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Archives: Immigration
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Trump’s Statue against Liberty
By Daniel Martin Varisco | ( MENA Tidningen ) | - - In 1886, slightly more than a century after the birth of the United States of America, the government of France…![Why Trump’s Muslim ban is bad for business](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/why-trumps-muslim-ban-is-bad-for-187x137.jpg)
Why Trump’s Muslim ban is bad for business
By Shainaz Firfiray | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict immigration from seven countries has sparked widespread criticism from several quarters, including the business world. Not only…![Trump Can’t Make America Great Again without Immigrants](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-cant-make-america-great-ag-187x137.jpg)
Trump Can’t Make America Great Again without Immigrants
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In 2016, the US birthrate fell to 59.6 births per 1,000 women, the lowest ever recorded. Birth rates rise and fall over time,…![Trump’s Alt-Reality: White Terrorism against Mosque justifies Muslim Ban](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trumps-alt-reality-white-terrori-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Alt-Reality: White Terrorism against Mosque justifies Muslim Ban
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Trump staffer Stephen Miller, an arch-conservative, defended Trump's Muslim ban on television Monday by pointing to Europe, where he alleged there were Muslim…![The Sadism of Racist Exclusion: Courts Temporarily Block Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/the-sadism-of-racist-exclusion-c-187x137.jpg)
The Sadism of Racist Exclusion: Courts Temporarily Block Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Picking on immigrants and refugees is the act of a sadistic bully, since they are the one fairly large group of residents of…![Trump renders Green Cards for 250,000 Iraqis and Iranians Worthless](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/trump-renders-green-cards-for-25-187x137.jpg)
Trump renders Green Cards for 250,000 Iraqis and Iranians Worthless
By Marcelo Rochabrun | ProPublica | - - Update: A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security told Reuters on Saturday morning that the President’s executive order will, in fact, stop green…![Persecution and the threat to the refugee system](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/persecution-and-the-threat-to-th-187x137.jpg)
Persecution and the threat to the refugee system
By Brad K. Blitz | (OpenDemocracy.net) | - - We need to accept that for millions of refugees persecution is the principal reason for flight today as it was before, during and…![Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/why-the-great-wall-of-trump-will-187x137.jpg)
Why the Great Wall of Trump will be a Costly Failure
David Cook Martín | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump tweeted on Jan. 6 that “any money spent on building the Great Wall (for the sake of speed), will be paid…![Obama’s Farewell Address: Racial Discrimination a Challenge Ahead](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/obamas-farewell-address-racial-d-187x137.jpg)
Obama’s Farewell Address: Racial Discrimination a Challenge Ahead
NBC | (Video Report) | - - "As President Barack Obama's time in office comes to a close, he delivers his Farewell Address from Chicago." President Barack Obama's Farewell Address (Full Speech)…![Can Popular Mobilization & Sanctuary stop Trump’s Deportation Plans?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/can-popular-mobilization-sanctua-187x137.jpg)
Can Popular Mobilization & Sanctuary stop Trump’s Deportation Plans?
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - Cost, impossible logistics, political opposition, and community resistance could spell the end of the president-elect's anti-immigrant scheme. President-elect Donald Trump built his…![Hating on “Foreigners” a key Plank of Trumpism: Can it be Fought?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/hating-on-foreigners-a-key-plank-187x137.jpg)
Hating on “Foreigners” a key Plank of Trumpism: Can it be Fought?
By Ngaire Woods | (Project Syndication) | - - The New Xenophobia: OXFORD – Democratic governments in the West are increasingly losing their bearings. From the shift toward illiberalism in Poland and…![Trump Vows to Deport up to 3 Million Undocumented Migrants Immediately](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/trump-vows-to-deport-up-to-3-mil-187x137.jpg)
Trump Vows to Deport up to 3 Million Undocumented Migrants Immediately
TeleSur | - - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump didn’t back down from his hardline stance on immigration Sunday in his first interview since winning the election, pledging to deport up to 3…![Top 8 Syrian-Americans whom we’d miss If Trump had Kept them out](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/09/top-8-syrian-americans-whom-wed-2-187x137.jpg)
Top 8 Syrian-Americans whom we’d miss If Trump had Kept them out
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In his fiery speech demonizing immigrants to America on Wednesday night, Trump took a moment to deplore that the Obama administration has admitted…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/shadowgovengelhardt-1-180x137.jpg)
Our American Crimes against the Future
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - I recently dug my mother’s childhood photo album out of the depths of my bedroom closet. When I opened it, I found that…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/07/PH_2015-11-19_mexican-immigration-03-187x137.png)
Top 6 Graphs that Refute Donald Trump’s Lies about the United States
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - AP's Fact Check found that as usual Donald Trump's statistics in his GOP acceptance speech are way beyond the 'damned lies' level. So…![After Trump bashed Brown Immigrants all Year, it’s the British White Guy who tries to Kill Him](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/after-trump-bashed-brown-immigra-187x137.jpg)
After Trump bashed Brown Immigrants all Year, it’s the British White Guy who tries to Kill Him
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump's blatantly racist attacks on immigrants have all along had as their subtext the implication that there is something wrong with those…![The Palmer Raid: When Trump’s Grandfather and Wives could have been Profiled](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/the-palmer-raid-when-trumps-gran-187x137.jpg)
The Palmer Raids: When Trump’s Grandfather and Wives could have been Profiled
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Marx said that every great event in history happens twice, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce. In this…![Despite Terrorism fears, 59% of Americans Welcome Syrian, Iraqi Refugees](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/06/despite-terrorism-fears-59-of-am-187x137.jpg)
Despite Terrorism fears, 59% of Americans Welcome Syrian, Iraqi Refugees
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | "American attitudes on refugees from the Middle East": A Public Opinion Poll by Shibley Telhami is just out. Despite the raft of Republican mayors who…![Top 3 sources Immigration to US every Decade since 1820 (Animated Map)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170204105541im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/top-3-sources-immigration-to-us-187x137.jpg)