A new must-read analysis by the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent, titled “The signs are mounting: Trump has been badly weakened. It will get worse for him,” captures why the Trump administration’s plan to shut down the government over his wasteful and offensive border wall ignores the 2018 midterm results,... Continue »
Another Tragic Incident Exemplifying the Glaring Need for CBP Detention Overhaul and Robust Structures of Accountability and Transparency We now know her name: Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin. According to the Washington Post, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disclosed that a “A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died... Continue »
The Trump Administration has arguably had no greater effect on policy than it has on U.S. immigration policy. At the end of 2017, we wrote this piece recapping all the alarming ways the Trump White House has gone after immigrants and targeted them for mass deportation during Trump’s first... Continue »
America’s Voice Washington Examiner: “Leading GOP pollster: Trump’s focus on immigration sunk House majority” La muerte de Jakelín refleja la normalización de la crueldad hacia el migrante Greg Sargent of WaPo: Trump’s Shutdown Fight Reveals His Growing Weakness Death of 7-year-old Girl in CBP Custody 2018 A Year in Review: The... Continue »
A continuación compartimos un comunicado de Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice, en relación con la muerte de una niña de 7 años de edad que se encontraba en custodia del servicio de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza:  La trágica y evitable muerte de una inocente niña de siete años no... Continue »
“Trump’s Housekeeper Airs His Dirty Laundry” After years of enduring humiliation as a worker at President Trump’s Bedminster property, Victorina Morales was invited to share her story on The Daily, the popular New York Times podcast. Ms. Morales explains, in an interview entitled “Undocumented and Working to Trump,” how... Continue »
The following is a reaction from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, regarding the tragic death of a 7-year old girl in Customs and Border Protection custody: The tragic and preventable death of an innocent seven-year old girl should not be seen as a mistake made in an... Continue »
America’s Voice Frank Sharry: “¿Será esta la muerte que nos lleve a una exhaustiva investigación y a una verdadera rendición de cuentas?” Victorina Morales Continues to Stand Up to the Most Powerful Man in America to Reveal Her Truth Frank Sharry: “Will this be the death that leads to... Continue »
President Trump’s brilliant plan to shut down the government over his wasteful and offensive border wall vanity project ignores the 2018 midterm results, is sharply at odds with the wishes of the American public, and manages to both divide Republican elected officials and unite Democrats. As leading voices are... Continue »
Donald Trump is trying to shut down the government in order to build his border wall, and the Department of Homeland Security yesterday published a press release that was, apparently, supposed to help with this effort. It didn’t. Titled simply “Walls Work” and complete with before-and-after pictures, the release... Continue »