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In 2018, Trump and many Republicans made race-based, finger-pointing, and scapegoating attacks of immigrants their main campaign message. It will be the main message this cycle too.
America’s Voice will again be tracking racist ads and calling out those who run them and those who fund them. If you see any ads vilifying immigrants or using racist language, please send them our way.
Sep 4, 2020
America’s Voice Election 2020 Weekly Digest #6
Each Friday through Election Day, we disseminate this memo highlighting the key 2020 developments at the intersection of electoral politics and immigration Key Immigration Politics Stories Trump’s strategic racism is not just falling flat, it’s backfiring The border wall, like Trump’s presidency, is failing before our eyes Citizenship delayed...
Sep 3, 2020
Douglas Rivlin on DHS’ Decision to Extend But Not Redesignate South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued its decision to extend but not redesignate South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for another 18 months. Extending without redesignating South Sudan for TPS fails to take into consideration the country’s deteriorating conditions as well as the thousands of South...
Trump’s Strategic Racism is Not Just Falling Flat, It’s Backfiring
Tired of his divisiveness, Americans want to come together to solve big challenges In the face of Trump’s focus on urban unrest in hopes of deflecting from his epic failures on the pandemic, the economy and racial injustice, new polls show that the lead Biden and Democrats have built...
Essential Immigrant Workers:
18.3% of essential workers are immigrant-born. 17.5% of the labor force nationwide are immigrants.
US Health Care:
16% of essentialhealth care workers are immigrants.
TPS and DACA:
131,300 TPS holders and 202,500 DACA recipientsare working on the front lines.
Broad Support:
61% support free COVID-19 treatment forall regardless of status.
