A new ABC News/Washington Post poll is the latest in a long line of recent polling that shows deep, broad, and consistent support for Congress delivering a solution on behalf of Dreamers. The new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds: By an 87-11% margin, the public supports protecting Dreamers (70% strongly, 17% somewhat). Core Republican voters...
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For a recording of the call, click here As the Trump shutdown continues – and after a powerful weekend in which hundreds of thousands of people turned out across the country and around the world to oppose Trumpism – advocates urged members of Congress to stop kicking the can...
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Dreamers with United We Dream and other advocates in Washington, D.C. and around the country worked tirelessly to push for the Dream Act just hours before Republicans shut the government down. In Yakima and Tacoma, Washington, Dreamers asked Republican Reps. Dave Reichert and Dan Newhouse to support legislation. In...
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The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, following this evening’s momentous vote: Tonight a bipartisan rebellion in the Senate rebuffed a determined Republican strategy to strong arm Democrats, govern by short-term Continuing Resolution, and delay and derail the Dream Act. The vote tonight in the Senate...
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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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NATIONWIDE – Through a series of demonstrations and through the clear voices of advocates, the message is clear: Haitian-Americans are calling for a bipartisan compromise and urging lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to prioritize a permanent legislative solution for Dreamers and TPS holders alike. Relevant excerpted coverage follows:...
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Here are three fundamental factors to keep in mind as we seem headed towards a government shutdown: President Trump and the Republican leadership have rejected the bipartisan compromise proposals on the table that would alleviate the crisis. After creating a crisis by ending DACA and terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS)...
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In an op-ed for the Washington Post, José Andrés, owner of Think Food Group, a restaurant group with 26 restaurants in the United States and Mexico City, frames the immigration debate in a crucial way, by highlighting the important contributions TPS holders make to key industries, including the restaurant industry. The...
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The USA Today Editorial Board penned a strong editorial piece, condemning the Trump Administration for its racist rhetoric and highlighting that same rhetoric as destructive to bipartisan compromise and a catalyst to ‘global condemnation.’ Additionally, in response to the common argument that Temporary Protected Status was always meant to be...
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Miami, FL – In a letter to the editor, Marleine Bastien, Executive Director of Haitian Women of Miami, in telling the story of a 10-year old girl with two TPS holding parents, exposes Trump’s true motivation for canceling TPS for Haitians and Central Americans: prejudice. The full letter can be accessed here, and...
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