To: Interested parties From: Vanessa Cárdenas, America’s Voice Executive Director Date: March 2024 Re: The changed politics of immigration and the way forward On the heels of a border trip by President Biden and Donald Trump and as we launch into election season in 2024, here is what you ...
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Washington, DC — Immigration and border issues have been front and center in the news recently, especially an array of developments and events in Texas yesterday. Below find our take on three key developments – our read on the importance of the preliminary injunction against Texas’s SB4 and its...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “La forma en que el Partido Republicano, liderado por Trump, está utilizando esta tragedia para beneficios políticos es repugnante.” Washington, DC — La campaña de Donald Trump ha publicado un nuevo vídeo que incluye comentarios de su discurso de inicio de campaña de 2015 en el que...
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Washington remains deadlocked on a solution to ongoing immigration challenges despite migrants and asylum seekers significantly strengthening the U.S. economy New York, NY — A recent article in The Washington Post highlighted how migrants and asylum seekers are driving U.S. job market growth and “helping cement the country’s economic...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “The way in which the GOP, led by Trump, is using this tragic event for political gain is revolting.” Washington, DC — Donald Trump’s campaign has released a new video that mixes in comments from his infamous 2015 campaign kick-off speech – in which he said Mexico...
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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: With his victory over Nikki Haley in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary on Saturday, Donald Trump comes ever-closer...
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Washington, DC — On Thursday, President Biden and Donald Trump are scheduled to visit sections of the southern border in Texas to deliver immigration and border remarks. According to Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “The dueling border trips on Thursday presents an opportunity for President Biden...
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Watch a recording of the briefing HERE Washington, DC – In the wake of Tom Suozzi’s special election victory and news that the Biden administration may implement executive actions on the border, Democratic pollsters and strategists convened a press briefing with immigration experts focused on examining the role of...
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More state and federal funding for support services ensures migrants and asylum seekers are safe and can start delivering economic benefits directly to their communities New York, NY — In a recent Lohud.com op-ed, David Dyssegaard Kallick and Carola Otero Bracco highlighted the immediate positive economic impact of migrants...
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Austin, Texas – On Tuesday evening, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his office was suing and accusing of human smuggling the Annunciation House, a Catholic nonprofit organization that operates shelters and provides humanitarian assistance in El Paso, Texas. For example, after federal border officials process people and some...
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