Washington, D.C. – A new Politico story, “Dems begin building a Latino vote firewall in the West,” highlights how Latino voters’ support and engagement is an essential ingredient in Democrats’ path to victory in the Arizona and Nevada Senate races, which are pivotal races in Democrats’ efforts to keep...
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Washington, DC – Yesterday was the two year anniversary of the Title 42 program, a Stephen Miller policy that used the pretext of COVID and public health concerns to block asylum cases from U.S. courts and quickly expel migrants. The anniversary comes as leading Democrats, health policy experts, human...
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Must-Read Catherine Rampell Column Underscores Why Biden Should Deliver More Reforms Via Executive Actions Washington, DC – A must-read new column from the Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell, “Trump broke the immigration system. Biden won’t fix it. So Ukrainians suffer,” highlights why America’s inability to welcome Ukranians fleeing violence illustrates...
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Washington, DC – America’s antiquated immigration system restricts our economic potential, limits the opportunities and contributions of immigrants, prevents those seeking safety and liberty from entering the US and hinders our positioning in a globalized world. Yet, while in office, Republicans dismantled much of our immigration system and Republicans...
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Kathleen Frydl Op-Ed Offers Powerful Rebuttal of False GOP Claims and Distractions About the Border Washington, DC – Kathleen Frydl, an award-winning political historian and author of “The Drug Wars in America, 1940-1973,” writes an important op-ed in The Hill that underscores why Republicans’ false “open borders” political attacks...
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Douglas Rivlin: “TPS for Afghanistan is welcome news … President Biden should continue to use TPS to deliver important progress and protections, first for Cameroon and then for additional countries in Africa and Central America.” Washington, DC – This morning, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the designation of Afghanistan...
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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. As European countries and other nations around the world receive, with open arms, Ukrainian refugees fleeing...
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Washington, DC – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is currently under indictment in Texas for state felony securities fraud and facing an FBI corruption investigation, prompted by his own staffers, has confessed to his scheme to use the federal courts to upend federal immigration law. In an article...
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Washington, DC – A telling exchange on Fox News last night between Tucker Carlson and Stephen Miller encapsulated their noxious anti-immigrant worldview, their obsession with dangerous conspiracy theories and “invasion” language, and their ongoing fictions about the border and the Biden administration’s record, all of which are being echoed...
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There is no medical or public health justification to continue implementing this policy Washington, DC – More voices are calling on the Biden administration to end the Title 42 program, a Trump-era policy aimed at excluding migrants and asylum seekers due to COVID. Despite promising to undo Trump’s policies,...
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