More Reminders of Immigration Cruelty, Chaos, and Dysfunction Calls for a Broader Overhaul that Republicans Keep Blocking Washington, DC – Ten years ago this month, the 2013 comprehensive immigration bill was introduced in the Senate by a bipartisan group of senators, eventually passing with 68 Senate votes in June...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “MAGA extremism may resonate among GOP base voters, but alienates the broader electorate in the process” Washington, DC – Across the country and in Congress, Republicans continue to define themselves by harmful and unpopular MAGA extremism, including via anti-immigration measures. This despite the continued evidence of general...
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Mounting Examples of a Broken Immigration System Crying Out for an Overhaul that Republicans Block Washington, DC – An Axios newsletter published yesterday provides a useful primer on the current immigration state of play ahead of the May end of Title 42. In the process, the reporters spotlight the...
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Washington, DC – Serious policies to address the fentanyl crisis involve international trade, cooperation with Mexico, public health and treatment measures, law enforcement, as well as interdiction and screening at the ports of entry. This is a smarter and more effective approach than following most Republicans’ lead and falsely...
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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: The drama over the indictment of ex-President Donald Trump on 34 criminal charges, of which he...
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Washington, DC – As Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made the rounds on Capitol Hill this week, he told the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security that Americans dying from fentanyl overdoses is the, “single greatest challenge we face as a country.” The Washington Post reports: “The statement appeared to be...
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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: The shocking image of a little child, just one year old, abandoned by a “coyote” along...
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Washington, DC – The horrific fire that claimed at least 38 lives in Mexico this week should remind us that each migrant is a person with hopes and aspirations for safety, dignity, and a better life, and that our outdated immigration system is failing them and us. Migrants seeking...
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Washington, DC – Yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing felt more like a competition among Republican Senators to see who could spread more lies or be more vulgar. Rather than use the opportunity to question Secretary Mayorkas on the threat of domestic terrorism from white nationalists or solutions to immigration...
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New America’s Voice blog HERE Washington, DC – At today’s House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability hearing, Republicans continued a disturbing pattern of using their committees to amplify white nationalist conspiracy theories and other pernicious lies and rhetoric to demagogue migrants. Rep. Mike Kelly...
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