Coalition of state attorneys general sue to block Trump immigration policies

Update to The cruelty is the point: New Trump policy to detain migrant children indefinitely. The anticipated lawsuit challenging Trump’s unlawful action has been filed. The Hill reports, 20 states sue Trump administration over Flores rule: A coalition of 20 states led by California and Massachusetts on Friday announced a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s … Read more

The cruelty is the point: new Trump policy to detain migrant children ‘indefinitely’

The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a proposal to detain undocumented families together indefinitely, replacing the 1997 Flores settlement agreement that set a 20-day limit for holding children, with President Donald Trump saying it would discourage migrants from coming to the US. Because the cruelty is the point. Trump administration to allow longer detention of … Read more

(UPDATED) A Conversation with Arizona Congressional District Eight Democratic Candidate Michael Muscato

Arizona Congressional District Eight includes parts of Western and Northern Phoenix (Peoria, Litchfield Park, Sun City West, Glendale, and New River). The district, as it is presently constituted, once thought of as a Republican stronghold, saw two competitive and exciting elections in 2018 with Dr. Hiral Tipirneni giving a serious challenge to Debbie Lesko that … Read more

9th Circuit Court of Appeals requires ‘safe and sanitary’ care for detained migrant children

Back in June, the morally depraved Trump administration actually argued before a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel that the government is not required to give soap or toothbrushes to children apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border and can have them sleep on concrete floors in frigid, overcrowded cells, despite the Flores settlement agreement that requires detainees … Read more