America’s Voice ICYMI: Jeh Johnson: “Have a Heart, Mr. President, and Defend These Immigrants in Court” ICYMI: Editorial in Goodlatte’s District: “We need more immigration, not less” Department of Justice Under Fire for Attacking Immigrants; ACLU and Chicago Fight Back Immigration 101: What is SB 4, Texas’ Immigration Law?...
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Customs and Border Protection has been called America’s most “out-of-control” and ‘most corrupt’ enforcement agency, yet Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans want to trim back hiring standards so that 5,000 new agents can be brought on in an alarmingly short period of time. That was the subject of yesterday’s...
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America’s Voice RAISE Act and Trump’s Immigration Approach Face Fierce Backlash From Leading Observers Who Makes These Decisions? ICE Set to Deport Mom and Sole Caregiver of 8-Year-Old Cancer Patient Akron Beacon Journal, NYT, WSJ, and Conservative Pundits Critique Anti-Immigration Legislation, Trump’s Overall Immigration Approach John Oliver’s Last Week...
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Here’s what’s been happening this week in Texas: Report: SB 4 will cost Texas $5 billion The Reform Immigration for Texas Alliance, using data from the 2015 American Community Survey and Bureau of Economic Analysis, estimated that SB 4 will ultimately cost the state $5 billion in GDP, $223...
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At Mother Jones today is a longread about SB 4, the politics of the Latino vote in Texas, and how organizers are trying to use the new anti-immigrant law to build a stronger future for the Latino vote in the state. As the article mentions, advocacy groups like Jolt...
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In Tennessee this week, 200 Dreamers and advocates rallied outside a Mike Pence fundraiser with state Republicans, calling on the officials to protect Dreamers from deportation and save DACA. Tennessee, via its Attorney General Herbert Slatery, is one of the ten states threatening to sue the Trump Administration unless...
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America’s Voice 5 Takeaways From the Rollout of the RAISE Act ICYMI: “We can support – or shatter – young immigrants’ dreams” ICYMI: SB4 Is Already Damaging Public Safety in Texas Mother Jones: Advocates See SB 4 As Key Latino Vote Opportunity This Week in Texas: SB 4 Will...
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The RAISE Act, a bill sponsored by Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and David Perdue (R-GA) and championed by the Trump Administration via Stephen Miller, was introduced yesterday, to the consternation of just about everyone but the most die-hard Trump supporters. The bill would slash legal immigration by 50%, eliminate...
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At Buzzfeed today from John Stanton is a heartbreaking look at what happens after long-time US residents are deported to Mexico, how the Mexican government receives them, and how they must struggle to adjust to a country many of them have not seen in decades. As the article mentions, immigrant detentions are...
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We’ve seen it happen over and over again during the long months of the Trump Administration: an immigrant mother or father with US-citizen children, who has lived in the US for decades and committed no crimes, who has been checking in with ICE for years, who remains undocumented because...
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