America’s Voice Over 400 Organizations Urge House of Representatives to Vote No on Anti-Immigrant Bills ICYMI: San Antonio Business Leaders Urge Other Leaders Across Texas to Speak Out Against SB4 Why Are President Trump and DHS Secretary Kelly Deporting Real Life and Everyday Heroes? Advocates from Mijente, Others Greet...
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Jorge Ramos and Fusion published this video last week on the Undocumented Student Program at the University of California-Berkeley, the first program of its kind in the US: The undocumented college students participating in the program receive academic counseling, legal aid, and mental health services. As student Bianca Rodriguez Plancarte...
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Here’s a common (and lazy) argument against undocumented immigration: “why can’t they just come here legally, like everyone else did”? As we’ve explained before, it’s almost impossible for many immigrants to come to the US with papers. And as a new article from Philly.com explains, the first part of that premise is false...
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America’s Voice House to Vote on Bills that Endanger Public Safety and Supercharge Trump’s Mass Deportation Force Immigrant Advocates and Legal Experts Analyze SB 4 Hearing in San Antonio ICYMI: David Leopold: “Why the Supreme Court’s Travel Ban order was a stunning defeat for Donald Trump” Ahead of FAIR’s...
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Today, advocates from all over Texas gathered for an all-day rally in San Antonio while a federal court considered a motion to block the state’s SB 4 anti-immigrant law from taking effect. Outside, advocates showed off signs, spoke out against the damage SB 4 would do to immigrant communities, marched,...
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Today, the US Supreme Court agreed to review two major legal challenges to Trump’s Muslim ban, Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and Trump v. Hawaii. The cases will be consolidated for oral argument and heard during the October 2017 term. In addition, the Court upheld one part of the ban,...
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America’s Voice Legal Experts React to Supreme Court Decision in IRAP V. Trump and Analyze Implications Advocates Respond to SCOTUS Decision on Trump’s Muslim Ban Advocates Rally in San Antonio as Court Hears Motion to Block SB 4 Top News Reuters U.S. Top Court Set to Rule on Religious Rights; Travel Ban...
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Houston joins lawsuit, advocates prepare for Monday hearing This week in Texas, the Houston City Council voted 10-6 to file suit against Texas and its SB 4 anti-immigrant law. The vote came after advocates testified for over six hours in front of the City Council about SB 4’s potential...
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Top News Associated Press Supreme Court limits ability to strip citizenship By Mark Sherman June 22, 2017 CNN Trump’s proposed 5-year welfare ban for immigrants is already law By Jeremy Diamond June 22, 2017 CNN Federal judge temporarily blocks deportation of Iraqi Christians By Ellen Kaufman June 22, 2017 Associated...
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America’s Voice ICYMI: Lynn Tramonte: “Eric Lara is an American kid with a loving dad who wants to stay in his life” Senators Harris, Menendez, and Hirono, Immigrants, and Advocates Demand Reduced Funding for President Trump’s Mass Deportation Force Heartbreaking Deportation Cases Explain Why 19 Senators Are Calling for...
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