Frank Sharry: “All of us should mean all of us” America’s Voice is part of a broad coalition that today is launching the #AllOfUs campaign, a multiplatform effort to make it clear that all of us are in the fight against Covid-19 together. The coalition brings together faith...
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Frank Sharry: “Ordering white, black, Latino and Asian workers to risk their lives so he can gain politically and his business friends can earn profits captures the essence of his corrupt and cruel presidency.” Last week’s immigration proclamation underscored the Trump administration’s fusion of plutocracy and nativism. Trump’s...
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Immigrants across the nation are the backbone of our country, which held true before the Coronavirus pandemic and now during. Amid the chaos, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) pens a new op-ed in Univision highlighting the ongoing limbo Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders face and the work they’re doing on...
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Polling released yesterday by Hart Research Associates on behalf of CAP Action finds overwhelming support for DACA and TPS holders across party lines. The polling is another reminder that Americans’ support for immigrants in the U.S. remains strong and that Trump and Republicans’ efforts to run hard on xenophobia...
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A recording of the call is available here Earlier today, Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) gathered on a press call with DACA and TPS immigrant workers who are fighting the corona virus on the front lines to highlight the urgent need to protect...
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HuffPost/YouGov Poll: By 2:1 Margins, Americans Back Citizenship and Think Immigration Net Positive for Country – Findings Mirror Those from Pre-Pandemic November 2019 Polling Nationwide polling from HuffPost/YouGov finds that the American public is – and remains – broadly pro-immigrant. As the Trump campaign and Republicans continue to run...
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A recording of the call is available here Earlier today, experts and activists gathered on a call to discuss pushing the administration to permanently halt the construction of the border wall and shift the funding to save lives during the COVID-19 outbreak. The recent funding for a firm...
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Facing criticism for his failure to respond competently to the COVID-19 crisis and concerned about his declining re-election prospects, President Trump this week returned to his xenophobic comfort zone and issued an attention grabbing immigration proclamation. At a time when immigrants are reminding us of their essential contributions –...
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Wealthy Investors Can Still Secure Green Cards; Major Green Card Shift from Those that Keep Families Together to Those for Foreign Employees of U.S. Companies Yesterday, President Trump issued a proclamation that fundamentally restructured immigration law in place since 1952, at least for the next 60 days or longer...
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NBC 6’s Nathalia Ortiz is out with an article covering the essential work Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders are doing on the frontlines of the Coronavirus pandemic. Ortiz highlights the work of Rony Ponthieux, a Haitian nurse who despite taking care of three coronavirus patients every day, is under...
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