About 101 ways trump has hurt us - 51-60

51. Arrested multiple recipients of Deferred Action for 

Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. 

Even though trump HAS SAID that he will deal with young unauthorized immigrants with “great heart,” and even though Secretary of Homeland Security Kelly said that he is “the best thing that happened to DACA,” the Department of Homeland Security has detained at several recipients of DACA—which grants eligible young people a two-year reprieve from deportation and a work permit—since taking office. This despite trump’s lies about giving Congress six months before he would act. Homeland Security deported Dreamer Juan Manuel Montes while he was protected from deportation through DACA.

52. Threatened to take away critical community safety

funding from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions. 

As part of an executive order on interior immigration enforcement, trump threatened to take away federal funds from more than 600 so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. In March, Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatened to revoke Department of Justice grants that, among other purposes, help local law enforcement to eliminate barriers to processing rape kits, combat gang and gun crime, and stop human trafficking. The attorney general’s comments were swiftly denounced by the Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Research shows that counties with sanctuary policies have lower crime rates and stronger economies than those without the policies. REMEMBER, NO ONE IN THE trump ADMINISTRATION DOES ANYTHING WITHOUT trump KNOWING ABOUT IT. 

53. Scared authorized immigrants away from accessing 

benefits and necessary health care for which they and 

their children are eligible. 

Not long after the Trump administration took office, a draft executive order leaked, illustrating that the administration was looking to target even LEGAL immigrants living in the United States. Among other provisions, the draft order would make lawful permanent residents, or green card holders, eligible for deportation if they use any type of means-tested benefit. The mere possibility of the order, as well as increased immigration enforcement, has had a chilling effect on communities across the nation. In California, for example, the Alameda County Community Food Bank saw 40 families cancel their food stamps and another 54 eligible families choose not to apply for food stamps. Other reports indicate that some immigrants are taking their names off of the list to receive baby formula or keeping children away from child care centers.

Faith

54. Trampled on the religious liberty of Muslims with

his attempts at unconstitutional travel bans. 

trump’s January executive action on refugees and revised March executive action both aimed to prohibit travel to the United States for nationals of Muslim-majority nations and fundamentally reshape the refugee admissions program to prioritize the claims of Christians. trump’s actions have alienated the Muslims communities not only within the United States but also around the world, damaging critical relationships with national security allies.

55. Attempted to redefine religious liberty only for those

who share a conservative Christian faith. 

From the anti-Muslim travel bans to disturbing Holocaust-denying remarks, the administration is a threat to religious minorities, many of whom are already vulnerable to rising incidents of anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim bigotry.

56. Promises to destroy the Johnson Amendment, 

which prevents nonprofit organizations—including 

houses of worship—from endorsing political 

candidates. 

A leaked draft executive order indicates plans to insert RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS in federal nondiscrimination protections, revealing a pattern of attempts to redefine the foundational value of religious freedom so it will ONLY PROTECT PEOPLE OF FAITH WHO SHAR TRADITIONAL, CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS.

Gun violence prevention

57. Signed a law that weakens the firearms background

check system and undermines enforcement of the

current law that prohibits certain individuals with a 

serious mental illness from gun possession. 

Using the shortcut process of the Congressional Review Act, trump repealed a Social Security Administration regulation that formalized the process by which the agency could provide to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, the names of beneficiaries who—because of serious mental illness—are prohibited from gun possession under federal law. This action represents a significant step backward from recent efforts at the federal and state level to better enforce current law by ensuring that all records of prohibited purchasers are provided to NICS.

58. Made it EASIER FOR FUGITIVES to buy guns. 

Under federal law, anyone who is “a fugitive from justice” is prohibited from buying and possessing guns. Since at least 2006, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives have disagreed over the proper scope of this law, with the FBI adopting a position that it applies to all individuals with an outstanding arrest warrant while the ATF argued for a narrower interpretation that it applies only to individuals who had left the state where the warrant was issued. Because the FBI is the agency that operates the background check system, that agency’s interpretation prevailed. However, in February 2017, the Department of Justice issued new guidance resolving this dispute by adopting ATF’s interpretation and dramatically narrowing the category of individuals with active criminal warrants who will be prohibited from buying guns.

Health care

59. Attempted to repeal the ACA. (Even though he said 

he DID)

Repeal of the ACA would cause significant stress and anxiety for millions of families who rely on it for coverage. The AHCA would have resulted in 24 million more people being uninsured in 10 years—breaking trump’s promise (WHAT’S NEW?) to cover “EVERYBODY.” It would also have broken trump’s campaign promise not to cut Medicaid.

60. Undermined the ACA marketplace. 

The trump administration has already undermined the ACA marketplace by refusing to officially abandon its efforts to repeal the law and CUTTING THE ENROLLMENT PERIOD IN HALF. In addition, its refusal to commit unequivocally to paying the cost-sharing reduction subsidies is generating massive uncertainty for insurers. This uncertainty is having a direct impact on the marketplace by encouraging insurers to quit the market in 2018 or raise premiums.

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