Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) spoke at a LIBRE Initiative event over the weekend, and Dreamers and advocates in attendance demanded the Senator to support a clean Dream Act by the end of the year. Heller answered a question about DACA as part of the event, and said that he...
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Last Friday, Iowa Dreamers, community leaders, and allies gathered outside the Des Moines federal building to tell their members of Congress to support the Dream Act and TPS. The building is home to the offices of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Rep. David Young (R-IA)....
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America’s Voice Frank Sharry: Senators Should Oppose Kirstjen Nielsen’s Nomination as DHS Secretary Frank Sharry: los senadores deben oponerse a la nominación de Kirstjen Nielsen como Secretaria del DHS Now Or Never for the Dream Act Immigrant Advocates, Salvadoran TPS Holder & Policy Experts Unpack What A Negative Decision on...
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English Associated Press GOP pressing plan to avert government shutdown on Dec. 8 By Andrew Taylor November 30, 2017 Associated Press Texas Rep. Joe Barton, embarrassed by nude photo online, to retire November 30, 2017 New York Times Number of DACA Applications Stuck in the Mail Tops 900 By...
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This week’s edition of the America’s Voice podcast, “180 Days,” is now available. The weekly podcast will run over the next six months as we approach the March 6, 2018 deadline for DACA. We cover the fight to protect Dreamers and pass the Dream Act – and other immigration...
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America’s Voice Last Time We Checked, Republicans Control Washington Eight Ohio Dreamers Came to DC to With A Message for Sen. Portman: Champion the Dream Act English The Hill Bottom Line November 29, 2017 Reuters White House Does Not Expect U.S. Government Shutdown November 29, 2017 Wall Street Journal...
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Today, eight Ohio Dreamers are conducting a sit-in at Sen. Rob Portman’s office in Washington, DC to demand that he support the Dream Act. Portman has never taken a strong stance on the Dream Act. In September of this year, he released a statement expressing agreement that “Congress should...
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America’s Voice Meet the Ohio Dreamers Conducting Sit-In At Rob Portman’s Office on Dream Act NBC: No Longer Protected: Immigrants Pushed to Return to Disaster-Stricken Countries The GOP’s Ludicrous Blame Game English Los Angeles Times Trump’s erratic deal-making style leaves both parties’ lawmakers distrustful By Brian Bennett and Noah Bierman...
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America’s Voice Tampa Bay Times to Florida Delegation: Congress must help Haitians being forced out of U.S. by Trump The Crisis Facing Dreamers Is Already Underway and Only Congress Can Fix It Dreamers and Advocates Remind Congress of Urgent Need for a Clean Dream Act Frank Sharry Statement on Rep. Gutierrez’s...
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Members of Congress were back in their home districts for Thanksgiving recess last week, and for Dreamers and advocates, that meant another opportunity to tell their members of Congress to support the Dream Act. In Colorado, advocates set up an empty Thanksgiving table to remind Congress what families and...
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