Border wars inside Trump's assault on immigration
"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 fr...
| Main Authors: | Davis, Julie Hirschfeld, 1975- (Author), Shear, Michael D., 1968- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2019
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
viii, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-418) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781982117399 1982117397 |
| Author Notes: |
Michael D. Shear is a White House correspondent in The New York Times Washington bureau, where he covers President Trump. A veteran political correspondent, before coming to the Times in 2010, he spent eighteen years writing about local, state and national politics at The Washington Post , where he was also part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007. |