Even by the standards of what has become a disturbing status quo as of late, the past month has been plagued by dehumanizing rhetoric and violent actions directed at immigrants and children of immigrants. It is part of a growing and horrifying narrative encouraging violence and reprisals toward the immigrant community in our nation – stemming from the highest office in the land.

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- As Policy Watch reported earlier this week, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently said schools should report undocumented students in their schools.
- The entire Trump administration has doubled and tripled down on calling immigrants “animals” while border patrol agents shot and killed an immigrant woman.
- Meanwhile, President Trump called the immigration court system corrupt and suggested eliminating judges and trials.
- He is also suggesting cutting aid to countries based on their immigration flow.
- Amidst all this, a new report was released documenting the abuse of unaccompanied detained children, even as President Trump called unaccompanied minors “not innocent.”
This is all taking place as stories exploded this past week regarding the “missing children” and the tremendous fear and misinformation circulating this issue. Read more