President Trump spent most of yesterday pressuring Congress to embrace his immigration plan and trash-talking Democratic leaders for rejecting it. On Twitter, he wrote, “We have a great chance to make a deal or, blame the Dems!” The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice,...
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A powerful New York Times story by Erica Green explores the contributions and fears of the 9,000 teachers with DACA status whose lives and students are facing an uncertain future due to President Trump’s decision to end the DACA program. We excerpt key sections of the story below: Karen Reyes spends her...
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With action the Senate and perhaps the House expected in the coming weeks, in a new Medium post, America’s Voice Executive Director Frank Sharry gives his take on how to move from the current muddle to a breakthrough that protects Dreamers: The White House plan and the President’s marketing of it...
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The Washington Post ed board makes a powerful case of how Trump made an immigration deal more difficult with his “ethno-nationalist venom.” Eugene Robinson weighs in with a column that argues the only arguments for Trump’s immigration plan are racial and cultural, and that his proposal is aimed at halting the...
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DHS Extends for Current Syrian TPS Holders; Turns Back on Those Who Have Arrived After August 2016 Yesterday, the Trump Administration announced Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will be extended for 18 months for Syrians living in the United States currently protected under the program, but also broke the news that...
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While much of the opposition to the White House immigration proposal has been focused on the radical slashing of legal immigration levels and a border wall as wasteful and unpopular as it is insulting, little attention has been paid to how the White House’s immigration framework would turbocharge the...
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On a press call this afternoon, Robert Ford, Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Rasha Ajalyaqeen, a Syrian U.S. legal resident whose family is directly impacted by this decision, and policy experts reacted to the Associated Press report that the Trump Administration decided to extend but not redesignate Syria TPS — meaning...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice Education Fund, regarding reports that the Trump administration will extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the current nearly 7,000 Syrian TPS-holders but not redesignate Syria, meaning families arriving after August 2016 will be at risk of deportation to...
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Last night’s State of the Union address, punctuated by riffs on immigration that were ugly and cynical, showed that President Trump is more interested in sowing division than in forging unity. Leading observers are highlighting similar points: Jennifer Rubin in the Washington Post: On cue came the meat of the speech:...
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A continuación compartimos una declaración de Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice, en respuesta al discurso del Estado de la Unión del presidente Donald Trump: El discurso del Estado de la Unión de esta noche por parte del presidente Trump mostró que él está más interesado en la...
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