Trump is Closing America’s Doors on Refugees The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, in response to the confirmation that the Trump administration will slash the number of refugees admitted to America, setting a 18,000 cap for 2020, the lowest-ever ceiling since the... Continue »
America’s Voice Tell the Foundation for the Carolinas to Stop Funding Hate! Congressional Hearings Show 50% Growth in ICE Detention Under Trump Despite Dysfunctional and Incompetent Inspections System that Fails to Keep People Safe Six Terrible Things That Happened in Anti-Immigrant Policy This Week ICYMI: Dallas Morning News: “In... Continue »
The rejection experienced firsthand by all of those officials or employees who, from near or far, have been connected to the current U.S. government is becoming an increasingly predictable trend. And not for nothing, owing to the insanity of these presidential whims, especially on the theme of migration. Identified... Continue »
TPS Would Provide Work Permits, Protection from Deportation for 14,000 Bahamians More than 100 international, national, state, and local organizations sent a urged Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Director Kevin McAleenan grant Bahamian nationals Temporary Protected Status (TPS) due to Hurricane Dorian’s massive destruction and displacement of Bahamian... Continue »
“This devastating story reminds us how designating Honduras a ‘safe third country’ makes a mockery of the term” On Wednesday, the Trump administration inked a deal with Honduras on possibly returning asylum seekers to Honduras and designating the Central American country as a “safe third country.” In so doing,... Continue »
“Trump’s United States is a medieval fort that defends itself against immigrants and globalists.” [“Los Estados Unidos de Trump es un fuerte medieval que se defiende de los inmigrantes y los globalistas.” On Wednesday, the nation’s leading Spanish-language daily, La Opinión, based in Los Angeles, excoriated President Donald Trump’s... Continue »
The U.S. Senate had an opportunity yesterday to revoke Trump’s fake national emergency declaration – the political tool the president has used to defund military construction projects and FEMA for his autographed vanity project, the wasteful, ineffective and expensive border wall. Fifty-four Senators stood up for their constituents, military... Continue »
In light of the upcoming House hearing on the oversight of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities, a Newsweek article yesterday underlines the extraordinary increase in spending by the administration for the largest private prison corporation in the world, The GEO Group. The GEO Group, infamous for its... Continue »
America’s Voice With Honduran Asylum “Deal,” Trump is Doling out Death Sentences ICYMI: Scathing Editorial in La Opinión: “Trump Humiliates Us” Key Republicans Dissent In Vote to Revoke #FakeTrumpEmergency as Senate Acts to Protect Constitution, Constituents and Military Families Ahead of Today’s House Detention Oversight Hearing, Newsweek Highlights Increased... Continue »
El rechazo que han experimentado en carne propia todos aquellos funcionarios o empleados que, de cerca o de lejos, han tenido que ver con el actual gobierno estadounidense se está convirtiendo en una tendencia cada vez más previsible. Y no es para menos, dada la insania con la que... Continue »