The headline from The Wall Street Journal says it all: “Texas ‘floating border wall’ fails to deter migrants.” The article details how the floating saw blades illegally installed in the Rio Grande as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s multi-billion dollar Operation Lone Star scheme have failed to block desperate...
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Washington, DC – In the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia, recovery efforts in Florida face complications not just from the storm’s severity, but also due to Ron DeSantis’ signature anti-immigrant legislation. As we noted when SB 1718 went into effect, the law is both cruel and costly to the state,...
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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: It’s to be expected that in these twisted times in which we are living, the twenty-two...
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English Florida Politics Ron DeSantis PAC advertises off ‘stone cold dead’ slogan as campaign sells merch By Jesse Scheckner September 06, 2023 Politico What Biden can and can’t do to get migrants working By Emily Ngo, Jeff Coltin, and Nick Reisman September 05, 2023 El Semanario (CO, NM) The...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: DeSantis’ “dangerous language and ideas should be viewed through the lens of public safety more than political positioning and horse race maneuvering” Washington, DC – Ron DeSantis’ relentless effort to define himself as an anti-immigrant hardliner for GOP primary audiences includes his stump speech calls for deadly...
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Es de anticiparse que en los retorcidos tiempos en que nos ha tocado vivir, la sentencia de 22 años al exlíder de los Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, por conspiración sediciosa tras el asalto al Capitolio el 6 de enero de 2021, provoque que el grupo extremista sume seguidores y...
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English The Washington Post As migrants continue to arrive in D.C. concerns remain about capacity By Michael Brice-Saddler September 06, 2023 CBS News Border wall towers over Congressional shutdown standoff By Scott MacFarlane September 04, 2023 The Hill Hispanic Democrats want Biden to cut the red tape for migrants...
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Washington, DC – Today, the Biden Administration announced the extension and redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudan for 18 months. The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “We commend the Biden Administration for today’s announcement to extend and redesignate TPS...
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Las vicisitudes que tienen que sortear los migrantes en su deseo de llegar a como dé lugar a Estados Unidos son tan variadas como peligrosas, ya sea dar a luz en el camino, padecer extorsiones o permanecer en albergues con otras miles de personas en ciudades fronterizas. ►Tras iniciar...
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English The New York Times Record Number of Families Cross Southern Border Illegally in August By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Eileen Sullivan September 01, 2023 The New York Times Hard Right Injects Immigration Into Spending Fight, Raising Shutdown Fears By Karoun Demirjian September 01, 2023 The Wall Street Journal Clogged...
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