The President Violently Targets Immigrants, but Pardons Drug Traffickers
Maribel Hastings Posted Dec. 11, 2025 The Trump administration has not needed excuses to launch a violent crackdown on immigrants and anyone who looks “foreign,” even if they…
The Spreading Tentacles of the President’s Reign of Terror
Maribel Hastings Posted December 4, 2025 Like other cities across the country, Charlotte, North Carolina, owes a debt of gratitude to the immigrant workers who, in the late…
Thanksgiving for Resilience and Solidarity
Maribel Hastings Posted November 27, 2025 This is undoubtedly one of the most difficult Thanksgiving celebrations for immigrant or mixed-status families separated from their loved ones by Donald…
Fighting the Extremism That Impacts us All
Maribel Hastings Posted October 30, 2025 If the No Kings demonstrations involving more than 7 million people across the country repudiating the administration’s extremist and autocratic policies are…
Immigrants are the Scapegoats Even for the Government Shutdown
Maribel Hastings Posted October 9, 2025 With its well-oiled and well-funded deportation machine, the administration appears to have little concern for the government shutdown caused by a budget…
Immigration Extremism That Undermines Public Safety
Maribel Hastings Posted October 2, 2025 The current administration’s obsession with mass deportations has not only militarized cities and spread terror among immigrants and American families. Public safety…
The Economic Fallout From Immigration Extremism Is Tangible
Maribel Hastings Posted on September 11, 2025 The Associated Press recently reported that “more than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end…
The Intentional Damage of the Anti-Immigrant Crusade
Maribel Hastings Posted September 4, 2025 The case of Salvadoran Kilmar Ábrego García encompasses several elements of what is really a campaign of intimidation by Donald Trump’s administration,…
Immigration as an Excuse for Autocracy
Maribel Hastings Posted August 14, 2025 The militarization of immigration policy is in full swing, and the Trump administration has announced that it is speeding up construction of…
The Would-Be King, and His Enablers
Maribel Hastings Posted July 10, 2025 It is ironic that last week, as we celebrated the 249th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence, which…