Ohioans Are Looking for Problem-Solvers, Not a Race to the Bottom Cleveland, OH — After landslide victories in the primaries, Mike DeWine and Richard Cordray are facing off in the governor’s race. While Lt. Governor Mary Taylor was not able to ride to victory on being the most extreme...
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Trump reportedly ignored embassy cables with advice from senior U.S. diplomats regarding the deportation of immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Last night, the Washington Post released a breaking article by Nick Miroff, Seung Min Kim, and Joshua Partlow that exposes the Trump Administration ignoring senior U.S. Diplomats’ advice to not deport over...
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The following is a statement from America’s Voice Managing Director Pili Tobar, regarding Congressman Curbelo’s discharge petition for Dreamers: “In the 8 months since President Trump rescinded DACA, House Republican leadership has been unwilling to move legislation to provide overdue relief for Dreamers, and the House Republicans have, until...
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Mientras el presidente Donald Trump se empeña en criminalizar a todos los inmigrantes, siguen apareciendo casos que forman parte de nuestra vida diaria para demostrar que la mayoría de los inmigrantes que vivimos en este país somos meritorios y luchamos diariamente para aportar y ser parte clave de esta...
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Last night, due to the activism and work of advocates on the front lines in North Carolina, two sheriffs who have worked with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — and boasted about it — lost their reelection bids. In Mecklenberg County, Garry McFadden easily defeated incumbent Sheriff Irwin Carmichael,...
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Today, Houston Chronicle’s editorial board scorches Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for his latest attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program with a lawsuit that targets 800,000 Dreamers, including 100,000 Texans. According to Mario Carrillo, America’s Voice Texas Director, “Ken Paxton’s latest attacks on Dreamers prove just how far...
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In response to the announcements by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen that their new “zero tolerance” strategy means that infants and toddlers will be separated from their parents, a range of voices – from editorial boards, to mothers and children staging walkout protests when DHS...
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Mothers, children, and advocates walked out on a DHS budget hearing featuring Kirstjen Nielsen yesterday, in a silent protest against the Trump Administration’s decision to separate children from parents at the border. This week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a policy where migrants coming to the border — even women...
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America’s Voice TPS Decisions Under the Trump Administration Pili Tobar: Republicanos, sean serios si quieren ayudar a los Dreamers ICYMI: “Voters Reject Two Pro-ICE Sheriffs in North Carolina” DeWine’s Dog Whistle Politics in Primary Will Turn Off Voters in a General Election ICYMI: WaPo Exposes How Trump Admin Ignored...
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Trump Administration decision late last week to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 57,000 legal Honduran immigrants is sparking backlash across the country. Akilah Johnson from The Boston Globe and the Catholic News Service write about the shock fueled by the Administration’s nonsensical termination of the program. Read the entire The Boston Globe and Catholic News...
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