Deterrence-Only Policy to Blame Yesterday, ProPublica released a deeply disturbing video documenting that the death of 16-year old Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vazquez while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody last May was a preventable tragedy.  The horrifying details reveal that CBP lied about what happened and covered... Continue »
America’s Voice La muerte de un inmigrante de 16 años en custodia de CBP no fue un accidente Report Reveals Forcing Asylum Seekers to Wait in Mexico is a Humanitarian Catastrophe Created by the Trump Administration The Death of a 16-year old in CBP Custody Was No Accident English... Continue »
Today, Human Rights First (HRF) issued a report entitled, “Human Rights Fiasco:  The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Asylum Returns Continue,” that compiles “overwhelming evidence that this illegal policy is a human rights catastrophe.” Yet, almost a year into this problematic program, the Trump administration... Continue »
“For the more than 300,000 immigrants in the United States with Temporary Protected Status, every day brings them one step closer to deportation.” A new op-ed for The Progressive penned by Oscar Chacón, co-founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, and Sulma Arias, immigration field director of the Fair... Continue »
Marielena Hincapié: “Vindman, Yovanovitch and Hill remind us that immigrants represent the best of America.” In a must-read op-ed in Newsweek, Marielena Hincapié, Executive Director of the National Immigration Law Center Immigrant Justice Fund, expresses her solidarity with fellow immigrants Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and Fiona... Continue »
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Washington Post looks back on a year of courage, revelations and controversy The Washington Post yesterday published a look back at a year’s worth of coverage regarding the Trump business empire’s reliance and exploitation of undocumented workers. The story, written by Joshua Partlow and David Fahrenthold, reveals the incredible... Continue »
America’s Voice Two Reports – by Human Rights First and by a DHS “Red Team” – Show the Policy of Sending Asylum Seekers to Mexico is Fundamentally Flawed ICYMI: Immigration Leaders Oscar Chacón & Sulma Arias Pen Op-Ed Urging Permanent Protections for TPS Holders ICYMI: “Immigrants are Standing Up... Continue »
To say that the childhood that today’s immigrant children have had here has been a disastrous experience in the last two or three years is, literally, an understatement. In every case, the category of analysis should be to what level of trauma they have arrived, taking into account both... Continue »
Decir que la actual infancia inmigrante ha tenido aquí una experiencia desastrosa en los últimos dos o tres años es, literalmente, quedarse corto. En todo caso, la categoría de análisis debería llegar ya a lo traumático, tomando en cuenta tanto los avatares de su periplo infinto desde sus lugares... Continue »
New report connects Stephen Miller’s embrace of white nationalist ideas to real immigration, refugee and asylum policies enacted and proposed by the Trump administration A report released today by America’s Voice, “The Stephen Miller Emails: Once Far-Right White Nationalist Ideas Are Now U.S. Policies” underscores the connections between Stephen... Continue »