*** * On this week’s episode of our podcast “A is for America”, we spoke with Diana Colin, Civic Engagement Director for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), who joined us to speak about CHIRLA’s electoral efforts this fall. (Interview begins at 10:15.) This week in...
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America’s Voice Vox: Nevada Offers Democrats Important Lessons on How to Engage Latino Voters Listen to the “A is for America” Podcast with Diana Colin of CHIRLA English Black Star News TRUMP’S UGLY AMERICA: TWO YEAR OLD IN COURT ON IMMIGRATION CHARGES October 10, 2018 Associated Press Supreme Court...
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America’s Voice Sen. Ted Cruz Ignores Rio Grande Valley Residents (Again) America’s Voice Launches New Searchable Database of GOP Anti-immigrant Attack Ads Juan Escalante for HuffPost, “The GOP’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda May Come Back To Haunt Them” English New York Times Magazine The Democrats Have an Immigration Problem By Robert...
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Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) is Nevada’s senior Senator and is running for reelection against Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen. He’s the only Republican Senator who is up for reelection this fall in a state that Hillary Clinton won in 2016. Heller has sometimes been considered a moderate on the issue...
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Nothing resonates better with Latinos than “familia,” and that’s exactly what I saw last week at a phone bank calling Latino voters. The phone bank was organized by Power California, an organization whose mission is “building the power of young people of color and their families to participate and...
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English Associated Press AP Investigation: Deported Parents Can Lose Custody of Kids October 09, 2018 USA Today Immigration attorneys counsel worried clients amid confusion over Trump’s planned green card rules By Alan Gomez October 08, 2018 USA Today How Trump administration plans to screen green card applicants’ use of...
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*** * On this week’s episode of our podcast, we spoke with UCLA professor and Latino Decisions principal Matt Barreto about this year’s midterm elections, the importance of the Latino vote, current polls, campaign investment into new American communities, and more. (Interview begins at 9:15.) This week, a federal judge...
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America’s Voice TPS Holder: “I Feel Like an American Person” “Esta es una forma de recordar el poder que tenemos como comunidad” Will Orange County Turn Blue? English Associated Press Migrants Embrace Ruling That Keeps Temporary Status for Now October 04, 2018 Reuters Judge Bars U.S. From Ending Protections...
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Activists and alumni are fighting back after Cornell Law School invited Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) executive director Mark Krikorian to speak at a conference for Dreamers today. An online petition started by Kica Matos, a Cornell Law alumna and the Director of Immigrant Rights and Racial Justice at...
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Attacking immigrants for electoral success is, unfortunately, not a new phenomenon, but Donald Trump and Stephen Miller’s 2018 midterm divide and distract strategy has almost entirely consumed the Republican Party this election cycle. This cynical political strategy seeks to scapegoat immigrants to distract from the GOP’s unpopular policies. We...
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