Last night, equality, fairness and diversity won big: in just the Virginia House of Delegates, Danica Roem became the first openly transgender person to be elected to a statehouse in history, Kathy Tran became the first Asian-American woman elected to the Virginia House, and Elizabeth Guzman and Hala Ayala...
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America’s Voice Virginia Election Eve Poll Results: Virginia Turns Hate into Political Power An Election That Looks Like America: View the Historic Victories of the 2017 Election Immigrant Advocates and Legal Experts Commit to Continue Fight Against SB4 After Yesterday’s Hearing Deadline On TPS for Haitians Approaching Fast as...
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UPDATE: November 8, 2017: Every single Democrat below who was the target of a hate-based ad has won. The lesson of 2017 — racism doesn’t pay. It’s Election Day again, which means that another season of bigoted, hateful, racist, and anti-immigrant campaign material has come to an end. While...
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America’s Voice Frank Sharry on Trump Administration’s Cruel TPS Termination Reacción de Frank Sharry sobre la cruel eliminación del TPS por parte del gobierno de Trump November 9 — Massive Mobilization to Pass the Dream Act This Year Immigrants, Advocates and Faith Leaders Condemn Administration Decision to Revoke Temporary Protected...
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Today Democrats elected the first Latinas @guzman4delegate @HalaAyala; first openly transgender woman @pwcdanica; first Vietnamese-American @KathyKLTran to the Virginia House of Delegates. Diversity is one of our greatest strengths. #GameOnVA — Francisco J. Pelayo (@FranPelayo) November 8, 2017 Democrats will have veto power over Virginia's next post-census electoral map...
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View photos from all of our Dreamer Dinners here. Back in July, America’s Voice announced that we were kicking off our “Dreamer Dinners” campaign, which sought to bring together immigrant youth and elected officials in order to build support for Dreamers and the Dream Act. Anyone could host one...
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America’s Voice Today is the TPS Decision Deadline for TPS Recipients from Honduras and Nicaragua LIVEBLOG: What You Need To Know About the Virginia Elections on Tuesday, November 7 Three Months of Dreamer Dinners: Immigrant Youth Meet With More than Forty Elected Officials to Tell Stories, Explain Need for Dream...
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At America’s Voice and within the immigration reform movement, one of the main things we’ve been focused on this fall is passing the Dream Act. Advocates across the country have mobilized and won support from members of Congress, 800 college and university presidents have signed a letter to support...
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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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English Wall Street Journal Republicans Won’t Include DACA in Year-End Spending Bill By Laura Meckler and Byron Tau November 02, 2017 NBC Analysis: Should Democrats Embrace Identity Politics to Target Latino, Black Votes? By Stephen Nuno November 02, 2017 ThinkProgress Trump could deport 300,000 legal immigrants By Esther Lee...
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