Organizations and influencers from across the country came together for National Voter Registration Day and to engage young people in their country’s democracy Yesterday was National Voter Registration Day (NVRD), an annual celebration across the country, in which corporations, organizations, influencers and everyday Americans came together to register people... Continue »
Xenophobia hasn’t worked to date; Will it Work Going Forward? This is the lede of a Washington Post story published today: Republican campaigns have largely abandoned touting the GOP tax law ahead of the November midterms, with many pivoting instead to divisive issues such as crime and immigration in... Continue »
San Francisco Chronicle:  “Judge appears likely to block Trump deportation order” for more than 300,000 TPS holders that could separate families Yesterday, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and litigators gave arguments in San Francisco to U.S. District Judge Edward Chen regarding the Trump administration’s termination of TPS for over... Continue »
Los Angeles, CA – Recently, Univision featured the story of Sayda Ayala, a Dreamer from Honduras. Sayda crossed the border alone at the age of 13 with nothing more than the clothes she was wearing. This year, she generated an income of $4.8 million from the two transportation companies... Continue »
Frank Sharry on Latest FOIA Memo Evidence that DHS Secretary Nielsen and Others Knew About Family Separations in Advance Despite her statements to the contrary, a newly-released April 2018 memo from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) makes clear that the Trump administration was fully aware that family separations... Continue »
In a piece written following Trump’s inauspicious speech at the UN General Assembly, Greg Sargent analyzes Trump’s xenophobic nationalism and concludes it is producing terrible policy outcomes and widespread public disapproval. The piece is excerpted below and available in full here. President Trump gave a speech today at the... Continue »
New York Times Op-ed and Washington Post Editorial Latest to Denounce Proposal Below are excerpts from a powerful op-ed in the New York Times as well as a response from the Washington Post’s editorial board. Both speak to our foundational values and the attack on them by the new... Continue »
Las Vegas, NV. — A newly released ad from the Senate Leadership Fund, which is aligned with GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has brought the Trump/Republican anti-immigrant political message to Nevada. This ad aims to bolster incumbent Senator Dean Heller is like others produced by Republican candidates over the... Continue »
Rally-goers discuss what's happening with DACA in the courts.
Following Saturday’s public charge announcement,  the New York Times editorial board eviscerates the Trump administration for its calculated decision to “cultivat xenophobia” and attack immigrants in a transparent attempt to motivate the Republican base. As the editorial board argues: …Scaring vulnerable populations off public assistance is likely to cost... Continue »
In his latest column for HuffPost, America’s Voice Communications Manager and DACA-recipient Juan Escalante calls on voters to stand up to Trump and the Republican party’s rampage against immigrants. As the midterms approach, the stakes couldn’t be higher.  As Escalante writes, “This is why voting and becoming active in... Continue »