Hurricane Harvey is continuing to wreak damage throughout Houston and other parts of coastal Texas — and disturbing headlines are appearing as residents respond to the crisis. This coming Friday, the state’s new anti-immigrant law SB 4 is set to be implemented, and how officials treat immigrants in the...
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A Pennsylvania man charged in a hate-crime attack that left a Westlake man unconscious was arrested Monday, police said. Gregory Brzoza, 24, is in the Cleveland City Jail awaiting his first court appearance, which has not been scheduled. Brzoza was arrested Monday, according to court records. Cleveland police spokesman Det....
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In a touching and emotional lunch over pizza on Friday, Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL) met with six Dreamers and DACA recipients to talk about what DACA has meant to them and the future of the program. Rep. Soto met with Mariana Castro, Claudia Jimenez, Karen Caudillo, and Ivan Vasquez...
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America’s Voice Two New Dreamer Op-Eds and Largest-Ever Survey of DACA Recipients Remind Us that DACA Program Works for America While Kasich and Brown Stress Bipartisanship and Humane Immigration Policy, Trump Implements Extreme, Un-American Agenda A Victory for Public Safety and for Immigrants as GOP Governor Bruce Rauner Signs...
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Alarm bells rang for advocates this week after news broke that President Obama’s deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) program may be in imminent danger. If DACA is rescinded, it would take away the livelihoods of 800,000 Dreamers who depend on it — young immigrants who only seek to...
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As news about the future of DACA continues to percolate, three op-eds today make powerful cases for why Donald Trump should keep the deferred action for Dreamers program. Former publisher of the Washington Post Donald E. Graham reminds us that Ken Paxton is facing a felony trial, Washington Governor...
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If we want to oppose white nationalists like the one who came to Charlottesville, we should realize that what they want is to DACA, and stop them. A major member of Donald Trump’s administration — top economic adviser Gary Cohn, who is Jewish — has finally spoken out against...
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America’s Voice Amnesty for Arpaio an Affront to Our Values White Nationalists Want to End DACA; To Stop Them, We Must Protect Dreamers Trump Needs to Keep DACA — and ICE Needs to Respect It Op-eds Make Powerful Cases for Why We Must Keep DACA La amnistía para Arpaio...
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Fifty-three Democrats from the House and Senate today released a letter calling out Attorney General Jeff Sessions for holding violence prevention funds hostage in an attempt to force cities to toe the Trump Administration’s line on sanctuary cities. Last month, Sessions announced that cities which want to continue receiving...
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America’s Voice Trump on Dreamers: “A Decision That I Make” BREAKING NEWS: Riccy Enriquez Perdomo May Be Released Tonight ICYMI: 2011 Voter ID Law Found Discriminatory for Fifth Time; Eighth Time Court Found Intentional Discrimination Against Voters of Color 53 Democrats Send Letter to Sessions Demanding Answers on Sanctuary...
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