To be Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is to court controversy and demagogue it to his advantage. In that and other respects, he’s a bit like his one-time boss Donald Trump. Still, a slate of news involving Kobach recently has us wondering just how much trouble he can...
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“We still talk about American fascism as a looming threat, something that could happen if we’re not vigilant. But for undocumented immigrants, it’s already here.” New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg pens a powerful piece entitled, “First They Came for the Migrants.” Read excerpts below and find the piece...
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The announcement from Attorney General Jeff Sessions that most asylum seekers fleeing domestic and gang violence will no longer qualify for asylum protection in the U.S. is another in a string of cruel immigration announcements by the Trump Administration, America’s Voice Education Fund said today. Also yesterday, AG Sessions...
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America’s Voice At Norwalk Rally, Ohioans From Across the Region “Show Up” for Corso’s Raid Families ICYMI: “Protected? A Profile of Laura Sanchez” Frank Sharry: “Alguna vez llamamos a nuestra nación ‘Una ciudad brillante sobre una colina’. Ya no” How Much Trouble Can Kris Kobach Get Up to in...
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Recent reports highlight the abject cruelty and widespread consequences of the Trump administration’s policy of separating parents and children at the border. In a Boston Globe story titled, “Down on the Border, There’s a New Trail of Tears,” Liz Goodwin writes: US Border Patrol agents separated Wil from his...
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Despite Congressional Reporting Requirements, Trump Administration Hides Suicide of Distraught Dad Separated Under Family Separation Policy One month after the incident, the Washington Post reported on the suicide of a Honduran man, Marco Antonio Muñoz, separated from his three-year-old son and wife by the Border Patrol under Trump’s family separation policy: ...
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In a stirring piece, “From teenagers to heads of household,” Univision profiles some of the young people left to pick up the pieces of their families after the military-style raid at Corso’s Flower and Garden Center last week. There’s Jimmy Rodriguez, a DACA recipient, who was detained during...
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Tragedy Strikes and Outrage Mounts Over the Trump Administration’s Cruelty Over the weekend, Nick Miroff of the Washington Post reported on the devastating story of Marco Antonio Muñoz, a Honduran father who was evidently so distraught about being separated from his wife and child as a result of the...
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Police in North Brookfield are investigating a possible hate crime after a 14-year-old African-American boy reported a passenger in a car threw a hatchet at him and yelled a racial slur as he walked home from school, an official said. The boy got off the bus near South Main...
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America’s Voice Boston Globe, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, USA Today Capture Inhumanity and Cruelty of Trump’s Family Separation Policies Secrecy and Reckless Disregard for Human Life “From Teenagers to Heads of Household”: Univision Highlights Young People Shouldering Dramatic New Responsibilities after Ohio Raids “Trump’s abhorrent family separation policy now has...
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