Deportation as Usual as Biden Struggles to Reshape Immigration Policy
Removal flights are progressing at almost the same rate as under Trump.
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Participants in the âTake Action for All of Usâ rally on the National Mall call on President Biden to support immigration reform legislation, January 27, 2021, in Washington.
The deportation machine polished and perfected under President Trump appears to be running without a hitch under President Biden. After a Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas quickly blocked the Biden administrationâs attempted 100-day deportation moratorium, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began carrying out business as usual.
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A New Era of Social Accountability
Republicans who incited the Capitol Riot have been made unwelcome in polite society.
Jandos Rothstein
In the days following the insurrection at the Capitol, the consequences were relatively swift. Hundreds of rioters were rounded up by law enforcement, and within a week the president was impeached for a second time. But a deeper form of accountability was also taking hold, in the form of social and professional censure.
The Trump Organization has lost contracts and vendors. Key inciters like Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) may lose their legal and educational credentials. House Republicans who voted to object to the election results have also been shunned. Corporate donations to those held responsible have all but stopped. Those with ties to sedition are being ushered out of polite society.
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Like other cities in Orange County and around the world, Newport Beach is not alone in its experiences in a year shaped largely by the ongoing pandemic and sweeping shutdown orders.
The city saw beach closures, tragedy, new members of its City Council, a presidential visit, an agreement for a homeless shelter and the cancellation of a time-honored Christmas tradition as part of a number of events that rocked 2020.
Here are some of the top stories of Newport Beach in 2020:
A woman prays at a makeshift memorial for Lakers legend Kobe Bryant outside Pelican Crest, the gated community in Newport Coast where Bryant lived with his family. His daughter Gianna, 13, died with him in a helicopter crash in Calabasas.