28,000 Essential Workers with TPS in California Alone In a new article for KQED, Farida Jhabvala Romero highlights the stories of essential workers with Temporary Protected status (TPS) working to protect their communities throughout California and across the country during the Coronavirus pandemic. Romero describes the challenges Fernando Flores,...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry of America’s Voice in response to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling on Bostock v. Clayton County. We stand with our loved ones and allies in the LGBTQ community to celebrate a huge movement victory some five decades in the making. The...
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America’s Voice Trump Abandons Pandemic Response While Teeing Up Blame Mexico and Immigrants Offensive ICYMI: “Essential Workers with Temporary Protected Status Could be at Risk of Deportation” America’s Voice to the LGBTQ Community: “Your victory advances the cause of freedom for all Americans. Thank you.” English Associated Press...
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Supreme Court Could Allow Trump to Kill Popular, Successful Program Monday not only represents another potential Supreme Court decision day for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, but also the 8-year anniversary of President Obama’s Rose Garden speech announcing the creation of DACA. In the subsequent 8...
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From Day One, the Trump Administration has led a failed immigration strategy driven by their deeply held xenophobic ideology and cynical political ambitions, not guided by the best interests of Americans, our families or our economy. The result — a financial crisis at USCIS that will harm thousands of...
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The Trump administration is proposing a new regulation that all but guts the American asylum system enacted by Congress decades ago, but without a single act by Congress. The American public will have only 30 days to comment on the 161 page draft regulation, cutting in half the customary...
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America’s Voice Ahead of 8-Year Anniversary of DACA Announcement, A Tale of Two Americas How the Trump Administration’s Failed Immigration Strategy Fueled by Xenophobic Ideology Created a Financial Crisis at USCIS Gutting the Asylum System Again and Again… English El Semanario The United States can’t breathe By Maribel...
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A recording of the call is available here. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries working on the frontlines of the Coronavirus pandemic in California joined immigration advocates earlier today to discuss their critical role in protecting California communities during this crisis even as the Trump administration is trying to...
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“This is a scorched earth policy with Trump and Miller determined to do as much damage as possible on their way out.” Yesterday, the Trump administration introduced sweeping restrictions to asylum. The intended outcome is to make it virtually impossible for human beings to be granted refuge from...
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By Maribel Hastings and David Torres Only in the twisted era of the Donald Trump presidency would they charge the architect of the most racist and anti-immigrant policies of this administration, advisor Stephen Miller, with writing a speech on race relations, right in the middle of this painful moment...
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