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POLITICS 07/23/2018 11:13 am ET Updated 32 minutes ago “Good morning. I’m actually here to speak directly to Donald Trump," began Barbara L’Italien, a Massachusetts state senator mistakenly booked on the show. By Jenna Amatulli “Fox & Friends First” on Monday booked the wrong guest, who lectured the show’s hosts during an awkward moment about why President Donald Trump’s family separation immigration policy is so bad. In a clip making the rounds on social media, the hosts introduced Democratic Arizona congressional candidate Ann Kirkpatrick, who has been in the news for supporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But Kirkpatrick wasn’t who showed up. Barbara L’Italien appeared instead. And she did not come to play. L’Italien is a Democratic state senator in Massachusetts. She was prepared with a message for Trump.  “Good morning. I’m actually here to speak directly to … [Read more...] about ‘Fox & Friends’ Books Wrong Guest And Gets An Earful From Anti-Trump Democrat

By Roxana Kopetman | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: March 28, 2018 at 10:38 am | UPDATED: March 28, 2018 at 6:58 pm President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday, March 28 to express his support for the efforts of some in Orange County to fight California’s sanctuary laws. “My Administration stands in solidarity with the brave citizens of Orange County defending their rights against California’s illegal and unconstitutional Sanctuary policies,” he tweeted. “California’s Sanctuary laws release known dangerous criminals into communities across the State. All citizens have the right to be protected by Federal law and strong borders.” ….release known dangerous criminals into communities across the State. All citizens have the right to be protected by Federal law and strong borders. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2018 Trump’s two-part tweet to Orange County netted over 14,000 … [Read more...] about Trump tweets support for O.C. anti-sanctuary push; responses mixed

POLITICS 04/13/2018 12:40 pm ET Updated 23 minutes ago Thomas Homan is unlike anyone who has run Immigration and Customs Enforcement before. What happens when you put a cop in charge of deporting people? By Roque Planas 170 The day Thomas Homan turned the immigration debate on its head, he could have just presented his agency’s budget request like he was asked. The first nine people to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency President Donald Trump picked Homan to lead last January, rarely courted controversy. Most of them were lawyers, adept at the art of bipartisan doublespeak and content to leave policy fights to politicians. They generally described ICE as a national security agency, emphasizing its investigative work and the number of criminals removed, while downplaying its core function: deporting people who pose little or no threat. But last June, when Homan was supposed to be explaining to a House subcommittee why ICE needed a 29 … [Read more...] about Trump’s ICE Chief Loves His Deportation Force — And Thinks You Should Too

By Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards | PUBLISHED: June 21, 2018 at 6:15 am | UPDATED: June 21, 2018 at 6:20 am It was a lie all along. For over a month, President Trump falsely claimed that the law required him to separate children from parents arrested at the border. He said that Democrats were to blame. But there was no such law. On Wednesday, facing national outcry, Trump issued an executive order to keep the families together. It was a tacit admission that his prior claims of helplessness were bogus. Moreover, it doesn’t address the bigger issue — the need for comprehensive immigration reform that balances border security with the reality that we now have generations of undocumented immigrants who have grown up here and are, for all intents and purposes, Americans. We need reform with compassion that recognizes that people trying to cross our borders — legally or illegally — are often fleeing violence and gang activity in Central America … [Read more...] about Editorial: Trump tacitly admits lie about splitting families

By City News Service | PUBLISHED: June 25, 2018 at 8:27 am | UPDATED: June 25, 2018 at 8:27 am LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in Los Angeles is expected to hear arguments Monday in the ACLU’s emergency lawsuit calling for an end to what it describes as the “unconstitutional denial” of attorney access to immigrants being detained by the Trump administration at a prison complex in the High Desert. According to the complaint, hundreds of immigrants were moved from detention facilities to the medium security federal prison in Victorville, which is about 60 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. The detainees are being held “incommunicado,” the nonprofit organization says in its complaint, filed June 19 in federal court in Los Angeles. In a victory over the government’s “zero tolerance” detention policy, U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II on Thursday approved a temporary restraining order compelling officials to give the … [Read more...] about Lawsuit over immigrants detained in Victorville prison comes to LA court