English La Opinión (CA) Abbott’s buoys show his limitless cruelty By Maribel Hastings and David Torres August 09, 2023 El Semanario (CO, NM) Defending Parole for Four Countries in the Latin American Region (CHNV) in the Face of a Legal Challenge By Maribel Hastings and David Torres August 10,... Continue »

Aug 9, 2023

Kenneth Sandoval

Kenneth Sandoval is America’s Voice Senior Advisor. Kenny takes on this role with more than a decade of experience in politics, federal government, and the nonprofit sector. Most recently he served as Voto Latino’s Vice President of Campaigns and Partnerships where he oversaw partnership acquisition and maintenance, on-the-ground programming, branding, and volunteer efforts. Growing... Continue »
In chilling remarks meant to make him stand out among the anti-immigrant animus of the 2024 GOP presidential primary field, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week called for violence at our border with Mexico. “If cartels are trying to run product into this country, they’re going to end up... Continue »
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The New Yorker Magazine and Congressional Delegation Document the Descent of the GOP Washington, DC – Yesterday, several Members of Congress traveled to Eagle Pass, Texas as part of a congressional delegation to explore the dehumanizing dangers inflicted by Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. The images and videos... 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:  The death of the young Honduran man, Norlan Bayardo Herrera, just twenty years old, in the... Continue »
English El Paso Times Survivors still awaiting visas for crime victims four years after Walmart shooting By Adam Powell August 08, 2023 The New Yorker The Legacy of the El Paso Shooting By Stephania Taladrid August 08, 2023 The Wall Street Journal Border Security Floated as Way to Avoid... Continue »
Washington, DC – Republicans continue to tell one of their favorite nativist lies, falsely blaming immigrants and asylum seekers for the very real scourge of fentanyl. There is an urgent need to address the nation’s fentanyl crisis, but falsely conflating the issue as an immigration one distracts from solutions... Continue »
South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, who is also running for President, published an op-ed outlining his immigration and border plan. But, like other Republicans these days, rather than offering solutions to address our broken immigration system, Scott’s proposal is full of extremist rhetoric, unworkable policies and the baseless demonization... Continue »
Escalating Rhetoric will lead to Escalating Violence Washington, DC – In his relentless effort to define himself as an anti-immigrant hardliner for GOP primary audiences, Ron DeSantis hasn’t concerned himself with the consequences of his nativist words and policies. This includes the ongoing costs and harms from his signature... Continue »
La muerte del joven hondureño Norlan Bayardo Herrera, de 20 años de edad, en el muro de boyas que colocó el gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, en el Río Grande, para disuadir a los indocumentados en su ruta hacia Estados Unidos, es un trágico recordatorio de algo que los... Continue »