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Nick Miroff
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Staff writer @theatlantic
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    Nick Miroff
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    Jan 12, 2018
    The significance is bigger than “shithole.” The president’s supporters are pushing hard for a “merit-based” immigration model, but Trump today didn’t say he wants more doctors, engineers or scientists. He said he wants “Norway.” And Norway is not a skill.
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    Analysis | Trump’s history of making offensive comments about nonwhite immigrants
    Here are a few of the controversial things Trump has said, publicly or reportedly, about immigrants from certain countries.
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    Nick Miroff
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    Mar 27, 2019
    This is El Paso right now, where hundreds of migrant families are being held in the parking lot of a Border Patrol station because there is no room for them inside, or anywhere else.
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    Nick Miroff
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    Jul 20, 2020
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    One DHS official we spoke to expressed frustration and astonishment that Portland protesters were showing up with leaf blowers to disperse tear gas and send it right back at fed agents
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    Nick Miroff
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    Nov 2, 2019
    SCOOP smugglers have been sawing through brand-new sections of Trump’s border wall using cordless power tools, cutting through the bollards to create gaps wide enough for people and drug loads to pass through
    Smugglers are sawing through new sections of Trump’s border wall
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Oct 23, 2020
    Trump is right that Obama "built the cages.” But the “kids in cages” trope has become so completely divorced from context and history that it has left the public even more confused about how the American immigration enforcement system works. A quick thread:
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    Nick Miroff
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    Nov 30, 2020
    Krebs, a sane person, displays the exasperation of a scientist being asked over and over why fairies and unicorns don’t exist
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    Nov 30, 2020
    “We can go on and on with all the farcical claims alleging interference in the 2020 election, but the proof is in the ballots. The recounts are consistent with the initial count,” says Krebs. “The American people should have 100% confidence in their vote.” cbsn.ws/3o2rT9W
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    Nick Miroff
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    Feb 8, 2019
    It was more than a few housekeepers. We went to rural Costa Rica and found a town full of former Bedminster employees who worked illegally at Trump’s prized golf course, from the beginning. EXCLUSIVE with @partlowj @Fahrenthold
    ‘My whole town practically lived there’: From Costa Rica to New Jersey, a pipeline of illegal...
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Nick Miroff
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    Apr 12, 2019
    EXCLUSIVE White House pushed plan to punish political rivals by busing ICE detainees into sanctuary cities & releasing them on streets, according to DHS whistleblowers & Trump admin emails reviewed by The Post wapo.st/2Ga7ziB?tid=ss… with @rachaelmbade
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    Nick Miroff
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    Mar 26, 2020
    SCOOP — CBP has 1.5 million expired N95 masks sitting in an Indiana warehouse that it plans to give to TSA, not hospitals or FEMA. The CDC issued guidelines nearly 4 weeks ago for the safe use of past-date masks, saying they remain effective
    U.S. government has 1.5 million expired N95 masks sitting in an Indiana warehouse
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Nick Miroff
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    Dec 4, 2019
    This is first video I’ve seen of a climber topping brand-new bollard fencing. The guy slides down the back like it’s a fire pole. Is that SD sector?
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    J. Omar Ornelas
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    Dec 4, 2019
    This is the newly replaced wall along the US/MEXICO border. #TheWall
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    Nick Miroff
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    Mar 30, 2020
    This is Mexico’s president @lopezobrador_ greeting El Chapo’s mother today in Sinaloa. Stunned Mexicans point out today is March 29, the birthday of Chapo’s son Ovidio, the one who was captured last year and then freed after cartel gunmen brought the government to its knees
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    Mar 30, 2020
    El presidente @lopezobrador_ saludó de mano a la madre de Joaquín “El Chapo Guzmán, Consuelo Loera, durante su gira por la comunidad de Badiraguato, en Sinaloa 👉🏼 Nota: ow.ly/UHx750yZeZk
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    Nick Miroff
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    Nov 14, 2018
    The Sec of Defense, the Sec of DHS and the commissioner of CBP are all walking around in a barren field in south Texas touring a military deployment for a migrant caravan that is arriving 1,500 miles away in Tijuana
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    Nick Miroff
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    Feb 17, 2021
    3,500 cold-stunned sea turtles are being kept warm inside a Texas convention center
    A volunteer gently transports cold stunned sea turtles Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 into the recovery area at the South Padre Island Convention Center on South Padre Island. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
    Thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles being rescued in Texas
    From apnews.com
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    Nick Miroff
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    Jan 30, 2020
    NEW –Trump’s border wall is vulnerable to flash flooding, and will likely require the installation of hundreds of large storm gates that will remain open for months every summer to prevent the structure from being damaged or toppled - with @vanhoutenphoto
    Trump’s border wall, vulnerable to flash floods, needs large storm gates left open for months
    From washingtonpost.com