Washington, DC – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott have been trying to outdo each other with cruel and distracting nativist stunts designed to shore up their bona fides with the MAGA base voter crowd. Yet as two important stories remind us today, their relentless politicized...
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Washington, DC – Last week, the conservative 5th Circuit ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unlawful, but sent the case back to the lower court instead of killing it outright at this moment. For now, thankfully, those with DACA can retain and renew their...
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Washington, DC – Republicans have spent millions of dollars in hundreds of political ads going on the attack over fentanyl issues as part of their relentless fearmongering and falsehoods around the border and immigrants. Yet, as many are pointing out recently, the GOP claims and attacks get the facts...
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Washington, DC – As we noted in the aftermath of the 5th Circuit ruling against DACA, the Republican Party is moving closer to its longstanding goal of ending DACA and making Dreamers once again deportable and unemployable despite the unpopularity of doing so. In the top-tier Senate races in...
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Washington, DC – The Republican Party is moving closer to its longstanding goal of ending DACA and making Dreamers once again deportable and unemployable. President Obama and then-Vice President Biden, responding to public support and sustained GOP obstruction, took action in 2012 to put DACA recipients in a...
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Washington, DC – La Corte de Apelaciones del 5o. Circuito falló, en el caso Estado de Texas v. Estados Unidos, que DACA es ilegal, enviándolo de regreso a la corte de menor instancia en lugar de aniquilarlo directamente en ese momento. Por ahora, quienes tienen DACA mantienen su estatus...
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Washington, DC – The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the DACA case, State of Texas v. United States, ruling that DACA is unlawful, but sending the case back to the lower court instead of killing it outright at this moment. For now, those with DACA retain their...
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Washington, DC – A pesar de su deseo de atraer la atención nacional, el gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, aún tiene que proveer respuestas adecuadas a importantes preguntas relacionadas con la recuperación tras el huracán, con los inmigrantes y los latinos en su estado: Pregunta uno: ¿Serán bienvenidos los...
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Washington, DC – Despite his desire for the national spotlight, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has yet to provide some key answers to important questions related to hurricane recovery, immigrants and Latinos in his state: Question One: Will immigrant workers helping Florida recover from Hurricane Ian be welcomed? You spent...
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Washington, DC – As Florida rebuilds from Hurricane Ian, immigrant workers – documented and undocumented – are an essential part of the recovery workforce. In the process, immigrant workers are exposing the lie at the heart of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other Republicans’ efforts to demonize migrants and...
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