House Immigration Votes Are Meant to Distract from, Not Resolve the Family Separation Crisis AV Urges “No” Votes on Goodlatte and Ryan Bills America’s Voice recommends that members of the House of Representatives vote no on Goodlatte and Ryan’s immigration bills set for this week. Summary The “Securing America’s...
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Ohio Voters Want to Know: Where Do DeWine, Cordray, Yost, and Dettelbach Stand? Seventy-five former U.S. attorneys, serving in both Republican and Democratic administrations, sent a scathing letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions today, denouncing the Trump administration’s policy of mandatory criminal prosecutions of immigrants crossing the border, and...
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A recording of today’s call is available here. As the Trump administration continues to take children from their parents as part of their unprecedented and recently-initiated “zero tolerance” policy, and as President Trump and House leadership gear up to divert attention to House immigration votes later this week, experts gathered...
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Condemnations rain down from across the country and across the spectrum As a humanitarian crisis at the border builds, outrage over Trump’s family separation policies escalates. Burgess Everett, John Bresnahan, and Rachel Bade of Politico report: … The administration’s decision to separate children from parents has elevated the issue...
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Jun 18, 2018
Questions and Answers Can the Trump administration immediately stop separating families at the border, without an act of Congress? Yes. Last month, the Trump administration unilaterally implemented a new policy that results in family separations. On May 7, Attorney General Sessions delivered remarks confirming a “zero tolerance” policy in...
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Today, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops sent a public letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan criticizing the immigration bill that Ryan negotiated with the House Freedom Caucus and so-called Republican moderates. As the letter notes, “As written, this bill contains several provisions that run contrary...
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Countdown to TPS Decision Deadline for Yemen and Somalia: 2 Weeks This weekend, CBS Los Angeles reported that Honduran Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders gathered in Los Angeles to protest the Trump administration’s recent termination of the program for Honduras. There are currently 90,000 legally working Honduran immigrants who...
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Congress is a Sideshow; Trump is the Main Event Don’t be distracted by the side show in Congress. Don’t be confused by the lies, obfuscation, and blame shifting from the White House. Be aware of the cynical strategy we are all witnessing. With observers across America horrified by Trump’s...
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South McAllen, TX – Following today’s vigil with Secretary Julian Castro and Representative Filemon Vela (TX-34), held in front of the Ursula Border Patrol Processing Center in South McAllen, TX in support of all the children held inside without their parents on Father’s Day, experts are available for comment regarding...
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Toledo, OH — In multiple letters to the editor, Ohioans are reacting in outrage and anger to the immigration raid at Corso’s Flower and Garden Centers and the Trump Administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border. The following LTEs were published over the weekend in...
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