Reviews of his political stunt at the border are harsh House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and a GOP delegation went to the border yesterday, the day arrests were made in the death of a Capitol Hill policeman during the January 6th attack on the Capitol. The political nature of...
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Joe Biden to Haitian TPS Holders on Campaign Trail: “this is not the time to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians.” On the campaign trail, President Joe Biden made a promise to over 50,000 Haitian TPS holders and their families: “There will be no quit on my part...
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Mar 15, 2021
New Reports Show As GOP Doubles Down on Losing Xenophobia, Democrats Are in Step with Public Opinion Ahead of “Dream & Promise” Votes This Week Ahead of this week’s expected House votes on the “American Dream and Promise Act (HR 6),” America’s Voice is releasing two short reports on...
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is leading a delegation of Republicans to the border today. The goals: to distract attention from the GOP’s failure to support the very popular American Rescue Plan; to desperately flog an uptick at the border of non-white unaccompanied minors as an existential threat to...
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Today the Biden Administration announced it is designating Burma for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The following is a statement from Douglas Rivlin, Director of Communications for America’s Voice, in reaction to designation: America’s Voice congratulates all of the hard-working advocates and organizations who fought for this moment and we...
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You can listen to a recording of the call here Earlier today, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), advocates, public opinion researchers and a DACA recipient gathered on a call to discuss the upcoming votes next week in the House on legislative proposals to create pathways to citizenship for undocumented...
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President Biden and Democrats are going big, delivering results, and changing lives. Meanwhile, Republicans are stoking fear and furiously trying to distract from the Democrats’ successes and to scuttle progress by deploying strategic racism. As Biden signs the American Rescue Plan COVID-19 package into law and charts an ambitious...
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A must-read Eugene Robinson column in the Washington Post, titled “Biden needs to do the right thing for migrants, so the GOP can’t lie about them” calls out the transparent Republican effort to stoke fear about the border crisis and dehumanize vulnerable kids. He urges the Biden administration to...
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You can listen to a recording of the call here. Earlier today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), the Chair of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship was joined on a press call by Gary Segura of BSP Research and Juan Escalante, a Venezuelan-born DACA recipient and activist with FWD.us to...
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Since 1990, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) has been used to give protections for immigrants fleeing natural disasters, political instability, and humanitarian crises. In addition to granting lifesaving protections to refugees seeking asylum from dangerous conditions, TPS is a beneficial tool that can help create stability and economic recovery through...
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