‘These children are barefoot. In diapers. Choking on tear gas,’ read one headline in the Washington Post by Tim Elfrink and Fred Barbash. Over Thanksgiving weekend, U.S. CBP agents fired tear gas at a group of migrants — including many small children and babies — seeking asylum in the...
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President Trump and his advisors see fear-mongering over the caravan and border security as a way to change the news cycle, benefit politically, and to justify even more sweeping and radical policy changes. But there’s no escaping the fact that his hardline deterrence approach has failed and is doomed...
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America’s Voice La crisis fronteriza creada por Trump es el síntoma de una política fallida PHOTOS: Over Thanksgiving, Border Patrol Agents Tear-Gassed Children and Families at the Border Albert Hunt: “Hoist a Glass, Democrats. Demographic Destiny Is Back.” Trump’s Manufactured Border Crisis a Symptom of a Failed Policy English...
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In his newest column for HuffPost, Juan Escalante, Communications Manager for America’s Voice, urges Democrats during this lame duck session to demand a permanent, legislative solution for Dreamers and TPS holders. He insists that Democrats must prioritize Dreamers and TPS holders during the inevitable shutdown fight over Trump’s border...
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America’s Voice Juan Escalante, “Dreamers Like Me Need Democrats To Put Immigration Back On The Table Now, Not Later” Federal Judge Strongly Rebukes Another Trump Administration Attempt to Use Executive Power To Change Asylum Law Duly Enacted by Congress English The Hill The Memo: Trump’s immigration hawks grapple with...
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In a forceful ruling issued this week, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to use executive power to change asylum law duly enacted by Congress. This ruling temporarily enjoins a joint emergency regulation issued earlier this month by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to unlawfully...
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A Complex Situation Requires a Multi-Pronged Approach As a federal judge in San Francisco blocks the Trump administration’s asylum ban and DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen lies that migrants are rushing the border, it is time for America to deal realistically and responsibly to the challenge of refugees and migrants...
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A recording of the call is available here. On a press call earlier today, Rep-elect Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26) and immigration advocates announced a letter signed by 300+ organizations urging the upcoming Democratically-controlled House of Representatives to pass and send to the Senate stand alone, clean legislation that would provide...
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America’s Voice Trump is Failing at the Border Because His Strategy Is Simplistic and Wrong-headed 300+ Groups Call on New Democratic House to Prioritize TPS & Dream Legislation Within 100 Days of New Congress “Donald Trump Is Losing, And He Knows It” English Cronkite News Advocates urge troop withdrawal;...
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A recording of the call is available here. Earlier today veterans and national security experts gathered on a press call to call on the Trump administration to bring our troops home from their deployment at the border. Below are quotes from today’s speakers Retired Major General, Peter S. Cooke:...
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