Hit 'Em While They're Down

This should come as no surprise to anyone who's been paying attention to the Trump regime's attitude toward brown people:

The U.S. will not grant temporary protected status to people from the Bahamas displaced by Hurricane Dorian, an administration official told NBC News.

The status would allow Bahamians to work and live in the U.S. until it is deemed safe to return home. The same status is currently granted to over 300,000 people living in the U.S. from 10 countries, including the victims of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake.


Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan said on Monday that the Trump administration was considering whether to grant temporary protected status to people fleeing the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian devastated two major islands there.

Bahamians can still come to the U.S. temporarily, if they have the right travel documents, but will not be granted work permits.

So, they can come here -- if they managed to run out to the American consulate during a category 5 hurricane to get a visa -- but they can't work, and if they apply for public assistance, they'll be deported. Neat, huh?

This is Trump, as quoted in the NBC article:

"I don't want to allow people that weren't supposed to be in the Bahamas to come into the United States, including some very bad people and some very bad gang members and some very, very bad drug dealers."

Because everyone who's not from Europe is a gang member or a drug dealer. (And the man has the vocabulary of a five year old.)

Oh, but that's not all. Trump is going to solve the homelessness problem -- in California:

There was a time when Republicans would have had a fit at the idea of the president sending in federal authorities to deal with something that is clearly a local and state issue. "Local control" and "states' rights" were their watchwords. But no longer:

President Trump has ordered White House officials to launch a sweeping effort to address homelessness in California, citing the state’s growing crisis, according to four government officials aware of the effort.

The planning has intensified in recent weeks. Administration officials have discussed using the federal government to get homeless people off the streets of Los Angeles and other cities and into new government-backed facilities, according to two officials briefed on the planning.

(Emphasis added.)

That's it -- put them in cages.

Here's a summary of Trump's deep understanding of the issue:

Trump on urban decay: “It’s a phenomenon that started 2 years ago. It’s disgraceful ... You can’t have [it] where police officers are getting sick just by walking the beat. I mean, they’re actually getting very sick ... This is the liberal establishment.” pic.twitter.com/E4o9mVOqlL

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 2, 2019

Why California? Well, that should be obvious -- it's full of people who are mean to him.

Oh, and don't hold your breath waiting for the outcry from our "religious" leaders. Trump has them in his pocket.