Honest Trump

What the President should tell the nation as he terminates the DACA program

This ban isn’t a “headfake” — it’s a shot on goal.

DACA: What Now?

Legal advice for DACA recipients, personal advice for allies

AJ+ Explainer: What DACA Recipients Should Know

I was proud to be featured in this AJ+ video released immediately after the DACA announcement. (If I look a little more relaxed than usual, that’s only because this was filmed from a B+B on Block Island — our favorite local vacation spot — on…

Unpardonable

Trump just pardoned Joe Arpaio. Here’s why he shouldn’t have.

A RAISE we can’t afford

My first read of Trump’s immigration reform bill

The President has just fully backed the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (“RAISE”) Act, a massive overhaul of the U.S. immigration system filed by Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue.

DACAplypse Now

Thoughts on past, present, and future of DACA in today’s Baffler

I am proud to be an occasional contributor to The Baffler, a cultural phenomenon which I have enjoyed since college. I contributed my thoughts on the past, present, and…

ICE acknowledges need for a “second look” in cases like Francisco’s

“We deal with protest and rallies the same way that everybody else does. I think at the end of the day, yes there are some people [at ICE] who say ‘Hey, we’ve got all these people that are making a lot of noise…

Francisco’s plight, in his own words

Read his letter from jail in the “Globe”

Francisco wanted everyone to know what he was going through, and I helped him to take down what he wanted to share and publish it in the Globe this week. He has a clear…