In less than two weeks, on July 18, Jesus Lara of Willard, Ohio, a loving father and provider for four U.S. citizen children, is set to be deported – despite having no criminal record and contributing to his community in multiple ways. His story was first featured in the New York Times last month....
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A new ProPublica article reveals a previously unreported February 2017 memo from ICE that fully articulates the Trump Administration’s strategy to go after any and all undocumented immigrants: In a February memo, Matthew Albence, a career official who heads the Enforcement and Removal Operations division of ICE, informed his 5,700 deportation officers...
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Cleveland Heights, OH – In a new piece for Cleveland.com, Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s Voice and Director of Ohio’s Voice, challenges Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine to respond to a letter sent last week from the Texas Attorney General to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, on behalf of a lawsuit that...
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In his latest must-read, Bloomberg’s Frank Wilkinson discusses the tragic deaths of three young women and analyzes why only one led to action from the GOP. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives, under Republican direction, passed “Kate’s Law”. Wilkinson points out that Donald Trump and other Republicans’ reaction to...
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America’s Voice America’s Voice Reacts to Newly Reported ICE Memo Articulating Mass Deportation ICYMI: Frank Wilkinson: “Why There Will Never Be a ‘Bianca’s Law’” ICYMI: Lynn Tramonte: “Will Ohio AG Mike DeWine continue to stand up for young people with a dream and no papers?” Out of the Mouths...
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We recently introduced you to Eric, Elsiy, and Anuar Lara from Willard, Ohio. Their father, Jesus, is battling a July 18th deportation. Now meet Edwin, known as the quirkiest of the four siblings. Jesus just laughs and shakes his head when he catches Edwin daydreaming, or when Edwin asks...
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Jul 6, 2017
Cada vez que surge un nuevo caso de arresto, detención y posterior deportación de algún inmigrante, sobre todo aquellos que en su historial delictivo no figuran delitos graves y que, en todo caso, han forjado sus propias familias con base en una serie de valores y principios —de entre los...
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The Trump Administration’s attempts at cracking down on so-called “sanctuary cities” is continuing, with reports today that Jeff Sessions’ Department of Justice is reviewing whether ten jurisdictions around the nation are in compliance with a provision of immigration law, as they claim to be. A case coming out of Miami,...
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It was the beginning of a night shift last week at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, a secure facility that manufactures money, when a white male coin maker strode across the factory floor to the workstation of an African-American colleague. He was carrying a piece of rope. The rope...
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A Brooklyn man was indicted for assault as a hate crime for allegedly punching a woman in the face while yelling homophobic slurs on a Q train, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office said. Antoine Thomas, 27, who was arraigned on Monday, boarded the Brooklyn-bound Q train at Union Square...
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