A document sent to Congress from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shows that in an effort to fund even more immigration detention beds and deportations, DHS took $200 million away from key national security programs, among others. They also took $7.2 million away from E-verify. The following are...
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Nadie como Donald Trump para superar sus propias barrabasadas. Mientras el huracán “Florence” se aproxima a la costa Este de Estados Unidos, él declaró que la respuesta federal a la debacle del huracán “María” en Puerto Rico hace un año, fue “un increíble éxito no reconocido”. Esto, a pesar...
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Medium Post from Frank Sharry Offers Advice to Democrats and Progressives for How to Respond to Deeply Cynical and Ugly GOP Strategy Right on cue, and as predicted, the Republican Party is doubling down on its midterm “divide and distract” strategy. GOP candidates and ad buys want to stoke...
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La obsesión de Trump contra los inmigrantes amenaza la seguridad pública, conforme azotan los huracanes A continuación compartimos un comunicado de Pili Tobar, Directora General de America’s Voice, en torno a la primicia de Ted Hesson, de Politico, en el sentido de que conforme la temporada de huracanes empezó, el gobierno...
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A flyer has been circulating in Tampa offering a reward to turn in undocumented immigrants. There’s even a Homeland Security logo and a number for Crime Stoppers. But, it is not what it appears. “It is extremely alarming for several reasons,” said attorney Jamilla Little. The add claims to...
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Trump Obsession Against Immigrants Threatens Public Safety as Hurricanes Bear Down The following is a statement from Pili Tobar, Managing Director of America’s Voice, regarding Politico’s Ted Hesson scoop that, as hurricane season commenced, the Trump administration drained FEMA’s response-and-recovery fund of $10 million to increase their capacity to...
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English WZZM ICE: Deaf Detroit immigrant from Nigeria must leave By Niraj Warikoo September 11, 2018 Medium (Op-Ed) As the GOP Revs Up its “Divide and Distract” Strategy, How Should Democrats and Progressives Respond? By Frank Sharry September 11, 2018 MSNBC Trump admin moved millions of dollars from FEMA...
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With eight weeks until Election Day, America’s Voice Executive Director Frank Sharry assesses the Republicans’ ugly “divide and distract” political strategy and offers advice for how Democrats and progressives should respond, in a new Medium post. The full piece is posted below and available online at Medium here. Republicans...
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Kris Kobach, a candidate for governor in Kansas and one of our country’s worst anti-immigrant extremists, has accepted thousands in campaign contributions from a white nationalist. Sign the petition, tell him to reject hate money and give the donations back! >> Sign the petition here Share the petition on...
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It’s Time for an Independent Immigration Court Yesterday, Attorney General Sessions welcomed 44 new immigration judges with an ominous warning: “Immigration Judges conduct designated proceedings ‘subject to such supervision and shall perform such duties as the Attorney General shall prescribe.’” In other words, Sessions reminded immigration judges that...
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