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  The numbers and policies behind the immigration-incarceration economy. Immigrant detention is now the fastest-growing form of incarceration in the United States, an increasingly lucrative business that costs taxpayers $2 billion per year. Its roots reach back to the early 1980s, with then-President Ronald Reagan’s “war on drugs” and “tough on crime” laws. The surging numbers of Central Americans fleeing civil war were an easy target for the Reagan administration’s focus on illicit drug activity, helping justify the growing use of detention as a means of immigration enforcement. Enforcement picked up steam during the Clinton administration. After 9/11, immigration policy shifted even further, from regulation to enforcement, punishment and deterrence. The result was a growing merger of the criminal justice and immigration systems. Click to view larger. Although politically popular, the criminalization strategy came under fire from those working inside the system. In 2008, Heather Willi

Malcolm X was a Muslim minister and human rights activist. Born in 1925, he met his death at the hands of an assassin in 1965.  Malcolm X was a courageous advocate for black civil rights, but unlike Martin Luther King, he was not that forgiving of whites for their crimes against black Americans. He did not eschew violence as a tool to achieve civil and human rights. His black and white detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. Despite the controversy, he has been called one of the greatest and most influential black Americans. Many black Americans have great respect for Malcolm X. Many schools bear his name, and many streets have been renamed in honor of him, both at home and abroad. But while black Americans honor Malcolm X, one of his basic teachings goes largely ignored. I think it’s an important lesson, so I will quote a large part of it. Malcolm X said: “The worst enemy that the Negro have is this white man that runs around here drooling at the mouth professing to l

 1 971 Termination of Gold/Dollar Convertability SUMMARY: Richard Nixon's August 1971 decision to suspend the convertibility of dollars into gold was one of the most important chapters in modern economic history. Nixon's move, which was precipitated by rising U.S. balance of payments deficits, ended the system of fixed exchange rates that had been established at the Bretton Woods conference of 1944 and ushered in a regime of floating rates. DESCRIPTION: The 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act created a set of institutional changes designed to help Congress regain power over the budget process. The Act was inspired by Richard Nixon's refusal to disburse nearly $12 billion of congressionally-appropriated funds in 1973-74 through the executive power of impoundment, as well as more generalized fears about the budget deficit. Nixon claimed that the deficit was causing high inflation and that as a result he needed to curb government spending. To this effect, in the 1972

 HERE ARE LAWS IN AMERICA MOST DON'T KNOW, BUT SHOULD!!!!  1. The IRS is not a US government agency it is an agency of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) (Diversified Metal Products v I.R.S et al. CV-93-405E-EJE U.S.D.C.D.I., Public Law 94-564, Senate report 94- 1148 pg. 5967, Reorganization Plan No. 26, Public Law 102-391)  2. The IMF (International Monetary Fund) is an agency of the U.N. (Black's Law Dictionary 6th Ed. page 816)  3. The United States has NOT had a Treasury since 1921 (41 Stat. Ch 214 page 654)  4. The U.S. Treasury is now the IMF (International Monetary Fund) (Presidential Documents Volume 24-No. 4 page 113, 22 U.S.C. 285-2887)  5. The United States does not have any employees because there is no longer a United States! No more reorganizations. After over 200 years of bankruptcy it is finally over. (Executive Order 12803)  6. The FCC, CIA, FBI, NASA, and all of the other alphabet gangs were never part of the U.S. government. Even though the "U.S. Gove

  Ezra Klein is a Jewish, American Journalist, political analyst, and a Columnist for the New York Times. He hosts his own  podcast  amply  called The Ezra Klein Show.  He is a co-founder of  Vox  and formerly served as the website's  editor-at-large .  Klein has held editorial positions for the Washington Post and the American Prospect; Moreover, he became a regular contributor to Bloomberg News and MSNBC. Klein rose to prominence as a blogger who amast a huge following because of his keen insight on range of policy issues. In 2007 Klein blog was purchased by The American Prospect however, he stayed on as associate editor.  In 2014 Klein cofounded Vox along side  journalists  Matt Yglesias  and  Melissa Bell .  Klein worked on  Howard Dean 's primary campaign in Vermont in 2003 and interned for the  Washington Monthly  in Washington, D.C., in 2004. "The media is as effective and important an agent for change as the legislative bodies, and I think it's where I'm ha

What no one is talking about is that El Chapo Guzman paid Hillary Clinton's campaign $65 mil for access. Biden is paying it forward. My question is why is congress not seeing this as a problem and doing something about it. Why isn't Biden being arrested or at the very minimum called to answer for his border policies? Why is congress not putting stay on his executive order concerning the border for several reason that are becoming painfully to Americans: Rise in Drug trafficking / Rise in human-trafficking / Rise is Drug overdoses / Rise in COVID - 19 cases / the censorship / the deleting of incriminating information against the Democratic party by google, youtube, facebook, and twitter / Democrats have a new plan to legalize marijuana federally / defunding police etc... Meanwhile many ATG offices are no longer prosecuting low level drug crimes, prostitution . Moreover; indoctrinating our children teaching black as a permanent underclass and America as inherently racist. Whe