In recent weeks, Trump's new "leadership" in the Department of Homeland Security has announced the end of Temporary Protected Status ("TPS") for Haitians and Nicaraguans.
In reality, Trump and his xenophobic friends want to end TPS entirely, deporting as many non-Americans as possible back to war-torn, impoverished nations despite most living here for decades and contributing greatly to this nation.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been accused by State Department diplomats of violating the Child Soldier Prevention Act (CSPA), a United States federal statute signed into law by President George W. Bush in October 2008.
CSPA states that the U.S. government must be satisfied that no children under the age of 18 “are recruited, conscripted or otherwise compelled to serve as child soldiers” for a country to be removed from the list.
On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti near its capital Port-au-Prince. An estimated 220,000 lives were ended and at least 300,000 more injured. A reported 105,000 houses were destroyed and another 200,000 houses were badly damaged. The nation was essentially in ruins and has struggled to recover over the past nearly 8 years.
On October 12th, the Trump White House announced the U.S. would withdraw from UNESCO, the United Nations cultural organization. Due to the sheer volume of terrible things Trump's people are doing every day, this action didn't even make it through the day before moving out of the news cycle. So let's briefly address what UNESCO is and then why withdrawal by the U.S. is noteworthy.
You are excused if you missed this headline among the endless deluge of terrible things. What should sound alarm and prompt marches, now barely receives mention on television, print, or internet media.
The United States has a family reunification program. It seeks to offer humanitarian aid to those in need of being reunited with their family in the U.S.
Trump campaigned on ending NAFTA. It was an understatement when Smart Dissent reported back in May that NAFTA's Days Appear Numbered.
Renegotiating international trade agreements (and governing in general) is much harder than being full of hot air on the campaign trail. So while Trump may not have outright withdrawn from NAFTA, he is aiming to kill it another way.
The Trump Administraiton's third xenophobic attempt at a Muslim Ban came on September 24th via a proclamation banning travel to the U.S. from seven countries. It sought to ban citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea from entering the United States beginning this week on October 19th.
On Monday, a federal judge stepped in yet again:
In mid-August, we provided a primer that explained what DACA is and why it exists and that it was in grave danger of being ended. On Tuesday, September 5th, Attorney General Jeff Sessions did just that on behalf of Trump.
Trump and Republicans have taken direct action to deport as many undocuments U.S. residents as possible, prevent Muslims from entering the country, and ran an entire campaign based on building a wall on our border. Add this to the list of despicable actions -- lowering the amount of refugees admitted to the United States, leaving hundreds of thousands in imminent danger around the globe. America Last.
In July 2017, Smart Dissent reported that the Pentagon was likely canceling a program that recruits immigrants to the military. Known as Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI), the program fast-tracked immigrants to citizens in exchange for their service defending this great country.