHONE
[COVID-19\Dr. Anthony Fauci]Asked how he responds to falsehoods from the President during press conferences, Fauci said, “I can’t jump in front of the microphone and push him down.”
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NY ATTORNEY GENERAL IMPLORES TRUMP TO HALT PUBLIC CHARGE RULE
[Coronavirus Pandemic\Public Charge Rule]
As the coronavirus spreads across the country, immigrants should be encouraged to access health insurance and medical care, but the Trump Administration’s rule does the opposite.
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WATERS ON COVID-19 STIMULUS RESPONSE: “FAMILIES MUST COME FIRST”
[COVID-19\Fiscal Stimulus]
Waters: “Low-income communities were already struggling before this crisis began and will likely be hit particularly hard by the coming recession. This is an urgent public health crisis.”
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U.S. SENATE RESOULTION REPEALS EDUCATION SECRETARY DEVOS’ REWRITE OF “BORROWERS DEFENSE RULE”
[“Borrower Defense” Rule]
Weingarten: “Today, a bit of justice was served for the hundreds of thousands of people who have fallen victim to this administration’s practice of siding with predatory colleges over the students and veterans who attend those colleges.”
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FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ATTEMPT TO RELEASE 3 D-PRINTED “GHOST GUN” FILES
[“Ghost Guns” Legal Decision]
Judge Jones’ order blocks the Trump Administration from transferring the 3D-printed gun files to Commerce.
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NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL FIGHTS TRUMP’S EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE IMMIGRATION ASYLUM PROTECTIONS
[Immigration Rights]
Attorney General James and the coalition push back against an interim final rule in which the Trump Administration is effectively ignoring asylum claims by sending people — many of whom are fleeing violence and persecution — to third countries.
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NEW YORK’S ATTORNEY GENERAL: TRUMP’S ATTEMPT TO DIVERT TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO BUILD BORDER WALL “ILLEGAL”
[Trump’s Border Wall]
For the second consecutive year, the Trump Administration has circumvented the will of Congress by redirecting billions of dollars appropriated for the procurement of equipment by state National Guard units in order to build a wall.
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