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Massachusetts Democrats seek end to Trump administration's 'zero tolerance' immigration policy

June 19, 2018 – Mass Live

U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, a Brookline Democrat who attended a rally on the U.S.-Mexico border over Father's Day weekend, meanwhile, spoke out against the Trump administration's policy during a Tuesday morning event at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

Eric Holder Talks Trump, Democracy, And The Need For “A New American Engagement”

June 5, 2018 – The BC Gavel

When former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder looks at the problems posed by the Trump administration, he views the dangerous “wearing down of norms” as a common thread. As the political disorder of the Trump era becomes increasingly normalized, Holder makes a point to remind people that this is not how things have been under previous administrations, nor how they should be.

Holder: Trump's call for Congress to end program separating migrant families is 'nonsense'

May 30, 2018 – The Hill

Former Attorney General Eric Holder attacked President Trump and members of his administration on Wednesday for suggesting that a policy of separating migrant children from their parents for legal prosecution was an Obama-era policy that Congress must change.

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Congressman Joe Kennedy III to Discuss Mental Health, Immigration, Bipartisanship in Congress June 19

June 2018

Kennedy to join moderated conversation at the Kennedy Institute with The Boston Globe’s Matt Viser

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82nd Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to Discuss the Threat Gerrymandering Poses to American Democracy May 30

May 2018

Holder to join moderated discussion with Jeffrey Toobin at the Kennedy Institute

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Senator Warren, Hosts of Pod Save America Discuss Necessity of Civic Participation May 25

May 2018

Hosts of political podcast to lead forum on civic action at Kennedy Institute