Trump Now Owns the Refugee Surge He Fueled Washington, DC – Leading observers are recognizing that the Trump administration’s deterrence-only policies have been an abject failure and that their proposals to slash aid to Central America and close the border are similarly doomed to fail. Meanwhile, new polling and...
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America’s Voice Dismantled Policies Result in Trump’s Epic Failure and Chaos at the Border English The Washington Post Border surge pressures Democrats to craft their own immigration solutions — not just oppose Trump By Michael Scherer April 02, 2019 Associated Press Trump’s threat to close border stirs fears of...
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Apr 1, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC – If there was still any doubt about how emboldened Donald Trump is since presumably being “exonerated” of collusion in the Russian plot, consider the various examples from the past days and hours: he threatened to “close” the border with Mexico over the humanitarian crisis that he...
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“Actually addressing the root causes of the problem in Central America and humanely managing applications for asylum from families fleeing violence are far, far down the list of Trump administration priorities.” – Pili Tobar, America’s Voice The Trump Administration remains hellbent on failed deterrence-only policies and cynical political stunts...
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“I’m old enough to remember when presidents ran for reelection on creating jobs, not on creating chaos.” – Will Bunch In a new must read piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer, columnist Will Bunch assesses the cynical political motivations that help explain the Trump administration’s actions and failures at the...
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America’s Voice Trump’s Machiavellian plan has scarcely begun Trump’s Failed Deterrence Strategy and Cynical Political Stunts at the Border: There’s a Better Way Forward El plan maquiavélico de Trump apenas comienza ICYMI: “Emboldened Trump hopes a cruel border crisis will get him reelected in 2020” English The Hill Dems...
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Trump’s Border Failure Continues…Nielsen’s Incompetence and Cruelty Keeps Getting Worse In a letter, first obtained by NBC’s Julia Ainsey, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen “will ask Congress for the authority to deport unaccompanied migrant children more quickly, to hold families seeking asylum in detention until their cases are decided and...
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America’s Voice DHS Doesn’t Need More Money or More Power, It Needs a New Leader and a New Strategy English Buzzfeed The Trump Administration Asked To Restart Nearly 20,000 Suspended Immigration Cases — As It Faces An Existing Backlog By Hamed Aleaziz March 28, 2019 NBC News DHS to...
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Anti-immigrant groups this year saw a new opening in Florida to pass their xenophobic legislative goals after Ron DeSantis, an anti-immigrant extremist and Donald Trump sycophant, narrowly won the gubernatorial election in 2018. Floridians for Immigration Enforcement (FLIMEN), a local anti-immigrant group, has been pushing Florida legislators to advance...
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The following is a statement by Pili Tobar, Deputy Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, on the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to extend Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Liberia: At the 11th hour, Trump is attempting to offer a solution to a problem that he created. Today, the...
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