Border wars : inside Trump's assault on immigration
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New York : Simon & Schuster, [2019].
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viii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
325.73 DAVIS 2019
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325.73 DAVIS 2019
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [403]-418) and index.
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Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide an inside account with never-before-told stories of the defining issue of Donald Trumps presidency: his steadfast opposition to immigration to the US. As his campaign rhetoric in the 2018 midterms demonstrated, no issue matters more to Donald Trump than immigration. And no issuewith the possible exception of his opposition to Robert Muellers investigation of his 2016 campaignbetter defines his administration.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. As the authors reveal, Trump has used immigration to stoke fears (“the caravan”), attack Democrats and the courts, and distract from negative news and political difficulties. Even as illegal immigration has fallen in recent years, Trump has elevated it in the imaginations of many Americans into a national crisis. Moreover, his comments about legal immigrantsNigerians in their “huts,” Haitians infected with AIDS, and people from “@#$%hole countries”have been incendiary. Border Wars identifies the players behind Trumps 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 Trumps decision-making is driven by gut instinct and marked by disorganization, paranoia, and a constantly feuding staff.
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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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Davis, J. H., & Shear, M. D. (2019). Border wars: inside Trump's assault on immigration . Simon & Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Davis, Julie Hirschfeld, 1975- and Michael D. Shear. 2019. Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault On Immigration. Simon & Schuster.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Davis, Julie Hirschfeld, 1975- and Michael D. Shear. Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault On Immigration Simon & Schuster, 2019.

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Davis, Julie Hirschfeld, and Michael D. Shear. Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault On Immigration Simon & Schuster, 2019.

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