GENERAL ELECTIONS SEASON BEGINS AND IMMIGRATION REMAINS IN THE SPOTLIGHT “The stakes and contrasts of this election are clear on immigration and how the issue is being used and misused as a political cudgel.” That’s how America’s Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas started the week when we moved past the abbreviated...
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STATE OF THE UNION: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN President Biden’s use of “an illegal” in the off-script exchange with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) at the State of the Union address on Thursday was a disturbing distraction from the rest of his immigration remarks, which were better...
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BORDER BACKDROP SPLIT SCREEN: TRUMP AND BIDEN IN TEXAS The week was dominated by the news that President Biden and Donald Trump would visit Texas on Thursday, one week before the Super-Tuesday primaries and the State of the Union Address. America’s Voice previewed what we thought Biden should say in Brownsville,...
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ROUND-UPS, ENDING TPS, RESTRICTING SERVICES, AND RED STATE ARMIES The extreme anti-immigrant and anti-immigration policies of the Republican Party will be a campaign issue for Democrats in 2024. Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, the Heritage Foundation, and others are being loud and proud when it comes to their mass deportation...
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NATIVISM FAILED TO DELIVER IN NY-03 SPECIAL ELECTION The GOP’s nativist strategy flopped in NY-03’s special election this week. Democrat Tom Suozzi beat Republican Mazi Pilip by 8 points Tuesday night to flip the seat most recently held by ousted Republican George Santos. Immigration was at the center of...
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Feb 12, 2024
English Common Dreams The Border Convoy Was a Green Light for Political Violence By Stephen Piggott February 09, 2024 NOTUS Democrats’ Hard Right Turn on the Border By Alex Roarty, Tara Kavaler, Tinashe Chingarande February 09, 2024 Axios Inside Trump’s plans to deport millions from the U.S. By Stef...
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English NPR Biden’s new move is playing offense on border politics. But will voters be swayed? By Deepa Shivaram February 09, 2024 Politico The Senate GOP ends up exactly where it started on foreign aid By BURGESS EVERETT and URSULA PERANO 02/08/2024, 5:14PM ET February 08, 2024 Los Angeles...
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GOP DEBACLE #1 – THE SENATE As of this writing, we are not out of the woods, but it appears that the worst risk of bad policy ideas becoming law – as proposed in Senate legislation – may be off the table for now. This week, anti-immigration, pro-Trump Republicans...
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English Texas Tribune FBI foils 2022 plot by militiamen to “start a war” at the Texas-Mexico border By URIEL J. GARCÍA AND WILLIAM MELHADO February 07, 2024 Politico Ukraine aid in danger as Republicans struggle to chart course By BURGESS EVERETT and URSULA PERANO February 07, 2024 NBC News...
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English CNN House vote to impeach Mayorkas fails in stunning defeat for Republican leaders By Annie Grayer February 06, 2024 New York Times Dysfunction Reigns in Congress as G.O.P. Defeats Multiply By Catie Edmondson February 06, 2024 Washington Post In stunning vote, House Republicans fail to impeach Secretary Mayorkas...
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