In the weeks and days leading up to 9/11, comprehensive immigration reform was within grasp. President Bush was spending political capital. Mexico’s President Fox, before becoming the best F-Bomber ever, was fully invested.
The pieces were falling into place. Which means we were *that close* to me advocating for puppies.
Instead …
In the end, President Trump’s strategy of ignoring the center and playing to his base by ginning up anti-immigrant angst — something we haven’t seen from a White House in the modern era — failed to keep suburban America in the Republican camp.
Despite a strong economy and foreign policy wins, the Republicans went all-in on immigration, and as a result Democrats now control the House …
They fled violence in Guatemala, got to California—and the two children were promptly shipped to New York. It shouldn’t be like this, and doesn’t have to be.
Maria, her husband, and their two kids had no better option. After enduring violence in Guatemala, including the murder of their son, the family fled north to the United States in early September 2017, hoping for a new …
In January of 1979, after his seminal CBS News special on the Vietnamese boat people fleeing the communist regime, Ed Bradley stood on Ellis Island. He told America, “For us the Vietnam War is over. And, like it or not, we lost that war. But, while there, we sold many of its people a way of life, an attitude. And now they are the losers. And we face moral dilemma.”
In …
I write today, first and foremost, hoping you, your family and your community are safe and healthy. These are deeply unsettling and challenging times that require us to extend kindness to ourselves and to each other.
Like each of you, I hope my family and friends are safe and healthy and that we’re doing enough so that we can beat this pandemic and get back to normal as soon as …
