America’s Voice backgrounder: “Despite Lamb’s dangerous extremism, or maybe because of it, Republicans have continued to elevate him” Washington, DC – Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County, AZ is one of the Republican witnesses at this morning’s House Homeland Security committee hearing – once again signaling Republicans’ comfort with...
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Sporting a large tan cowboy hat, a bulletproof vest with the words “SHERIFF” blazoned across his chest, and an assault weapon, Mark Lamb likes to dress up for the cameras. First elected Pinal County Sheriff in 2017, Lamb has turned himself into a far-right celebrity who is frequently dawning...
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America’s Voice New Backgrounder: GOP Witness and Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb Promotes Dangerous Conspiracies GOP Validator Mark Lamb Promotes White Nationalist and Election Conspiracy Theories English PBS Biden administration vows to crack down on companies exploiting child labor By Geoff Bennett and Karina Cuevas February 28, 2023 Associated...
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Dana Milbank: “It’s time for House Republicans to stop smuggling backpacks full of white-nationalist propaganda into their hearings.” Washington, DC – Tomorrow’s scheduled House Homeland Security Committee hearing will mark the fifth House GOP committee border-related hearing in five weeks, not even including Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s photo op presser...
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Washington, DC – Over the weekend, Hannah Dreier of the New York Times published a devastating piece of investigative journalism, detailing how many unaccompanied immigrant minors have been funneled into exploitative and illegal child labor, including on behalf of major U.S. corporations. The following is a statement from Vanessa...
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English AsAm News Fears growing about impact of xenophobic rhetoric in Congress February 24, 2023 NBC News Immigration rights advocates are attacking a new Biden policy. Jim Jordan is not. By Julia Ainsley and Ali Vitali February 24, 2023 Los Angeles Times Asylum seekers face decision to split up...
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On February 23, an all-Republican delegation of the House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing in Yuma, Arizona, the fourth hearing in four weeks ostensibly about the border. And in all four hearings, they have amplified white nationalist conspiracy theories and failed to offer a substantive policy discussion on...
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Washington, DC – This has been a depressing week on immigration policy. We witnessed the Biden administration’s announcement of a Trump-like asylum ban alongside of the latest in the GOP’s relentless string of politicized anti-immigrant hearings that platform dangerous conspiracies. Yet, we also have seen powerful voices make the...
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America’s Voice Republicans Are 4 for 4 Using House Committee Hearings to Amplify White Nationalist Conspiracy Theories As We Wrap-Up a Depressing Immigration Policy Week, Positive Reminders Why a Pro-Immigrant America is Essential to America’s Future English Arizona Central House Republicans rip Biden on border security as Democrats...
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Read new America’s Voice backgrounder HERE Washington, DC – Republicans have used their narrow majority in the House to convene a series of congressional hearings and photo ops at the border that amplify white nationalist conspiracy theories and other pernicious nativist disinformation. Ahead of the latest iteration – today’s...
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