Washington, DC — Last Friday, before Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and the House Freedom Caucus scuttled the Senate funding deal in order to continue the DHS shutdown, America’s Voice highlighted the reality that the mass deportation obsession remained paramount for President Trump and de facto President Stephen...
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Washington, DC — Yesterday, after President Trump took steps to fund TSA on his own, the Senate passed a bill to fund all of DHS without any additional money for ICE and CBP. Beyond the legislative and procedural specifics, the events are a reminder of several key points with...
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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: In a purely political move, President Donald Trump deployed ICE agents to “assist” Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees who...
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Markwayne Mullin has been confirmed as DHS Secretary, and Republicans have put a new DHS funding framework on the table. The White House is framing both as signs the administration is shifting its approach to mass deportation — but the facts tell a different story. Mullin’s confirmation hearing revealed...
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Washington, DC — As we’ve been describing, many Republicans are desperate to signal to the American public that they’ve turned the page on their deeply unpopular mass deportation agenda. Yet the reality is that as long as President Trump and de facto President Stephen Miller are calling the shots,...
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Washington, DC — The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are desperate to signal to the American public that they’ve turned the page on their deeply unpopular mass deportation agenda. Examples include: Ongoing Republican attempts to revamp the messaging around mass deportation – without backing away from the underlying...
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Washington, DC — The following is a quote from Joanna Kuebler, Chief of Programs at America’s Voice, reacting to this weekend’s announcement from the Trump administration that it would send ICE agents to airports: “A strong majority of Americans have recoiled against violent, out of control, poorly trained ICE...
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Washington, DC — The following is a new Substack post from America’s Voice editor Gabe Ortíz. Read “Markwayne Mullin’s ‘Softer Tone’ Doesn’t Change The Fact That Mass Deportation Will Rage On” on AV’s Substack and find key excerpts below: The man on point to lead some of the most...
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Mar 19, 2026
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: With the transition of power at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) approaching, if the nominee to succeed Kristi...
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At yesterday’s U.S. Senate hearing on the nomination of Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to become the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Senator Mullin tried to make the case that the harms of the Trump/Miller mass deportation crusade are in the past and will be remedied...
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