Vanessa Cárdenas: “Trump’s first descent on the Trump Tower escalator in 2015 accelerated the Republican Party’s descent on immigration, including their ongoing refusal to work on real solutions to modernize our broken immigration system..” Washington, DC – Donald Trump, who kicked off his first presidential campaign by slandering Mexican...
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Washington, DC – Republican chaos in Congress is intersecting with their relentless, chaotic and anti-immigrant focus, which has escalated to a new and even more dangerous level in recent days. Their embrace of conspiratorial fearmongering continues, with Republicans now directly connecting immigration and the border to the unrelated violence...
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Oct 6, 2023
Vanessa Cárdenas: “Ultimately, what we need is to overhaul and reform our immigration system to legalize people who are here; provide legal pathways for future migration based on our needs; and pursue larger ongoing strategies to help stabilize home countries and the region.” Washington, DC – The Biden administration...
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Washington, DC – In response to the news that the Biden Administration will extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Cameroonians, the following is a statement from Douglas Rivlin, Director of Communication for America’s Voice: “TPS is beneficial to both affected families and the United States’ interests, advancing...
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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: In another sign of the chaos with which Republicans govern so poorly, the most extremist and...
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Paul Waldman MSNBC Column Captures GOP Immigration Dynamics, While America’s Voice Highlights Policy Recommendations for Biden Administration in Light of GOP Obstruction Washington, DC – An insightful Paul Waldman MSNBC column, “Trump’s recent confession about the border wall underscores an inconvenient truth,” captures an essential insight into Republicans, their...
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Greg Sargent column assesses why GOP anti-immigrant legislation goes well beyond “border security” …“Democrats should stop acceding to this cycle. The fate of our immigration system shouldn’t be hashed out under yet another round of quasi-extortionate duress.” Washington, DC – With Capitol Hill reeling from the ouster of House...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “The reality is that on immigration and the border, Republicans are not just blocking sensible solutions, but are also actively opposing or overturning programs that are working” Washington, DC – Fresh off the latest shutdown drama, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans are already pledging to...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “Jeffries and Schumer kept Democrats from falling into the trap of throwing out forever 75 years of protections for refugees seeking asylum in exchange for 45 days of a Continuing Resolution to keep the U.S. government working for the American people” Washington, DC – Today, Vanessa Cardenas...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “When all else fails and their internal chaos exposes an inability to govern,” Republicans “default to blaming immigrants.” Washington, DC – It is increasingly clear that Republicans cannot agree with each other on how to keep the U.S. government open for the American people, but as they...
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