Charlotte and Dave Willner started the viral effort after seeing a photo of a crying child who reminded them of their own daughter.
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Police arrest nearly 600 in D.C. as demonstrators protest Trump policy on migrant families
Scores of female protesters sit on the floor of a Senate office building to decry immigrants’ treatment at the border.
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Seeking split from ICE, agents say Trump’s immigration crackdown hurts investigations, morale
A majority of special agents working for the Homeland Security Investigative Division signed the letter sent to Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House rejects immigration bill pushed by Trump in last-minute tweet
The Republican Party has been unable to bridge the divide between its hard-liners aligned with Trump and moderates intent on addressing the fate of undocumented immigrants known as ‘dreamers.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Some comparisons to Nazism are specious, but others serve as critical red flags
The author of Godwin’s Law says it’s still right to challenge the callousness of officials who claim they’re just doing what immigration statutes demand.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Trumped-up border crisis led to child separations
The president’s zero-tolerance policy, not increased migration, is causing chaos.
Posted inNation & World
White House sees ‘vindication’ in Supreme Court ruling upholding travel ban
The decision is the court’s first substantive ruling on a Trump administration policy.
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Kathleen Parker: The crying-child image becomes a Rorschach test for both sides
Where is psychiatrist Charles Krauthammer when we need him?
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Commentary: Even Sarah Huckabee Sanders has right to be served in public spaces like a restaurant
Turning her away was a hostile act that stooped to the level of her inhumane and hateful boss, an ugly place where most Americans don’t want to go.
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At Portland protest of immigration policy, ‘so much rage’ they no longer can stay silent
A Facebook call to rally in Portland draws more than 200 people eager to take a stand against White House actions at the border that have sparked outrage across the country.