Election night 2023 was a very good night for Democrats across the country, again exceeding expectations as voters across the country turned out in an election that was a resounding rebuke of the extreme anti-choice politics of Republicans. At America’s Voice, we have closely tracked GOP campaign ads and... Continue »
Washington, DC – Republicans are seeking to use the supplemental funding process to enact a host of permanent and draconian immigration policy changes. Some Senate Democrats, such as Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) among others, are expressing openness to the discussion.  The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive... Continue »
Two words that summarize the current state of the Republican Party: chaos and dysfunction.  It’s been impossible to ignore the ensuing headlines. In the U.S. House, Republicans spent weeks carrying out numerous failed speaker votes before moving to hold funding for our allies hostage. In the U.S Senate, Senator... Continue »
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Senate Republicans, led by Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), released a deeply unserious immigration proposal that re-ups many of the worst elements of House Republicans’ extreme and unworkable HR2 legislation. The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive... Continue »
Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “Reports that the Biden Administration and some Democrats are willing to trade permanent asylum restrictions in exchange for Ukraine funding is a troubling indication of their priorities and larger posture toward MAGA Republicans’... Continue »
The next Republican presidential debate is set to take place in Miami, Florida on Nov. 8., where we’ll hear repetitions of the extreme, cruel, and unworkable immigration policies from the previous debates in Wisconsin and California. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will likely try to dominate the night since the... Continue »
Washington, DC – Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), the latest candidate put forward by Republicans to be their leader and Speaker of the House, has repeatedly elevated white nationalist “great replacement” and “invasion” conspiracy theories that are directly linked to multiple acts of deadly violence in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, El Paso,... Continue »
Rep. Mike Johnson’s fellow Members of Congress will take a vote today to elect him Speaker of the House and in line for the succession of the Oval Office. They do so after Johnson from Louisiana’s 4th District has spent the last two years promoting white nationalist conspiracy theories... Continue »
Vanessa Cárdenas: “Trump’s first descent on the Trump Tower escalator in 2015 accelerated the Republican Party’s descent on immigration, including their ongoing refusal to work on real solutions to modernize our broken immigration system..” Washington, DC – Donald Trump, who kicked off his first presidential campaign by slandering Mexican... Continue »
In his effort to secure enough support to become the new U.S. House Speaker following the historic ouster of California Rep. Kevin McCarthy earlier this month, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan proposed an unrealistic, cruel, and likely unlawful immigration demand as part of the next round of government funding talks.... Continue »