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Hate in the White House: July 2019

The following is a timeline of instances of extremism in the Trump administration in July.

President Trump has opened the White House doors to extremism, not only consulting with hate groups on policies that erode our country’s civil rights protections but enabling the infiltration of extremist ideas into the administration’s rhetoric and agenda.

Once relegated to the fringes, the radical right now has a toehold in the White House.

Groups and individuals referenced in the list below are not associated with hate groups and extremist ideology unless indicated by a hate group profile.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 1

DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan says reports that poor conditions at immigrant detention center in El Paso, Texas, are "unsubstantiated."

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 1

President Trump announces there will be more ICE raids after the July 4 holiday.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 2

The Trump administration drops plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 2

A federal judge blocks Attorney General William Barr's attempt to deny bail to asylum seekers.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 3

President Trump tweets that immigrants dissatisfied with the squalid, inhumane conditions of immigrant detention centers should be told "not to come" to the US.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 3

The DOJ announces it's looking for a way to keep the citizenship question on the 2020 Census, per orders from President Trump.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 5

President Trump announces he's considering signing an executive order to put the citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Hate
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Jul 9

The White House correspondent for Breitbart joins the Trump administration. Michelle Moons now works in the White House's office of Domestic Policy Council.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 11

The Trump administration plans nationwide immigration raids that will target families.

Hate
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Jul 11

President Trump holds a social media summit attended by influential far-right figures at the White House.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 14

President Trump says four members of Congress — all women of color — should "go back" to the countries they came from.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 16

President Trump again denies that his comments about members of Congress are racist.

Anti-Muslim
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Jul 16

President Trump continues to call for Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of two Muslim women in Congress, to go back to Somalia. Omar is an American citizen.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 19

The Trump administration considers not admitting any refugees to the US next year.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 22

The Trump administration plans to deny immigrants due process by bypassing immigration judges in order to fast-track deportations.

Anti-Black
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Jul 29

President Trump calls Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings a "brutal bully" and describes Baltimore as a "rodent infested mess," echoing language he's used before to describe African countries.

Anti-Immigrant
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Jul 29

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller wants to use Border Patrol agents to determine whether immigrants meet the criteria for asylum in the US.