Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Thomas Homan has been nominated by President Trump to be the new official head of ICE. ICE hasn’t had an official director since former chief Sarah Saldaña left at the end of the Obama Administration, but that doesn’t mean the ICE job should...
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America’s Voice Outrage: Texas Dreamer with Active DACA Status in Detention for a Month Thomas Homan Supports Mass Deportation, Shouldn’t Be Next Director of ICE Four Senators Vote No on Nielsen Confirmation, Question Lack of Independence From White House After Political Interference On Immigration Decision Ohio Manufacturers’ Association Joins...
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America’s Voice Time Has Run Out For Many Dreamers; Thousands More in Jeopardy Right Now TOMORROW: Confirmation Vote on Nielsen Despite Senators’ Serious Concerns About Her Independence From White House English New York Times Post Office Fails to Deliver on Time, and DACA Applications Get Rejected By Liz Robbins...
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Between September 5 and October 5 of this year, more than a hundred thousand Dreamers scrambled to renew their DACA applications for the last time, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that Donald Trump was killing the program. It was a rushed, arbitrary, and unfair deadline that left 22,000...
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America’s Voice ICYMI: Noticias Telemundo Highlights Elyria Man’s Deportation in “Drama of a Family Broken In Two” WaPo: Democrats want DHS nominee to return to Senate panel for more questioning ICYMI: Study Finds Undocumented Immigrants in Texas Generate $703 Million Surplus USCIS Rejected 21 DACA Renewal Applications Which Were...
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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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Almost 8,000 Dreamers, advocates, allies, and local leaders rallied at 43 locations in 14 states today in a targeted effort dubbed Operation #DreamActNow to call for a clean Dream Act before the end of this year. In Oregon, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Georgia, Massachusetts, California, New York, Kansas, Colorado, Florida,...
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This week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reaffirmed his commitment to passing the Dream Act by the end of 2017. In a Dreamer Dinner meeting with members of United We Dream, Make the Road New York, and America’s Voice, the Minority Leader expressed his unconditional support for the...
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In January, at a CNN Town Hall meeting, Speaker Paul Ryan told was questioned by DACA recipient about whether he wanted her to be deported. He replied, “I can see that you love your daughter and you are a nice person who has a great future ahead of you...
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America’s Voice Elections Have Consequences WaPo: White House chief of staff tried to pressure acting DHS secretary to expel thousands of Hondurans, officials say Experts and Advocates Slam White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s Political Interference on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Quotes from House Republicans Supporting Legislation from Dreamers; Where...
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