With immigration and refugee issues taking center stage in the first weeks of the Trump Administration, America’s Voice Education Fund will resume its weekly “Office Hours” press briefing today, February 10 at 1 pm EST. On today’s call, legal experts and immigration and refugee advocates will provide updates on litigation challenging...
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En respuesta a la confirmación en el Senado de Jeff Sessions como Fiscal General de Estados Unidos, la subdirectora de America’s Voice Education Fund, Lynn Tramonte, da a conocer el siguiente comunicado: “La noticia de que Jeff Sessions será el Fiscal General de nuestra nación significa que el gobierno...
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In response to the Senate’s confirmation of Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General, Deputy Director of America’s Voice Education Fund Lynn Tramonte issued the following statement: “The news that Jeff Sessions will be our nation’s Attorney General means that the Trump Administration is now even more tied to a...
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Mientras el Senado se prepara a votar hoy más tarde sobre la nominación del senador Jeff Sessions para ser el Fiscal General de Estados Unidos, los senadores deberían estar plenamente conscientes de que tanto la visión del mundo que él ha tenido durante mucho tiempo, como su agenda de...
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As the Senate gears up to vote later today on the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General of the United States, Senators should be fully aware that Sessions’ longstanding worldview and policy agenda is cohesive and fundamentally hostile to immigration and the changing demographics of America...
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In a press conference today, the Cleveland Clinic announced that Dr. Suha Abushamma is safely back home and ready to resume caring for her patients again. Charles Ornstein recently highlighted Dr. Abushamma’s story in a piece at ProPublica: “A first-year resident at the Cleveland Clinic, she was forced to leave the U.S....
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As Senator Jeff Sessions’ nomination moves closer to a Senate vote, vote counters are predicting that he will likely be confirmed. But the prospect of installing Jeff Sessions as the highest law enforcement officer in America is a frightening prospect for anyone who cares about civil rights. According to Lynn Tramonte,...
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Donald Trump’s radical immigration and refugee executive orders are dangerous, un-American, and — according to three new polls — unpopular. Polling from Gallup, CNN, and CBS News make clear that President Trump is personally unpopular, as is his immigration-related policy agenda. According to Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, “Now...
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Whereas last week’s news was filled with chaos, tears, and families separated by Trump’s discriminatory refugee and immigration policies, this week some of those families are being reunited thanks to a nationwide federal court injunction. And what a beautiful sight that is. In his blog on the America’s Voice website, Gabe Ortiz writes of...
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LA Times Analysis of Trump Immigration EO Finds Nearly Entire Undocumented Population At Risk of Deportation An important new Los Angeles Times analysis of President Trump’s immigration executive orders echoes our assessment: despite claims that Trump plans to just build a wall and focus on “criminals,” the details in the immigration executive orders...
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