WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 28, 2017 – According to the largest and latest study of its kind to date, the economic and educational gains made by beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) continue to grow. The national survey, published today by Tom K. Wong, professor at the University of California, San Diego; the Center for […]
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Trump’s Pardon of Arpaio Continues the Politics of Division and Recklessness, Says CAP’s Neera Tanden
WASHINGTON, DC, Aug. 25, 2017 – Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-styled “America’s Toughest Sheriff”—and one of the most virulently anti-immigrant figures in modern history—received a pardon earlier today from President Donald Trump. Arpaio led the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) from 1993 until 2016. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice concluded that the MCSO engaged in discriminatory policing practices, and, […]
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$2,183,552: Donald Trump’s Annual Tax Cut from ACA Repeal
March 22, 2017 – The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a health care bill that would take away insurance from 24 million Americans in 2025—the same year that it would give a tax cut of $57,570 to the average household making more than $1 million per year. The personal benefit to President […]