English Associated Press GOP pressing plan to avert government shutdown on Dec. 8 By Andrew Taylor November 30, 2017 Associated Press Texas Rep. Joe Barton, embarrassed by nude photo online, to retire November 30, 2017 New York Times Number of DACA Applications Stuck in the Mail Tops 900 By...
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This week’s edition of the America’s Voice podcast, “180 Days,” is now available. The weekly podcast will run over the next six months as we approach 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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America’s Voice Last Time We Checked, Republicans Control Washington Eight Ohio Dreamers Came to DC to With A Message for Sen. Portman: Champion the Dream Act English The Hill Bottom Line November 29, 2017 Reuters White House Does Not Expect U.S. Government Shutdown November 29, 2017 Wall Street Journal...
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Today, eight Ohio Dreamers are conducting a sit-in at Sen. Rob Portman’s office in Washington, DC to demand that he support the Dream Act. Portman has never taken a strong stance on the Dream Act. In September of this year, he released a statement expressing agreement that “Congress should...
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America’s Voice Meet the Ohio Dreamers Conducting Sit-In At Rob Portman’s Office on Dream Act NBC: No Longer Protected: Immigrants Pushed to Return to Disaster-Stricken Countries The GOP’s Ludicrous Blame Game English Los Angeles Times Trump’s erratic deal-making style leaves both parties’ lawmakers distrustful By Brian Bennett and Noah Bierman...
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America’s Voice Tampa Bay Times to Florida Delegation: Congress must help Haitians being forced out of U.S. by Trump The Crisis Facing Dreamers Is Already Underway and Only Congress Can Fix It Dreamers and Advocates Remind Congress of Urgent Need for a Clean Dream Act Frank Sharry Statement on Rep. Gutierrez’s...
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Members of Congress were back in their home districts for Thanksgiving recess last week, and for Dreamers and advocates, that meant another opportunity to tell their members of Congress to support the Dream Act. In Colorado, advocates set up an empty Thanksgiving table to remind Congress what families and...
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America’s Voice March Madness: Why the Dream Act Can’t Wait Until Next Year Englewood Mother’s Deportation Case to Be Reviewed PHOTOS: Advocates Call on Members of Congress to Support Dream Act Over Thanksgiving Recess Conteo regresivo para el Dream Act y DACA English Middle East Eye No festive cheer...
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In Salt Lake City, Utah today, Dreamers and advocates presented Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)’s office with 10,500 paper butterflies — one for every Utah Dreamer — to pressure the Senator to support the Dream Act. Utah has over 9,000 DACA recipients and 19,000 Dream Act-eligible individuals who would help the...
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More than 30 Dreamers and advocates demonstrated outside Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX)’s San Antonio office today, calling for Hurd to support the Dream Act and help protect Dreamers like Felipe. Felipe Abonza-Lopez is a Texas Dreamer who was pulled over and detained while traveling through Hurd’s district almost a...
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