ICE raids in Mississippi left children separated from their parents without any plan

ABOVE: Friends, coworkers and family watch as U.S. immigration officials raid several Mississippi food processing plants, including this Koch Foods Inc., plant in Morton, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. The early morning raids were part of a large-scale operation targeting owners as well as undocumented employees. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis, AP) As Rachel Maddow says, “Watch what … Read more

Does the leadership of I.C.E. have any decency?

Does the leadership of I.C.E. have any decency? According to the Washington Post, they apparently knew where the close to 700 illegal immigrants that they arrested on Wednesday, worked in Mississippi. CNN published a piece showing photographs of  I.C.E. agents at some of these facilities where the illegals worked. Instead, they decided to arrest many … Read more

‘Twitter Trump’ used tragedy for a campaign event and Twitter rage

You knew that “Teleprompter Trump” being forced to read from a hostage statement prepared for him on Monday — a “low-energy, vacant-eyed mouthing of the words written for him condemning white supremacists this week,” as Joe Biden so accurately described on Wednesday — would not last. “Twitter Trump” used the tragedy of a mass shootings in … Read more