Jan 17, 2024
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: There are differing versions about what happened last Friday when a mother and her two children...
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English NBC News Biden to meet with top congressional leaders on immigration and Ukraine aid By Julie Tsirkin, Monica Alba, Frank Thorp V and Rebecca Kaplan January 16, 2024 Punchbowl Why today’s W.H. meeting may be a waste By Andrew Desiderio, Jake Sherman and Heather Caygle and Mica Soellner...
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Washington, DC — Tomorrow, House Republicans will continue performative anti-immigrant politics by bringing H. Res. 957 – introduced by Rep. Nathan Moran (R-TX) – for a floor vote. The resolution contains much of the false, right wing anti-immigrant rhetoric used by today’s GOP (most recently in DHS Sec. Mayorkas’...
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Hay versiones encontradas sobre lo ocurrido este pasado viernes cuando una madre y sus dos hijos se ahogaron en el Río Grande en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México. La tragedia ocurrió en Eagle Pass, Texas, en las inmediaciones de un parque fronterizo clausurado por el gobernador republicano...
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Washington, DC — House Republicans keep admitting their views that immigration and the border are a political issue to run on, rather than a policy issue to be resolved. The latest reminder, via Beltway outlet Punchbowl News: “Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team gave the clearest signal yet...
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Washington, DC — Last week, we highlighted the dangerous escalation of Texas’s anti-immigrant push under Gov. Greg Abbott, after the Governor stated, the “‘only thing we’re not doing is shooting people’ crossing the border because ‘the Biden Administration would charge us with murder’” and after Texas National Guard troops...
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La crueldad contra los migrantes que ha imperado en los últimos tiempos en la frontera de Texas ha rebasado límites con la reciente muerte de una madre y sus dos hijos en el Río Grande, debido a políticas incomprensibes e inhumanas impuestas unilateralmente por el gobernador Greg Abbott. Mientras...
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English The Atlantic (Opinion) What Trump’s Victory in Iowa Reveals By Ronald Brownstein January 16, 2024 Dallas Morning News 3 migrants drown in Rio Grande after Texas denies Border Patrol access, congressman says By Aarón Torres and Philip Jankowski January 13, 2024 CBS News 3 migrants drowned near area...
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Leaders and advocates in Texas and across the country are blasting Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s apparent lament that the state can’t shoot migrants on sight at the border. Yes, he really said that. In shocking remarks initially reported by Heartland Signal, Abbott complained to right-wing activist and former...
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New York, NY — A recent article in American Journal News highlighted a new study that emphasized “the positive impact immigrants consistently have on the U.S. economy.” The report found that “some of the biggest contributors to economic growth are refugees and asylum seekers.” Migrants and asylum seekers contributed...
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