Juan Escalante: “I am an undocumented immigrant, and unlike President Trump, I am willing to show my tax returns” A new Vox explainer ahead of Tax Day demonstrates how undocumented immigrants contribute billions of dollars to the U.S. tax coffers each year. The new piece, which we excerpt below, is a...
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America’s Voice PHOTOS: #TogetherJuntos Caravan Builds Momentum, Continues Outreach and Trainings During Second Week Philly Inquirer and ProPublica with Deep Dive on ICE Deportation and Cruelty Multiple Polls Show Black Voters Don’t Like Racist GOP Attacks, Period ICYMI: Queens Chronicle: “Renew protected status for Nepalese” Legal & Policy Experts Analyze...
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The latest episode of our podcast, “A is for America”, features an interview with Bruce Elfant, the Tax Assessor-Collector and Voter Registrar for Travis County, Texas. Listen below or tune in via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast app. In the news this week were more stories from...
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Yesterday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen tried to hype the false narrative that the “border is out of control” in order to justify the Trump Administration’s radical agenda. This despite the fact that unauthorized border crossings are at an historic, 46-year low. In fact, what’s out of control...
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Story Powerfully Depicts One Family’s Origins, Fears, and Hopes in Comic-Strip Form Cincinnati, OH — Earlier this week, we highlighted the ground-breaking comic-strip series by political cartoonist Kevin Necessary of WCPO, about the life of a “mixed status” American family from Cincinnati. “Living in the Shadows” is an illustrated story, in...
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Life in the Trump era is especially difficult for immigrant families. CNN’s Catherine Shoichet explores the ripple effects of ICE’s deportation strategy following last week’s workplace raid in Tennessee. After Trump’s agents arrested nearly 100 people, over 500 students missed school the next day. The piece is excerpted below and...
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Cleveland, OH — Late last month, news broke that the Trump Administration is seeking to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census. A Trump 2020 campaign email left no doubt that the decision was politically-motivated. Civil rights advocates, constitutional scholars, and voting experts were swift to denounce the idea and explain...
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America’s Voice ICYMI: “ICE raided a meatpacking plant. More than 500 kids missed school the next day” More From the Frontlines of Trump’s War on Immigrants: Border Patrol and ICE Need Accountability, Not a Blank Check WATCH: The Making of “Living In the Shadows,” Comic Journalism About Ohio Mixed...
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Mientras el gobierno actual de Estados Unidos envía tropas de la Guardia Nacional hacia la frontera sur para, entre otras cosas, detener la inmigración y vigilar la construcción del muro, del otro lado la pobreza envía hacia el mismo punto una caravana de inmigrantes en busca de refugio....
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En respuesta al anuncio de que el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Paul Ryan, se retirará, compartimos a continuación las reacciones de Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice, y Juan Escalante, Director de Comunicaciones de esta organización, quien además es beneficiario de DACA: Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de...
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