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Border wars : inside Trump's assault on immigration / Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Julie Hirschfeld, 1975- author.
- Shear, Michael D., 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trump, Donald, 1946-.
- Trump, Donald.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- United States.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Government policy.
- Immigrants--Government policy--United States.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--Government policy.
- Noncitizens--Government policy--United States.
- Noncitizens.
- Illegal immigration--Government policy--United States.
- Illegal immigration.
- Noncitizens--Government policy.
- Refugees--Government policy--United States.
- Refugees.
- Refugees--Government policy.
- Immigration enforcement--United States.
- Immigration enforcement.
- United States--Politics and government--2017-2021.
- Politics and government.
- Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide an inside account with never-before-told stories of the defining issue of Donald Trump's presidency: his steadfast opposition to immigration to the US. Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear have covered the Trump administration from its earliest days. In Border Wars, they take readers inside the White House to document how Trump and his allies blocked asylum-seekers and refugees, separated families, threatened deportation and sought to erode the longstanding bipartisan consensus that immigration and immigrants make positive contributions to America. Border Wars identifies the players behind Trump's anti-immigration policies, showing how they planned, stumbled, and fought their way toward major immigration changes that have further polarized the nation. This definitive, behind-the-scenes account is filled with previously unreported stories that reveal how Trump's decision-making is driven by gut instinct and marked by disorganization, paranoia, and a constantly feuding staff"-- from the book jacket.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- The vessel
- Breaking the apology-retreat cycle
- The Hamilton group
- Forty-three minutes
- "Bring out the crazies"
- A fucking watered-down version"
- Shackles off
- Angels and demons
- No legal basis
- The Trump effect fades
- The Admiral's almanac
- Refugees not welcome
- A not-so-global compact
- Blind spot
- No way out
- Life in two-year increments
- Forced removal
- "Just bite the bullet"
- "Shithole countries"
- Ash and trash
- "No more DACA deal!"
- Zero tolerance
- Reverse boomerang
- Always a bomb thrower
- "You've kidnapped our kids"
- Evelyn and Amber
- "Pencils down"
- Use of force
- Hijacking the midterms
- Mexican standoff
- Shutdown
- "We've wasted the last two years"
- The purge
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [403]-418) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781982117399
- 1982117397
- OCLC:
- 1120721897
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