Seattle has banned discrimination on the basis of caste.

This is important. As the population of Indians in the US increases, their traditional bigotry, and their modern organized bigotry (led by India's ruling party, the Hindu nationalist party), have been gaining in influence.

Biden will try to impose the same extreme restrictions on asylum seekers that the bully tried to impose.

Lawsuits blocked the policy before, but that doesn't mean it will happen again. The case could go to the Supreme Court, which now has more members appointed by the bully.

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