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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
LA mayor turns down $425K in federal funding to counter violent extremism after opposition from civil rights groups stalls process
(OC Register) Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office has turned down a $425,000 federal grant to counter violent extremism after a wave of opposition from civil rights organizations, which said the program would target and vilify Muslims. Garcetti’s office, which was to […]
Immigration
Border Patrol terror watch-list encounters on track to outpace last year’s record There have been 69 encounters between ports of entry so far this fiscal year
(Fox) The number of people encountered by Border Patrol agents at the southern border between ports of entry is on track to outpace the record number encountered last fiscal year, according to new data released by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) this […]
Government & Politics
Trump accuses Tlaib of harboring ‘hatred of Israel and Jewish people’
(Hill) President Trump on Monday accused Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) of harboring “tremendous hatred of Israel and the Jewish people” in response to comments she made about the Holocaust. Tlaib said in a recent interview that she has a “calming feeling” when […]