1. Trump wants fewer immigrants from "shithole countries" and more from places like Norway

He reportedly made the racist remarks during a meeting Thursday.

By Jen Kirbyjen. Jan 11, 2018, 5:55pm EST

President Trump reportedly referred to Haiti and countries in Africa as “shithole countries” and called for more immigrants from places like Norway at an Oval Office meeting with lawmakers, two people briefed on the meeting told the Washington Post on Thursday night. read more>>

2. America’s immigration agency removes “nation of immigrants” from its mission statement

The agency’s head also calls on staff to stop calling immigrants “customers.”

By Dara Lind.  Feb 22, 2018, 5:20pm EST

US Citizenship and Immigration Services isn’t for immigrants anymore.

That’s not an exaggeration. USCIS, the federal agency responsible for issuing visas and green cards and for naturalizing immigrants as US citizens, has unveiled a new mission statement that strips out all references to immigrants themselves — including taking out a line that called the US a “nation of immigrants.” And in an email to agency staff Thursday, as first reported by the Intercept’s Ryan Devereaux, director L. Francis Cissna bragged about the change — saying that USCIS wasn’t supposed to help immigrants and the US citizens seeking to sponsor them, but rather “the American people.” read more>>

3. Ken Cuccinelli's new frontiers in racism: Real Americans are "people coming from Europe"

Donald Trump and his minions keep hiding behind euphemisms. What they clearly want is to make America whiter

AMANDA MARCOTTE. AUGUST 14, 2019 5:30PM (UTC)

How many euphemisms can Donald Trump's allies and members of his administration come up with for "white" when trying to explain their preferences for what the population of the United States should look like?

There's "Western civilization," which Trump has declared superior to "the South or the East," because people from the magical lands of the West apparently "pursue innovation" while others do not. (Someone should tell the tech-driven economies of South Asia and East Asia about that.) The language, sometimes modified to "Western values," was picked up by much of right-wing media. Then there's "culture and demographics", a euphemism for whiteness preferred by folks like Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who is beyond any serious doubt the most racist member of Congress. read more>>