Nov 30, 2023
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: Now that a group of Republican and Democratic senators are considering undermining asylum laws, exactly as...
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Senate Republicans have been demanding a series of cruel, draconian and permanent changes to the U.S. asylum system in exchange for funding to support our allies in Ukraine. These lawmakers seek to end the legal pathway of asylum as we know it and cut off other legal avenues for...
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Washington, DC — Republicans continue to characterize that they are pushing for “border security” measures in the supplemental funding negotiations. For example, as Senator John Thune (R-SD) stated in a Senate floor speech this week: “Senators Graham, Lankford, and Cotton have been working to craft a set of border...
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English AP Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES AND REBECCA SANTANA November 29, 2023 The Washington Post Ukraine funding’s fate hangs on thorny immigration issue in Senate By Liz Goodwin and Jacob Bogage November...
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11 Senators Sign onto New Joint Statement Highlighting Concerns with Senate Negotiations Involving Senator Bennet, While Must-Read Greg Sargent Column Captures Damaging Political and Policy Implications of Debate Washington, DC — Key Senators, outside observers, and policy experts are speaking out forcefully against the trajectory and implications of permanent...
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Washington, DC — Key Senators, outside observers, and policy experts are speaking out forcefully against the trajectory and implications of permanent asylum and immigration policy provisions being negotiated in the Senate during the supplemental funding negotiations. A new joint statement from 11 Democratic Senators, excerpted below, highlights concerns about...
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11 Senators Sign onto New Joint Statement Highlighting Concerns with Senate Negotiations Involving Senator Murphy, While Must-Read Greg Sargent Column Captures Damaging Political and Policy Implications of Debate Washington, DC — Key Senators, outside observers, and policy experts are speaking out forcefully against the trajectory and implications of permanent...
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Washington, DC — Key Senators, outside observers, and policy experts are speaking out forcefully against the trajectory and implications of permanent asylum and immigration policy provisions being negotiated in the Senate during the supplemental funding negotiations. A new joint statement from 11 Democratic Senators, excerpted below, highlights concerns about...
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Following a terrifying car accident at a United States-Canada border crossing that resulted in a massive explosion and two tragic deaths, far-right voices wasted no time engaging in nativist fearmongering in order to advance their political and hateful agendas. Federal officials said they were still probing the cause of...
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11 Senators Sign onto New Joint Statement Highlighting Concerns with Senate Negotiations While Must-Read Greg Sargent Column Captures Damaging Political and Policy Implications of Debate Washington, DC — Key Senators, outside observers, and policy experts are speaking out forcefully against the trajectory and implications of permanent asylum and immigration...
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