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Written by SK Ashby

(Cartoonist - Mike Luckovich)

In other news, the largest milk producer in the country, Dean Foods, has filed for bankruptcy as Americans drink less milk and Trump's trade war has no end in sight.

I remember drinking little bottles of Dean's chocolate milk when I was a kid.

Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Mark Esper says he's open to "new alterations in U.S. military activity on the Korean Peninsula" if it will help Trump's shambolic peace process.

Finally, the Trump regime has proposed new regulations that would ban many asylum seekers from seeking work permits while their cases are pending.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration proposed a regulation on Wednesday that would bar most asylum seekers from applying for a work permit if they entered the United States illegally. [...]

In addition, the proposal would allow immigration authorities to reject an asylum application or work permit request made by migrants who miss related immigration appointments.

Opposition to the plan is expected from immigration lawyers and former immigration judges who have argued that clerical errors and lack of notice are common concerns in the U.S. immigration system.

Republicans like to claim that immigrants are freeloaders and yet here they are trying to make it more difficult for immigrants to take jobs and pay payroll taxes that support Americans.

It's not about taking jobs from Americans, it's about racism