Tag Archives: Immigration Policy

MICHAEL MEEROPOL / TRUMP / The war with Iran should not distract us from important domestic issues

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Thorne Dreyer

E. Jean Carroll, 2006. Photo by  julieannesmo. Creative Commons image. By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / July 3, 2025 The following is an expanded version of a commentary delivered over WAMC-FM on June 27, 2025 by Michael Meeropol … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins :
Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s unpatriotic view of Syrian refugees

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Thorne Dreyer

The governor wants to bar the ‘golden door’ to freedom, rather than light the pathway for those who most need to find it. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | Nov. 19, 2015 I have always considered the … Continue reading →

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Elaine J. Cohen :
METRO | The new American ‘internment camps’: A bad idea that doesn’t go away

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Family detention’ is just a euphemism for ‘prisons incarcerating immigrant women and children.’ By Elaine J. Cohen | The Rag Blog | October 7, 2015 AUSTIN — According to my well-worn Webster’s, a euphemism is “the substitution of an agreeable … Continue reading →

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