Book - Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration

by Julie Hirschfeld Davis & Michael D. Shear Hardback, 465 pages, published 2019. Eight pages of black-and-white photographic plates. Excellent pre-owned condition, like new. "Journalists Davis and Shear take us inside the White House to document how Stephen Miller and other anti-immigration officials broke apart families, separated young children from their parents, blocked asylum-seekers and refugees, and sought to erode the longstanding bipartisan consensus that immigrants make positive contributions to America. As the authors reveal, this administration has used immigration to stoke fears, to attack the courts, and to distract the public from negative news and political difficulties. The players behind anti-immigration policies are identified, and we see how they planned, stumbled and fought their way towards changes that have further polarized the nation. An exquisitely reported book that reveals the shattering horror of the moment and the mercurial unreliability and instability of this president." This was published after the first administration but continues to become more relevant every day during this second administration, as the cruelty is still all too real in our news feeds and social media timelines. Immigrants are the backbone of the United States and refugees are not criminals. 🏳️‍🌈