A Is For America podcast
*** * On this week’s episode of our podcast, we sat down with the America’s Voice politics team — Mario Carrillo from Texas, Viridiana Vidal-Gonzzali from Nevada, and Adriana Ruggiero from California — to talk about the midterm elections this year and the respective organizing challenges they face in... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice Record Numbers of Immigrant Children in Federal Custody Due to Trump Policies That Fail to Consider Best Interests of Children Maribel Hastings: “Yes, Mr. President, your response to María was as ‘successful’ as your chaotic presidency” Listen to the “A is for America” Podcast with the America’s... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
English Daily Kos Desperate Republicans lying about immigrants as election strategy. Don’t let them get away with it By Gabe Ortiz September 12, 2018 Washington Post Settlement reached in family separation cases: More than 1,000 rejected asylum seekers to get second chance if court approves By Fred Barbash and... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
English WZZM ICE: Deaf Detroit immigrant from Nigeria must leave By Niraj Warikoo September 11, 2018 Medium (Op-Ed) As the GOP Revs Up its “Divide and Distract” Strategy, How Should Democrats and Progressives Respond? By Frank Sharry September 11, 2018 MSNBC Trump admin moved millions of dollars from FEMA... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice Frank Sharry: “As the GOP Revs Up its ‘Divide and Distract’ Strategy, How Should Democrats and Progressives Respond? PETITION: Tell Kobach to reject white nationalist money! Sessions’ Assault on the Rule of Law in Immigration Court New CNN Poll: GOP Embrace of Trump on Immigration May Come... Continue »
Last week the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and ACT for America, both listed as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center and both with ties to the Trump Administration, held overlapping conferences in Washington D.C. Despite advocates’ efforts to warn members of Congress away from participating,... Continue »
Today's must-read top immigration news from around the country.
America’s Voice Two Hate Conferences Came to Washington, D.C. Last Week; Here’s Who Attended “No esperes a que la política te agreda para entender la importancia de votar” Boricuas e inmigrantes: “Ellos son nosotros” En la Florida Central se forjan alianzas para movilizar votantes Washington Post and New York... Continue »
anti-immigrant militias detain immigrants
Originally published July 9, 2018; updated September 9, 2018 Since the Trump Administration began, Donald Trump has implemented policies keeping would-be immigrants out of the U.S. and kicking the ones already here out. One way he has accomplished the latter is through raids — workplace and location-based raids that... Continue »
Originally published August 27, 2018; updated September 9, 2018. Revelations of white nationalist associations within the Trump Administration are tragically neither new nor surprising. But the recent firings of DHS analyst Ian Smith and  White House speechwriter Darren Beattie are just the latest reminders of how embedded white nationalism is... Continue »