Leading advocates were quick to condemn the implications and motivations driving the Trump administration’s new “public charge” rule. The announcement is the latest evidence of Stephen Miller’s relentless assault on immigrants and refugees, as well as the GOP’s desperate and cynical “divide and distract” midterm strategy. Among the key...
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America’s Voice Since Voters Strongly Support Immigrants, Want Dreamers to Stay and Oppose the Border Wall, How Does this GOP Immigrant-Bashing Strategy Work Again? Observers Blast Political Motivations and Real-World Consequences of Trump/Miller Public Charge Rule Despite Tough Talk on Criminals, ICE is Rapidly Increasing Arrests and Deportations of...
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Despite tough talk on criminals, ICE under the Trump administration has ramped up arrests and deportations of non-criminals, but barely increased the arrest and deportation of criminals. Comparing ICE arrest data from October 2016 through June 2017 and the same period one year later (October 2017 through June 2018)...
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Republicans can’t run on their record, so they stoke divisions and blow smoke to distract from it The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, in response to tonight’s announcement that the Trump administration will issue new “public charge” rules: This has Stephen Miller’s...
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CNN’s Tal Kopan spotlights another disturbing example of the Trump Administration’s cruelty — in the name of the American people In a piece filed late yesterday, CNN’s Tal Kopan draws attention to the latest horrifying tactic employed by ICE under the Trump administration — using detained children as bait...
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Family Worries About Family Separation When Program Is Ended TPS Expiration Dates: Sudan, 11/2/2018 Nicaragua, 1/5/2019 Nepal, 6/24/2019 Haiti, 7/22/2019 El Salvador, 9/9/2019 Honduras, 1/5/2020 Shannon Dooling for WBUR highlights the story of Irma Flores, a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holder living in Massachusetts. Flores is just one hundreds...
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America’s Voice Three Questions Ahead of Tonight’s Cruz v. O’Rourke Debate A New Low, Even By Trump Standards: Using Detained Children as Bait to Arrest Immigrants Coming Forward to Care for Kids Separated from Families ICYMI: WBUR, “From Mass. To El Salvador, Families Are Bracing For The End Of...
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Ur Jaddou: “CBP’s accountability structures are woefully lacking and way behind other large law enforcement agencies” In a new article for The Intercept, John Washington interviews a former Border Patrol agent. Using a pseudonym, “Mario” reveals instances of violence and cruelty towards immigrants, a culture of impunity and corruption,...
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Using a uniquely broad authority – certification – to unilaterally reconsider cases already reviewed by non-politically appointed judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Attorney General Sessions issued a decision yesterday that once again limits the independence of immigration judges by narrowing the circumstances under which they may...
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Anger matters, But Voter Mobilization Matters More In an article for Vox, Li Zhou interviews political science experts regarding the challenge of mobilizing Latino voters. Recent polling shows that voters are angry with Trump and his administration for his cruelty regarding immigration policies, but that does not mean they...
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