“I’m doing this because I have a child. I want to be able to look my child in eye,” Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts wrote on Twitter last week. “I’m drawing my line in the sand here. Cooperation with this regime is not acceptable.” Breaking families apart was not something Dyrdahl-Roberts, a...
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As the Senate prepares to debate Dreamer legislation this week, Senators Chuck Grassley, John Cornyn, and a handful of others have announced a proposal that uses Dreamers’ lives as bargaining chips. The price for Dreamers’ freedom? Enactment of a vast series of unrelated, radical, racially-charged measures that slash legal...
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Will Senators side with American people or enable radical and unpopular policies on ramped up deportations, dramatic cuts in legal immigration and an unpopular, wasteful border wall? As the Senate kicks off immigration week, February 6, 2018 polling from Quinnipiac offers a reminder that the American public overwhelming supports Dreamers and...
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Ahead of the Senate debate on immigration this week, political science professor and pollster Dr. Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions pens a must-read op-ed for the New York Times, reminding Democrats that leaning in to pro-immigrant policy is both the right thing to do and the politically smart thing to do. As...
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This week, the Senate is scheduled to debate immigration legislation, and once again Dreamers across the country will stand on pins and needles until the final vote is cast. Since Donald Trump created this crisis by cancelling DACA, over 19,000 young people who grew up in America have...
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America’s Voice Ohio “Dreamers” Available to Discuss This Week’s Senate Debate on Immigration, Expectations for Senators Brown and Portman Frank Sharry: “Esta semana el Senado tiene la oportunidad de hacer su parte y terminar con la pesadilla que Trump creó cuando canceló DACA” Dreamers, Advocates, Immigration Policy Experts Kick...
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This week’s edition of the America’s Voice podcast, “180 Days,” is now available. The weekly podcast covers what’s been happening in the weeks and months before the March 6, 2018 deadline for DACA. We cover the fight to protect Dreamers and pass the Dream Act – and other immigration...
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A series of media reports highlight the urgency people feel across the country to call on lawmakers to prioritize and protect Temporary Protected Status (TPS) by enacting a permanent legislative solution for 300,000+ TPS holders nationwide facing deportation. Advocates in Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and California are urging Congress not to lose sight of TPS...
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Following the early morning passage and signing of a spending bill that does not resolve Dreamers’ urgent crisis and ahead of a promised Senate immigration debate next week, the following are assessments and reactions from Juan Escalante, Communications Manager of America’s Voice and a DACA recipient, as well as...
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America’s Voice The Latest Episode of Our Podcast, “Senate Fight Preview,” is Available Now TPS Holders Facing Deportation Make Their Voices Heard Across Country, Demand Congressional Action Juan Escalante and Frank Sharry on the Drive to Protect Dreamers English Inside Higher Ed Budget Deal Would Add Money, but Not...
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