America’s Voice ICYMI: Ravaged By Hurricanes Eta and Iota, Hondurans in Desperate Straits Call for Immediate Aid and TPS Designation Memo: After Sabotaging Solutions, GOP Lawmakers Head to Border To Treat Migrant Children As Political Props and Push Cruel Policies That Don’t Work If Republicans Wanted to Fix...
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One of the cruelest fixtures of Trump’s immigration agenda was the creation of Migrant Protection Protocols (“MPP”) which nearly dismantled our asylum system at the border. This inhumane program forced immigrants to wait in dangerous conditions, often in makeshift camps in Mexico, until their cases could be heard in...
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The American idea at its best is the American dream come to life for America’s newcomers In a new video address to be played at U.S. naturalization ceremonies, President Biden states: “Thank you for choosing us and believing that America is worthy of your aspirations. Every immigrant comes to...
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Although Republicans supported President Trump’s cruel, ineffective immigration policies for years, they are currently attempting to politicize President Biden’s attempts to humanely manage the border and end Trump’s harsh and ineffective policies. Yet their efforts to portray any increase in border crossings as an indictment of the Biden administration...
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America’s Voice LGBTQ Immigrants Stuck at Our Southern Border Are Finally Starting to Cross Biden Naturalization Address Speaks Powerfully to Who We Want to Be as a Nation FACT CHECK: Deterrence Focused Policies Are Ineffective At Actually Deterring Immigration English Law360 Law360’s 2021 Immigration Editorial Advisory Board April...
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New editorial and opinion voices are making the case for why now is the time to finally deliver citizenship for essential undocumented workers, including Dreamers and farm workers, and offering reminders why Republicans should support these efforts. An Arizona Republic editorial explicitly addresses why conservatives should support the Dream...
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America’s Voice Momentum Builds to Legalize Dreamers, Farm Workers, and Essential Immigrant Workers – Arizona Republic Editorial and Rep. Darren Soto Op-Ed English New York Times Apprehensions at Border Reach Highest Level in at Least 15 Years By Zolan Kanno-Youngs April 02, 2021 Washington Post Border officials say...
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Last week, 19 U.S. Republican Senators, led by Ted Cruz, crowded into gunboats in McAllen, Texas as part of a cynical political stunt to fear-monger about the border. About 150 miles west in Laredo, Cruz’s Texas GOP colleagues were at another anti-immigrant rally featuring the founder of the Oath...
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2021 Is Unique Only In That The Normal Seasonal Increase In Crossings Is Combined With The Backlog Of Those Who Didn’t Cross In 2020 Due to Coronavirus With recent media coverage focusing on the number of crossings at the border, it is important to remember that immigration is...
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Leading Democrats this week spoke out on the urgent need to move forward with pathways to citizenship as a priority. President Biden, First Lady Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Manchin called for action and solutions while Republicans sensationalize and politicize our immigration challenges. Democrats are clear. The time has...
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