The Trump Executive Order to stop separating kids from their parents is classic lipstick on a pig. Their border policy is still an immoral and un-American pig.
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While this was happening, our two-party solution to help
#DREAMers fell apart this week because we were two Republicans short of forcing a vote on the#DreamAct and the bipartisan compromise#USAAct.https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/immigration-discharge-petition-deadline-arrives-signature-completion-likely …Show this thread
Those Republicans who wanted to help #DREAMers got played by their leadership. They gave up their leverage on the same promise that they would finally get a vote that @SpeakerRyan has been breaking for a year.
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They wanted to cover 1.8 million Dreamers, but at most, the Ryan bill covers 1.4 million Dreamers and the
@CatoInstitute says 82% of#DREAMers won’t be helped by it.https://www.cato.org/blog/82-dreamers-wont-benefit-house-bills-citizenship-path …Show this thread -
The Ryan bill and Goodlatte bill both end the diversity lottery, end forms of family-based immigration, and build the wall. They also permit the indefinite detention of families in violation of the law.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-escalante-immigration-bills_us_5b2aa676e4b0040e273f23ee …
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The only way the Ryan bill could be seen as a compromise is if you consider it a compromise between the right wing and their far right wing. Of course, no Democrats had any input.https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/19/17448788/house-republicans-immigration-daca-separation-family …
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Who knows if they even have enough votes for this mess next week. Either way, it’s a sad day for American government and values.
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You need to get in their faces and make them human. You are representing us and we demand
#Respect you should too. Channel your inner badass.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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