Women are making history. They are breaking records for the number of candidates for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House and for gubernatorial elections. They have galvanized the vote in the booth and on the ballot in this latest midterm election cycle. They are speaking out on matters of gender and women’s equality, and women’s rights — including the right to terminate a pregnancy, higher education and immigration. 2018 was definitely a year of firsts.
Another big part of the story of 2018: the Trump administration’s separation of families at the border. Families who cross the US-Mexico border illegally, as a matter of policy, the parents are prosecuted and their children placed in government custody or foster care. Family separation isn’t new, but it is entirely possible this will be the new normal. The US immigration policy has far-reaching consequences, impacting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and immigrant students at US universities.
Democrats may be in, but what will that mean for immigration, the economy, women’s rights and higher education? Only time will tell.
With regards,
Jessica George Publisher
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- Jessica George
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