Dems need to blow past bad-faith GOP and use their majority to deliver   A Roll Call article on the status of bipartisan immigration talks makes it clear that Republicans are not negotiating in good faith. They don’t want a policy breakthrough this year, they want a political issue... Continue »
America’s Voice   Black Immigrant Advocates Join Current and Potential TPS Holders to Urge Biden Administration Designate Cameroon, Haiti, and Mauritania for TPS Nueva encuesta entre votantes latinos: “Fracasar no es una opción” New Polling of Latino Voters: “Failure Isn’t An Option” GOP Senators on Bipartisan Immigration Negotiations: “Snowball’s... Continue »
Washington, DC  – Today, Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, issued the following statement on the Republican Party’s priorities in light of the current policy challenges facing our nation: The Republican Party is tripping over itself to stay in Donald Trump’s good graces. They have effectively sided with... Continue »
Washington, DC – This afternoon, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety will hold a hearing, “The Essential Role of Immigrant Workers in America.” The subcommittee hearing, chaired by Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), will be the unofficial kick off of the next stage of the... Continue »
America’s Voice   The GOP’s Post-Truth Political Strategy is About Seizing Power, Not Solving Problems Today’s Essential Workers Hearing Kicks Off Next Stage in Immigration Debate Focused on Delivering Citizenship for Millions English Documented NY Biden Administration Holding 21,000 Migrant Children By Deanna Garcia May 12, 2021 Associated Press... Continue »
Thanks to bottom-up organizing by Latino immigrants, 2022 will feature a showdown between inclusion and nativism   Immigrant youth and their allies won a big victory in Arizona yesterday. The Arizona House of Representatives passed legislation to place a referendum on the 2022 ballot that would make undocumented students... Continue »
While the Republican Party in Congress opts to pledge loyalty to Donald J. Trump and block the agenda of President Joe Biden at any cost, it’s time for the Democrats to realize that the bipartisanship they claim to be looking for in order to advance matters like immigration reform... Continue »
America’s Voice   Hope vs. Fear in Arizona Immigration reform and “bipartisanship”: Forewarned is forearmed English US News & World Report ‘Get Back on Offense’: Immigration Advocates Look to Biden’s Next 100 Days By Claire Hansen May 10, 2021 Associated Press Migrant children held in mass shelters with little... Continue »
Republican leaders have repeatedly said that they would not cooperate with Democrats on immigration reform because of a so-called “border crisis.” But now that the Biden-Harris administration has made dramatic progress on addressing the disastrous border situation they inherited, Republicans are still unwilling to make a deal on issues,... Continue »
“It’s time for Congress to move beyond GOP gamesmanship about the southern border to deliver a long-overdue breakthrough on legalization”   A few weeks ago, Republicans were talking incessantly about a hyped-up narrative: the “Biden border crisis.” Too many in the beltway press followed suit. Now, the federal government... Continue »