I posted yesterday a statement from the interview linked below, in which PRRI director Robert P. Jones says that the narrative that evangelicals held their nose and voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 is incorrect. As he says, there's no evidence to back that narrative, and white evangelicals show robust support for "Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric and his anti-black rhetoric and all those related racial grievance issues."
Lewis Wickes Hine photographed oppressive working conditions of thousands of children in the early 20th century. The black-and-white photographs suggest a bygone era – an embarrassing past that many Americans think we’ve left behind.
But with numerous reports of #childlabor violations, many involving #immigrants, and an uptick in state's rolling back the minimum working age – Hine’s work is as relevant as it was a century ago.
"There is also this incorrect narrative that evangelicals held their nose and voted for Trump. But there is really no evidence for that. White evangelicals support Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric and his anti-black rhetoric and all those related racial grievance issues. They were breathing comfortably and freely when they pulled the lever for Trump in both 2016 and 2020."
Wisconsin’s #Dairy Industry Relies on #Undocumented Immigrants, but the State Won’t Let Them Legally Drive
Undocumented #immigrants in the state can own and register their vehicles, but they aren’t allowed to drive them, forcing many #farm workers to risk fines and #arrest.
“It’s a Catch-22 for a lot of folks,” advocates say.
"In the past days, we have learned that the six maintenance workers killed when the bridge collapsed were all immigrants, natives of Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Around 39% of the workforce in the construction industry around Baltimore and Washington, D.C., about 130,000 people, are immigrants, Scott Dance and María Luisa Paúl reported in the Washington Post yesterday."
These deranged people are the fundamentalist #ChristoFascists intending to impose #TheNewInquisition rule over the rest of us, to eliminate all #WomensRights like in Afghanistan, to execute #LGBTQ folks and #Atheists like Gaza and Iran, to bring back #Slavery like in Libya and Qatar, and make America a Saudi style ethno-state in the #WhiteNationalist flavor. They intend to turn all schools into #ForcedReligion hellholes and #Kidnap your kids if you dare to let them be themselves. They intend to deport #Immigrants and force the poor into servitude with no #MinimumWages or #WorkerProtections at all, including no #SocialSecurity or #Healthcare since only the rich deserve a decent life - their disgusting god told them so while they were here wallowing on the floor and babbling.
THIS IS OUR FUTURE IF MAGATS ARE NOT VOTED OUT AND KEPT OUT PERMANENTLY: rule by hateful misogynist nutjobs using POLICE STATE VIOLENCE to enforce their whackadoodle beliefs onto us.
After failing in their first try last week, Republicans pushed through the charges over solid Democratic opposition, making the homeland security secretary the first sitting cabinet member to be impeached.
In Thursday night's State of The Union, the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley took center stage. The suspect is a migrant. Republicans say immigration leads to crime, but there's no evidence of that.
The experiences of those who are #LGBTQ+, #Black, #disabled, #immigrants, or #poor, etc., may differ, but it’s the same people who want to hurt us, take our rights, and keep us as their underclass.
They never stop at one group. We either let them pick us off one by one, or we band together for a fairer society.
“If negotiations fail, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will eventually put the Ukraine bill up for another vote, and he should. If the GOP blocks the bill in either the Senate or the House, it will share responsibility for whatever happens next in Ukraine. Kyiv’s defeat will be signed with the party’s signature...
“Do Republicans want to sponsor the 2024 equivalent of Saigon 1975?”
The Biden administration announced Wednesday the expansion of a form of humanitarian relief to Venezuelans already in the United States, making hundreds of thousands more people eligible for work permits and likely appeasing calls by New York City officials to provide work authorization to certain migrants.
Trump said at a "messaging event" in #GrandRapids, #Michigan, "It's a very bad thing happening. It's going to end on the day that I take office, which will be Jan 20."
Nigel Farage, who played a leading role in coaxing UK voters to Brexit by fanning flames of xenophobia and hysteria about immigration, says he's going return to political life in Britain to make its next election about immigration.
Republicans in the US say they will cede nothing to Biden because they want to attack him with hysteria about immigration.
Stirring hostility to and fear of immigrants is the go-to tactic of the political right.
"In the minds of the average Republican voter, when a Democrat is in the White House, our border is a wide open highway where the most savage brown-skinned hordes from across the world are not just given open passage, but also gifted advance access to the American welfare state and apparently the right to vote."
I'm watching the #news. This is insane. Immigrants are brought to border crossing points between #Finland and #Russia and the border is then closed behind them. Thermo tents are built in the #border area of Finland. Some #immigrants suffer from hypothermia and frost bites. I have mixed up feelings. We should not allow Russia to use hybrid war as a weapon, but I also feel sorry for these #people. 🥺💔 The temperature in the north Finland is close to -20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit).
"CNN reported Rios called one of the officers a homophobic slur and brought up an officer’s nationality. After the officer told him that he was from England, Rios said England had been 'taken over' by migrants."
Whatever other excuses people may try to insert about border issues United States, the real reason is #racism. The same people, usually conservative religious types, who are crying about low birth rates and trying to have as many kids as possible, are the same ones saying that our country is too crowded for (non-white) #immigrants. The fact is that #immigration is the only reason our population is growing, & they all pay taxes.
We should be welcoming & thankful, not hateful & ugly.
Can the media please run some artist conceptions of the camps the MAGA plan for immigrants, should they get control of the government? I bet the Heritage Foundation already has some drawn up. #immigrants#MAGA#MSNBC
"According to economist Steven Rattner of Morning Joe, the United States has now had 26 consecutive months—more than two years—of unemployment under 4%, the longest stretch of unemployment that low since the late 1960s.
Rattner pointed out that immigrants have helped to push U.S. growth since the pandemic by adding millions of new workers to the labor market."
House Republicans Impeach Mayorkas Over Border Policies (www.nytimes.com)
After failing in their first try last week, Republicans pushed through the charges over solid Democratic opposition, making the homeland security secretary the first sitting cabinet member to be impeached.
Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find (www.npr.org)
In Thursday night's State of The Union, the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley took center stage. The suspect is a migrant. Republicans say immigration leads to crime, but there's no evidence of that.
Biden administration announces relief for Venezuelans in the US in bid to ease burden on NYC officials | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
The Biden administration announced Wednesday the expansion of a form of humanitarian relief to Venezuelans already in the United States, making hundreds of thousands more people eligible for work permits and likely appeasing calls by New York City officials to provide work authorization to certain migrants.
Vivek Ramaswamy says he'll deport children of undocumented immigrants born in the U.S. (www.nbcnews.com)
Those children, however, are American citizens under the 14th Amendment.