President Trump and Republican allies are already seeking to set up a blame game and point the finger at Democrats, should Congress not deliver on an urgent solution to the Dreamer crisis Trump created. That’s patently ridiculous, of course, as sharp analyses from Ezra Klein, James Hohmann, Greg Sargent,...
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During a must-hear floor speech today, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) cut through the GOP’s propaganda campaign on “chain migration” and brought both his colleagues and Americans back to the heart of the issue: Dreamers, families, and our nation’s values. A transcript of key excerpts follows below: I can’t be...
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Termination of TPS Hits Massachusetts Communities Hard A Wicked Local Medford piece highlights a Massachusetts city consumed with fear and anxiety as many of its Haitian community members worry about the looming end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Medford, Massachusetts has been hit especially hard by the revocation of the program: Over 40,000 Haitians...
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America’s Voice Calling out Trump and GOP’s Immigration Blame Game and Larger Motivations Must-See: Sen. Menendez Rips Into GOP Attacks on Families, American Values, Urges Focus on Solution for Dreamers – “Undocumented Americans” ICYMI: End of TPS Creates Fear, Anxiety for Medford’s Haitian Community PHOTOS: Supporters Send Messages #ToImmigrantsWithLove...
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As the Senate’s immigration debate kicks into higher gear today, there is a concerted effort underway by Republicans to sanitize the immigration agenda and implications of the proposals from President Trump, Stephen Miller, and fellow hardliners. But there should be no mistake: Republicans are using neutral-sounding language and terminology...
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America’s Voice Frank Sharry: “Los extremistas del Partido Republicano usan un lenguaje depurado para encubrir el horrible hedor de su radical y, sí, racista agenda” Frank Sharry: “GOP hardliners are using sanitized language to cover up the ugly smell of a radical and, yes, racist agenda” English New York...
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“I felt more substantial, having DACA” “I’m afraid I’ll have to be an ‘alien’ in a country I don’t know” Cleveland, OH – Dreamers from Dayton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Findlay, Lorain, and across Ohio are available this week for media interviews about the U.S. Senate immigration debate. Sara Hamdi is a...
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A recording of today’s call is available here. As Washington, D.C. and the country tracks this week’s Senate immigration debate, immigrants, advocates, and experts kicked off a series of press calls to decode the latest developments and to outline the path forward. A recording of today’s call is available here. Information for...
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“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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