The following is a statement from Pili Tobar, Deputy Director of America’s Voice, reacting to the Senate vote yesterday attempting to override President Trump’s veto of a resolution to stop his emergency declaration used to raid military funding in order to build a few miles of the border wall....
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Stories Expose the Cruel Treatment of Those Seeking Refuge In America The Trump administration and the Republican party claim their border strategy is a success. The excellent reporting excerpted below – by John Stanton, Julian Aguilar, Acacia Coronado, Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Hamed Aleaziz and Adolfo Flores – exposes the human...
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America’s Voice Elijah Cummings, present in the defense of immigrants “If Republicans don’t stand up to President Trump now, they never will.” – Pili Tobar on Senate GOP’s Failure to Override Trump’s Veto on Emergency Declaration Power Grab DHS Calls Their Border Strategy a Success. We Call it a...
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Su voz, sus palabras, no solo eran fonéticamente admirables, sino moralmente convincentes, llenas de espiritualidad aun en medio de un ambiente tan tóxico como es el mundo político que le tocó enfrentar. Elijah Cummings, quien murió a los 68 años de edad el jueves, deja con su partida un...
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A continuación compartimos un comunicado de Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice, en el que reflexiona sobre el legado del representante Elijah Cummings (MD-7), tras su deceso: Sobre temas cercanos a nuestro corazón, desde las condiciones de detención hasta la separación de familias, la atención médica y otros,...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reflecting on the legacy of Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-7) in the wake of his passing: On issues close to our heart, from detention conditions to family separation to medical deferred action and more, Rep. Cummings was...
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This week, 18 faith and civic leaders were arrested at the U.S. Capitol protesting to draw attention to the Trump Administration’s plans to slash America’s refugee program. Remarkably, one of those arrested, Anne Richard, ran the refugee resettlement program for the Department of State for many years and left...
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America’s Voice Urges Senators Ernst, Perdue, McConnell, Tillis, Cornyn and others to Stand Up for Constitution and Constituents on #FakeTrumpEmergency The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: Today, the Senate will have a vote on whether or not to override Trump’s veto of...
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America’s Voice Elijah Cummings, presente en la defensa de los inmigrantes Elijah Cummings encarnaba lo mejor de Estados Unidos Elijah Cummings Embodied the Best of America Former Government Officials Condemn Trump Administration for Slamming Door on Refugees and Damaging America’s Moral Leadership Will GOP Senators Ever Show Courage? English...
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*Warning, the article below describes racist and xenophobic content. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an anti-immigrant hate group, has spent nearly two million dollars pushing nativist myths through ads on Facebook and Twitter. FAIR and their allies have been peddling their brand of xenophobia for decades, but...
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