Owning the (Statue of) Lib

“Tuesday brings the total number of jobs lost in Morton to over 450, meaning that more than 10 percent of the population of this tiny Mississippi city has been either fired or imprisoned in the past seven days.” Slate: The ICE raids devastated the immigrant community in Morton, Mississippi. Then came a mass firing.

+ From AP: “A top Trump administration official says the famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty, welcoming ‘huddled masses’ of immigrants to American shores, was referring to ‘people coming from Europe’ and that the nation is looking to receive migrants ‘who can stand on their own two feet.'” (Long story short, you can only legally immigrate to the US if your initial visit includes a stay at Mar-a-Lago.)