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The consequences of Trump's repeal of DACA are real, unjust, and devastating. Congressional Republicans lack of action on the topic ought to push each of their spineless bodies out of office.
Arizona students protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will no longer be eligible for in-state college tuition, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
.....DACA recipients, often called DREAMers, who have been granted "lawful status" but not "legal status" do not qualify to pay resident rates.
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Our government's primary function is to provide education, housing, food and safety of the people. Healthcare should of course be part of that and is a battle we continue to fight despite being obvious to so many of us. Simply stated, government should provide for the common good. Let's discuss one such example which now stands at risk of ending.
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As usual but to unimaginable extremes, Republicans and Trump and working daily on behalf of corporate interests instead of the American workers. THIS IS THE SWAMP. Hundreds of recent lobbyists on corporate payrolls are now running our government agencies that exist to work ON OUR BEHALF.
Five expert committees advised the federal government on ways to improve workplace safety and enhance whistleblower protections. Under Trump, their work has stopped and their recommendations are now stalled.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is ending its practice of automatically releasing pregnant women from detention. This is because of Trump's executive order “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,” which requires stricter enforcement of immigration laws. Previously, the agency’s general practice was to release women from detention who were pregnant.
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As we repeatedly state, Scott Pruitt is in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency yet he would love nothing more than to erase it from existence. He's living out his wildest fantasy with this sadistic opportunity to destroy it from the inside while exhibiting corruption at a level not previously imaginable. In Pruitt's mind, nothing, even the future our the one planet we have, should stand in the way of corporations doing whatever they want to maximize profits. This is as simple as we can explain it.