The Trump administration’s Stephen Miller-pushed public health order that has now resulted in the deportation of hundreds of migrant children back to possible danger is now facing its first court challenge, CNN reports. Advocacy groups including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have sued the administration over its attempt to deport a 16-year-old boy who fled Honduras after witnessing…
ICYMI: Integrating America’s whitest states, meat plant workers speak out, and more from Prism
As the COVID-19 pandemic has raged on around the country, Prism has been on the ground covering the stories that matter most to the communities at risk, and keeping a finger on the pulse of the other major news unfolding against the backdrop of the virus. In case you missed it, here’s a roundup of…
WH press secretary says she called Trump a ‘racist’ and ‘hateful’ because CNN headlines tricked her
On Thursday, CNN went through some of their recent archives to pull out statements that newly anointed White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany made about her new boss, Donald Trump. It turns out that a lot of those statements were no good. I mean, they were honest—they just aren’t good for the job she has now….
New York City announces $20 million fund to assist undocumented workers blocked from relief
New York City’s mayor and the Open Society Foundations have announced a $20 million program that will assist thousands of undocumented workers in the area who have been affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The New York City COVID-19 Immigrant Emergency Relief program makes the city, along with California, among the first localities in the nation to offer financial…