Yesterday, after reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were again illegally turning away asylum seekers, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Nanette D. Barragán (CA-44) went to the border and tried to investigate. Gomez and Barragán met 19 asylum seekers at the Otay Mesa port of entry, located... Continue »
America’s Voice Members of Congress Waited With Migrants Seeking Asylum. It took Them 20 Hours and a Cold Wait Overnight Trump’s Border Wall Shutdown: The Numbers Don’t Add Up Matt Barreto of Latino Decisions in the New York Times: Trump Thinks He’s Still Winning on Immigration English Associated Press... Continue »
On December 7, 2018, Donald Trump announced he would nominate immigration hardliner William Barr to be his next attorney general, succeeding immigration hardliner Jeff Sessions, who was forced out in November. Barr was previously the attorney general under George H.W. Bush from 1991 to 1993, and has been in... Continue »
The Trump Administration has arguably had no greater effect on policy than it has on U.S. immigration policy. At the end of 2017, we wrote this piece recapping all the alarming ways the Trump White House has gone after immigrants and targeted them for mass deportation during Trump’s first... Continue »
America’s Voice Washington Examiner: “Leading GOP pollster: Trump’s focus on immigration sunk House majority” La muerte de Jakelín refleja la normalización de la crueldad hacia el migrante Greg Sargent of WaPo: Trump’s Shutdown Fight Reveals His Growing Weakness Death of 7-year-old Girl in CBP Custody 2018 A Year in Review: The... Continue »
America’s Voice Frank Sharry: “¿Será esta la muerte que nos lleve a una exhaustiva investigación y a una verdadera rendición de cuentas?” Victorina Morales Continues to Stand Up to the Most Powerful Man in America to Reveal Her Truth Frank Sharry: “Will this be the death that leads to... Continue »
Donald Trump is trying to shut down the government in order to build his border wall, and the Department of Homeland Security yesterday published a press release that was, apparently, supposed to help with this effort. It didn’t. Titled simply “Walls Work” and complete with before-and-after pictures, the release... Continue »
America’s Voice Trump’s Push for a Government Shutdown Ignores 2018 Midterm Results, Divides GOP, and Unites Democrats Twitter Blasts DHS’ Bizarre “Walls Work” Press Release Es tiempo de mirar mucho más allá del sur de México English Associated Press Trump, Democrats Dig In for Fight Over Border-Wall Funding December... Continue »
America’s Voice Post-Oval Office Fireworks, Reminders That Voters Rejected Trump’s Border Wall and Congress Should Too The Growing Hypocrisy of the Trump Administration on Immigration Exposed English HuffPost (Opinion) Helping Trump Deport Immigrants Is Just Another Perk Of Your Amazon Prime Subscription By Juan Escalante December 11, 2018 Reuters... Continue »
English Jersey Journal (Editorial) Call out ICE on threat to New Jersey December 10, 2018 Vox Trump’s controversial “public charge” proposal that could change the face of legal immigration, explained By Dara Lind December 10, 2018 Roll Call Democrats Push Back on Plan to Make Green Cards Harder to... Continue »