Washington, DC — As reported by CBS News’s Nicole Sganga, two Illinois National Guard members are speaking out against this administration’s deployment of troops to Chicago, stating “…they would refuse to obey federal orders to deploy in Chicago as part of President Trump’s controversial immigration enforcement mission” and noting,... Continue »
Washington, DC — This administration’s anti-immigrant agenda continues to be defined by its cruelty, chaos and harms. This includes the mass deportation crusade, the militarization of our communities, the devastation of our economy, masked agents grabbing people off the streets, and the abject violation of our due process and... Continue »
Washington, DC — Three recent economic analyses, from both inside the Trump administration and from outside experts, drive home the reality that mass deportation is disastrous for the U.S. economy, our key industries, and Americans’ economic security.  National Foundation for American Policy analysis: Trump mass deportations and legal immigration... Continue »
Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: If the No Kings demonstrations involving more than 7 million people across the country repudiating the administration’s extremist and... Continue »
Washington, D.C. — Trump’s mass deportation agenda has descended into chaos, as new research from ProPublica reveals more than 170 documented cases of U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents during the first nine months of Trump’s second term – and the true number is likely far higher, since the... Continue »
Washington, DC — The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “This weekend Americans from every city and small town presented a positive, confident, and optimistic embrace of what America stands for. Seven million Americans who peacefully rallied at ‘No Kings’ events across the... Continue »
Washington, DC — Important investigative reporting from ProPublica, “We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days,” spotlights how Americans’ rights and dignities are among the many harms of this administration’s mass deportation crusade. Among the... Continue »
Washington, DC — On a virtual event hosted by America’s Voice today (watch recording here), state elected officials from Illinois and Oregon joined with civil rights leaders and immigration experts to discuss how this administration’s reckless pursuit of mass deportation is harming local communities and undermining public safety and... Continue »
Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: Although federal judges have blocked Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Democratic-led cities such as Chicago and Portland,... Continue »
Trump’s mass deportation agenda is failing America. The administration’s city-by-city, community-by-community crusade is traumatizing children, separating families, and endangering the rights and safety of all Americans. Federal law enforcement agents are being diverted from drug trafficking, cybersecurity, and violent crime investigations to chase down longtime residents with clean records.... Continue »