• The Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dropping its plan to deport thousands of African migrants after failing to find a willing country to take in the immigrants. The government had planned to deport migrant men primarily from Sudan and Eritrea who crossed the Sinai Desert to enter Israel. (“Israel Abandons Plans to Forcibly Deport African Migrants.” Reuters, April 25, 2018; “Israel Scraps Contented Plan to Deport Tens of Thousands of African Migrants,” Washington Post, April 25, 2018)
• In the last six months, only 44 Syrian refugees have been permitted to be resettled in the United States, just a fraction of those welcomed in the previous two years. Once in office President Trump cut in half the number of refugees allowed to enter America. (“U.S. Has Cut Inflow of Refugees to a Trickle,” Christian Science Monitor, April 25, 2018)
• Fox News host Sean Hannity has amassed a $90 million-dollar real estate empire owning over 800 homes in 7 states, with the aid of US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development financing. Along the way, Hannity a friend and unofficial advisor to President Trump, worked with shady real estate speculator Jeff Brock who engaged in a criminal conspiracy to manipulate the sale of foreclosed properties. (“Sean Hannity’s Real Estate Venture Linked to Fraudulent Dealer,” Guardian, April 24, 2018; “Michael Cohen Case Shines Light on Sean Hannity’s Real Estate Empire,” Guardian, April 23, 2018)
