Washington, DC – La administración Biden anunció hoy planes para extender por 18 meses el Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) para los beneficiarios actuales del programa provenientes de El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal y Nicaragua. Sin embargo, decidió no redesignar o ampliar la elegibilidad del programa para incluir a...
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13 de junio de 2023
GOP Groundhog Day: Previewing Another House GOP Anti-Immigrant Hearing
Washington, DC – Wednesday in the House Homeland Security Committee, House Republicans will hold the latest installment in their perpetual series of anti-immigrant hearings and continue discussing their proposed sham impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. According to Zachary Mueller, Political Director at America’s Voice: “It’s House Republicans’ version...
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13 de junio de 2023
“A Missed Opportunity” – Biden TPS Announcement Reaction from Vanessa Cárdenas
Washington, DC – Today, the Biden Administration announced plans to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for current TPS holders from El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua for 18 months. However, the administration is not redesignating or expanding eligibility for TPS beyond existing recipients from these four countries covered in...
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Washington, DC – Several recent opinion columns add to the growing wave of facts how Republican opposition to immigration reform is needlessly damaging our economic potential. In the case of Florida, and the anti-immigrant bill recently muscled through by Ron DeSantis, the costs of GOP nativism are even greater...
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8 de junio de 2023
The Immigration Storyline Ron Desantis Doesn’t Want You to Focus On
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Ron DeSantis traveled to Arizona for an anti-immigration speech and garnered more attention for his latest dehumanizing political stunt to fly migrants to California. As the New York Times correctly noted, “stoking outrage is the point.” While Gov. DeSantis is clearly trying to play to...
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Washington, DC – The House Judiciary Committee will hold another anti-immigrant hearing on Wednesday, at which we expect Republicans to again discuss a sham impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Below are five key points to know in advance: Part of a Pre-Baked Political Attack at Odds with...
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7 de junio de 2023
The United States’ immigrant heritage is, and will be, its strength
Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings and David Torres from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: June is Immigrant Heritage Month, and although this country has been built and sustained by immigrants...
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“This is a bill basically to scare people from coming to the state of Florida … And I think it’s done its purpose” – Florida GOP State Rep. Alina Garcia Washington, DC – Yesterday, a trio of Florida Republican lawmakers accidentally told the truth about the harmful anti-immigrant legislation...
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Washington, DC – As we detailed in a memo last week, Republicans had clearly planned, and hoped, for a more chaotic post-Title 42 environment to use as a cudgel for their relentless political attacks on immigration and the border. Yet contrary to apocalyptic predictions about the end of Title...
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5 de junio de 2023
The Data is Clear: Immigration is Essential to U.S. Economic Prosperity
Washington, DC – More voices are highlighting that pro-immigrant policies and legal pathways for immigrants will help drive America’s economic growth, as we noted last week. In The Washington Post, columnist Catherine Rampell cites immigration as the driving force behind surprising job growth. She explains: “In May, once again,...
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