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      Trump Is Following Arizona's Playbook On Immigration. We Know How To Fight Back

      Trump Is Following Arizona's Playbook On Immigration. We Know How To Fight Back

      What can happen when a “Circus Maximus” takes over the halls of power.

      Jeff Biggers
      Jul 01, 2018

      The "total chaos" of the Trump administration's handling of immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is deja vu all over again for Arizonans.

      The same goes for this week's Supreme Court ruling to uphold President Donald Trump's travel ban, a proclamation "motivated by anti-Muslim animus," as Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted in her dissenting opinion.

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      San Francisco 49ers kneel during the national anthem before a game on October 15, 2017

      Saying 'A Handful of Pardons' Won't Cut It, NFL Players Demand Sweeping Prison Reform

      "If President Trump thinks he can end these injustices if we deliver him a few names, he hasn't been listening to us."

      Julia Conley
      Jun 21, 2018

      In a New York Times op-ed, several current and former NFL players rejected President Donald Trump's request for a list of people they would like to see him pardon, demanding instead that he enact far-reaching reforms to end the crisis of mass incarceration, which has seen black Americans sent to prison at more than five times the rate of white Americans.

      Trump has displayed a strong reliance on his executive pardon power, granting clemency to racially-profiling sheriff Joe Arpaio and right-wing propagandist Dinesh D'Souza, and saying numerous times that he believes he has the power to pardon himself should he be found guilty of wrongdoing.

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      Citing Rhetoric and Policies, US Tourism Industry Blames Trump as Foreigners Flock Elsewhere

      Citing Rhetoric and Policies, US Tourism Industry Blames Trump as Foreigners Flock Elsewhere

      "It's not a reach to say the rhetoric and policies of this administration are affecting sentiment around the world, creating antipathy toward the U.S. and affecting travel behavior."

      Julia Conley
      Jan 24, 2018

      The tourism industry is blaming President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant policies and xenophobic rhetoric for a decline in foreign visitors to the U.S. since Trump took office a year ago.

      The National Travel and Tourism Office saw a nearly four percent drop in foreign travelers entering the U.S. in 2017 and more than a three percent drop in spending by tourists.

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