Douglas Rivlin: “Our current broken system empowers reckless human smugglers and traffickers and incentivizes dangerous treks to our southern border and on makeshift ocean vessels.”  Washington D.C. – A boat enroute to Miami from Haiti capsized off the Bahamas on Sunday and 17 people died, including 15 women and... Continue »
Washington D.C. – The issues around fentanyl and the opioid crisis are expansive and multi-dimensional: It is a healthcare issue, an international trade issue, a corporate accountability issue, and a criminal syndicate issue. But, the one thing it is not is an immigration issue. Unfortunately, that is exactly where... Continue »
America’s Voice   Nativism is “Beating Heart” of Republican and Right Wing Anti-Democratic Project The Needlessly Deadly Journey to the U.S. Claims More Victims The GOP Weaponizes Fentanyl to Advance Disinformation and Demonize Immigrants, Not Solutions English CNN Red states are building a nation within a nation By Ronald... Continue »
Vanessa Cárdenas: “The stakes are too high and the dangers too great to our democracy and real people’s lives to ignore or wave away the Republicans’ embrace of ‘replacement,’ ‘invasion’ and other right wing calls to action that threaten violence” Washington, DC – Republican and right wing figures are... Continue »
America’s Voice   The GOP and Their Extremist Allies Want Us to Become Numb to Violence English Voice of America Governors Keep Busing Migrants to Washington By Aline Barros July 23, 2022 Common Dreams ‘Absolutely Nonsensical’: Supreme Court Blocks Biden From Limiting Deportations By Brett Wilkins July 22, 2022... Continue »
America’s Voice Reacts to SCOTUS Immigration Enforcement Ruling Washington, DC – Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Biden Administration and the executive branch’s ability to set priorities to target immigration enforcement resources against public safety threats, because the Government of Texas and other red states object. In... Continue »
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Washington, DC – Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke is offering a model for how Democrats can and should address immigration and border issues.  In quotes highlighted by El Paso Matters, O’Rourke weighed in this week on Gov. Greg Abbott’s relentless and cynical nativism and the larger issues at... Continue »
Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings and David Torres from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week. One would think, perhaps innocently, that cataclysmic events have the effect of making people change their... Continue »
America’s Voice   “A Rogue Judiciary That is Political, Extreme and Unaccountable” Beto O’Rourke Offers Model for How Democrats Can and Should Talk About Immigration This Election Cycle In The Next Elections, Let’s Avoid Making The Same Mistake Twice English El Semanario Biden-AMLO and the elusive immigration reform By... Continue »
Fearmonger at the Border; Challenge DACA in the Courts; Cite Border Security Excuse to Justify Obstruction in Congress Washington, DC – A Dallas News story by Todd Gillman highlights the tenuous future of the popular and successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program due to Republican-led legal challenges.... Continue »