Bryna Koch, MPH Immigration detention is big business in the US. Seventy-percent of people in immigration detention are in private for-profit centers run by Geo Group or Core Civic. In 2017, these two entities received $985 million in government. In 2014 and 2016 ICE violated federal procurement laws in order to reward Core Civic with …
More than two years after election night, Trump has left a trail of cruelty and destruction against immigrants that we must not forget, and that we must find a way to rectify. Since its inception in 2002, DHS has combined the tasks of immigration system oversight and prosecution of the few immigrants who actually do …
DACA and TPS recipients, amongst many others should be provided legal status with a pathway to citizenship. The current Republican and White House proposals are far from being negotiable.
Martha used to say “When you value people, you give them freedom.” Martha McSally talking to students at National Cathedral School in 2002. Now she is willing to sacrifice the health and welfare of military members’ families by deploying soldiers at the border, solely for political gain. Using the military in this ploy is disrespectful to …
May 30, 2018 by: Bryna Koch Here in Southern Arizona’s Congressional District 2 we are used to politicians lying about the border and demonizing immigrants to justify anti-immigrant policies, increased surveillance, and wasted money on projects that never really work out. If you are following Representative McSally’s Senate aspirations, you have observed her hard right …
Martha McSally Uses White Supremacist Language to Speak About DACA Jan 11, 2018 As Martha McSally’s anti-climactic unveiling of her run for Jeff Flake’s Senate seat looms, it is important to listen to the rhetoric change in her carefully crafted persona. For years, her constituents have tried to nail her down on issues important to …
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COMMERCE WITH MEXICO *from Feb 23, 2017 town hall event* CD2 takes in a $1 billion in revenue from Mexican tourism. This is a bipartisan issue. Rep. McSally has said, “The number one priority I hear about from Southern Arizonans is creating more economic opportunity for our region.” She’s given speeches to to the …
DACA / “DREAMERS” *from Feb 23, 2017 town hall event* According to the Pew Research Center, there were 27,000 DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) applications approved in Arizona. There may be several thousand more young people eligible. The Migration Policy Institute estimates that there are 97,000 people in Arizona who would have qualified for …
