Jan 17, 2018
Today, Jewish leaders with Bend the Arc Jewish Action and other groups took over Congress and conducted a historic act of Jewish civil disobedience to demand that members of Congress pass the #DreamActNow. More than 100 participants, including rabbis, sat down in the Russell Senate building and refused to leave, holding up...
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America’s Voice Editorial Boards Across the Country: Protect the Dreamers! ICYMI: UT, OH, NE, ME and PA Dreamers Raise Their Voices in Favor of Their Freedom, Their Futures, and the Dream Act Defend Our Dreams Coalition in Partnership with Univision and Entravision Activates Communities on Immigration Call to Action...
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Dreamers with United We Dream and other advocates returned to Capitol Hill this week to pressure members of Congress to pass the Dream Act — and they’re not taking no for an answer. Dreamers were last on the Hill in full force in late December, just before Congress passed...
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America’s Voice Five Key Points on the Current Moment of Crisis DHS Secretary Nielsen Joins Trump Administration’s Rogue’s Gallery on Immigration After Deportation Delay, Youngstown’s Amer Adi Incomprehensibly Detained by ICE With Congressman Tim Ryan At His Side Hundreds of Haitian-Americans and allies protest near Mar-a-Lago in wake of Trump’s...
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This week’s edition of the America’s Voice podcast, “180 Days,” is now available. The weekly podcast covers what’s been happening in the weeks and months before the March 6, 2018 deadline for DACA. We cover the fight to protect Dreamers and pass the Dream Act – and other immigration...
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America’s Voice Frank Sharry: Following Trump’s Latest Racist Remarks, A Moment of Truth ICYMI: Greg Sargent: “Trump Just Denied His ‘Shithole’ Comment. In The Process, He Confirmed the Worst” Trump: I’ll Sign “Whatever Immigration Bill” Congress Sends Me… Just Not The One I Said I Would Sign Five Things...
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America’s Voice Three Major Obstacles to Enacting a Bipartisan Dreamer Deal: John Cornyn, Bob Goodlatte, and Stephen Miller Quinnipiac Poll: 86% of Americans, Including 76% of Republicans, Want Dreamers to Stay in America Dreamer Protections and Border Security: The Good the Bad and the Ugly Rodman Serrano for New York Times:...
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America’s Voice DACA-Recipients, Legal Experts, and Advocates: DACA-Lawsuit Developments Underscore Heightened Need for Dream Act Family-Based Immigration – How the System Works, and How Trump Administration Proposals to Gut It Would Undermine American Values English CNN Democrats seek to avoid DACA’s isolation in budget negotiations By Tal Kopan January...
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America’s Voice A Deal to Be Had and A Deal Within Reach New York Times Report: Trump’s Border Wall Would Come at Direct Expense of Actual Border Security ICYMI: The Daily 202 – “Trump systematically alienates the Latino diaspora – from El Salvador to Puerto Rico and Mexico” Media Reports...
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Jan 8, 2018
Today, the Trump Administration ended temporary protected status (TPS) for Salvadoran immigrants, impacting 200,000 people who have lived in the US for decades, held jobs, and paid taxes. Contrary to popular belief and general misunderstanding, TPS holders are not undocumented. They’re immigrants who were already in the US at...
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