Category Archives: Dreamers

Confused by Trump: Too Much to Write About

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Confused by Trump:  Too Much to Write About Between Trump and AOC, there are too many topics to write about.  So I will just list the crucial short lines or paragraphs from what I would have written on the topics. … Continue reading →

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Since When Did the United States Start Taking Americans Hostage?

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Since When Did the United States Start Taking Americans Hostage? In the Iran hostage crises, in 1979-1981, for a year and a quarter, 52 Americans were held hostage.  This cost Jimmy Carter his re-election. Donald Trump has now held 800,000 … Continue reading →

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It’s true, DACA and Refugees are now Hostages for Life

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

It’s true, DACA and Refugees  are now Hostages for Life. As a prelude, Trump has reduced the sacred swearing in and commitments of citizenship to a political and partisan act.  Trump himself bragged about this as the first time that … Continue reading →

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The Ignominious Parade of Americans Whom Trump Has Wronged

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Ignominious Parade of Americans Whom Trump Has Wronged Trump wants a Parade, and there are many who are anxious to give him one to register their complaints. Without military vehicles and bands, they can do it for little cost … Continue reading →

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Families Belong Together Rally in Laguna Beach

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Families Belong Together Rally In Laguna Beach On June 30, 2018, we held a rally on Main Beach in Laguna Beach, CA, for the Families Belong Together movement. I took 160 photos of the signs and the crowd. As usual, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 Midterm Election, Children, Dana Rohrabacher CA 48th, Donald Trump, Dreamers, Families Belong Together, Fifth Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Assemble, Freedom to Petition, Laguna Beach Rally, Secrecy, Trump Administration, Trump Truthiness | Leave a comment

California Leads the Nation in Poverty

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

California Leads the Nation in Poverty Again, I am not a poverty expert, nor a social worker, or a social ecology professor. I just looked up some US Census data. This article arises from Donald Trump pulling the United States … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 Midterm Election, Affordable Care Act, AHCA, Benefits of the United Nations, Children, Congress, Donald Trump, Dreamers, Food Stamps, Poverty, State Department, Trumpcare Deaths, White House | Leave a comment

Trump’s Child Hostages: Almost Americans and Sick Children

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Child Hostages: Almost Americans and Sick Children Trump has made DACA and DREAMers into political hostages. He has done the same for needy children who need health care under the four month defunct CHIP program. Comparatively, this would qualify … Continue reading →

Posted in Chain Immigration, Children, CHIP Childrens Health, Congress, Donald Trump, Dreamers, Freedoms, Immigration Ban, Travel Ban, Trump Administration, Trump's Immigrant Family | Leave a comment

How Much Does Trump Hate California? Let Us Count the Ways

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

How Much Does Trump Hate California? Let Us Count the Ways (Apologies to William Shakespeare) First of all, which state could harbor the three million undocumented and potential illegal voters that Trump dreams that he lost by. California not only … Continue reading →

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The Unnecessary Educational Loss from Deporting Dreamers

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Unnecessary Educational Loss from Deporting Dreamers The number of people registering with DACA is about 800,000. But the number of Dreamers, which have the same circumstances of being brought to the US as children whose parents are undocumented is … Continue reading →

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Trump and Brain Drains

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump and Brain Drains Somehow, Dictators are associated with Brain Drains.  In historical cases, it is not just dislike for dictators, not just secondary effects of a dictator’s policies, but actual purges carried out by the dictator against academics and … Continue reading →

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