A Growing Threat: A Virus Called Xenophobia We’ve been pointing out and predicting that President Trump and his allies would shift hard to xenophobia and scapegoating immigrants in an effort to distract attention from their coronavirus mismanagement. Thankfully, their ugly effort is both inappropriate and transparent and drawing condemnation... Continue »
America’s Voice ICYMI: David Torres “The ‘xenophobia virus’ is another pandemic without end” Coronavirus: Observers Blast Trump and GOP for “Blame the Immigrants” Scapegoating English The Washington Post The two reasons administration officials and Trump allies are linking the coronavirus to China By Philip Bump March 10, 2020 The... Continue »
El presidente se siente incómodo. Basta verlo emitiendo declaraciones oficiales en estos días. La rápida expansión del coronavirus en Estados Unidos lo ha tomado tan de sorpresa, que mira hacia un lado y hacia otro como escudriñando a quién culpar de esta anomalía pandémica que inició en la provincia... Continue »
Trump and Allies Escalate “Blame the Immigrants” Strategy to Cover for Their Mismanagement of the Coronavirus Crisis Washington Governor Jay Inslee appeared on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow show last night to discuss the state’s ongoing response to coronavirus. He embodies the kind of leadership needed to navigate the outbreak of... Continue »
America’s Voice A Study in Contrasts: Governor Jay Inslee Steps Up and Forges Statewide Unity; Trump Deflects, Divides and Distracts English El Semanario ‘We need more immigrants… desperately’ By David Torres March 06, 2020 Associated Press The Preventable Death of an Asylum Seeker in a Solitary Cell March 09,... Continue »
“He’s Going There. Don’t Let Him” The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: Journalist Ezra Klein tweeted late last night, ‘The pivot Trump is about to make from downplaying the coronavirus to using it to justify xenophobia and scapegoating is going to be... Continue »
America’s Voice Cornered By Coronavirus Criticism, Trump Will Turn to Xenophobia English Arizona Central How SB 1070 helped pave the way for Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency March 08, 2020 Associated Press US Sending Military Police to Two Border Crossings March 06, 2020 The New York Times Military... Continue »
Why No One Should Take White House Discussions of Immigration Legislation Seriously In response to the latest round of media coverage of a Trump-led immigration legislative package that attempt to trade protections for Dreamers with sweeping changes to the nation’s existing legal immigration system, the following is a statement... Continue »
English Associated Press Watchdog: Data on Children Separated at Border May Be Flawed March 05, 2020 The Hill HHS was unprepared for Trump family separation policy, watchdog says By NATHANIEL WEIXEL March 05, 2020 CNN Key Trump administration officials failed to act on warnings about family separation, watchdog reports... Continue »
A federal appeals court has decided to block the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” plan in two states along the U.S. border, following back-and-forth rulings over the program. In its order late Wednesday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said that next week the administration will... Continue »