Miami, FL – Marleine Bastien, executive director of Famn Ayisien Nan Miami (Haitian Women of Miami, FANM) issued the following statement as Congress prepares to hear President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, during which he is expected to discuss immigration. Last week, the White House unveiled a hard-line...
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As America’s Voice digital director Van Le of America’s Voice writes: “In the Audience of Trump’s State of the Union Will Be People Whose Lives He’s Destroyed.” Tomorrow night, Trump will tout the ‘successes’ of his first year – deported parents, caregivers, and community members; and the recession of both DACA...
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Austin, Texas – In a new must-read, Juan Castillo, the editorial page editor for Austin American Statesman calls on President Trump to leave behind the nativist language of his campaign and to instead lead on a solution to the crisis he created by ending DACA. Castillo calls on President Trump to provide...
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Momentum Growing for “Dream Act Plus Smart Border” Package After widespread condemnation of the White House immigration framework – a cynical attempt to enact longstanding nativist policy goals by exploiting the desperation of Dreamers – key voices are calling for a more narrow approach focused on pairing the Dream Act with...
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ICE Field Office Director Rebecca Adducci Has An “Appetite for Destruction” of Area Families Cleveland, OH – The Washington Post is out with a blazing editorial about the abject cruelty inherent in the Trump Administration’s deportation policy. Many of the examples they cite in their editorial come directly from the Detroit...
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In a new column for HuffPost, DACA-recipient and America’s Voice Communications Manager Juan Escalante provides a firsthand analysis of a Dreamer’s take on the dead-on-arrival White House immigration principles. Escalante concludes: Dreamers have been part of the immigration debate since 2001. We have helped to define the discussion on immigration over...
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A recording of today’s call is available here. After another tumultus week on immigration in Washington, leaders from United We Dream, UndocuBlack Network, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and the Women’s Refugee Commission analyzed the White House immigration principles, the state of the federal immigration debate, and the next steps. A...
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200,000 TPS-holding Salvadorans living in the United States who are now facing deportation due to the Trump Administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) are now being forced to navigate their options regarding where to go now. The pain and stress is palpable. Relevant excerpted coverage follows: Catholic...
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Luego de que la Casa Blanca filtrara su propuesta de inmigración, compartimos la reacción de Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice, al respecto: El presidente Trump y Stephen Miller están aprovechando una crisis que ellos mismos crearon, de tal modo que puedan con ello destruir la Estatua de la Libertad....
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As the White House rolls out its proposal on immigration, the following is the reaction of Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: President Trump and Stephen Miller are exploiting a crisis that they created, so they can take a wrecking ball to the Statue of Liberty. They think that by...
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