***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Thursday, June 22 12:30pm EST DIAL IN: 785-424-1678 PASSCODE: FUNDING On a press call tomorrow, June 22 at 12:30 pm EST, Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) will join immigrants and advocates to urge their congressional colleagues to reduce funding for Trump’s deportation budget. The...
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America’s Voice New Massive-Sample PRRI Polling: By 4:1 Margin, Americans Back Legalization over Deportation DHS Secretary John Kelly Set to Deport Pillar of Irish-American Community from Kelly’s Own Hometown Court Overturns In-State Tuition for DACA-mented Dreamers in Arizona More than 100 Iraqi Christians Face “Death Sentence” if Deported Top...
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Today is World Refugee Day — and as CNN reports, more than 65 million people around the world are counted as forcibly displaced by the United Nations. CNN goes on to point out that: Children are disproportionately affected — more than half of refugees are under 18 People are...
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America’s Voice ICYMI: New York Times: “7 Sailors Emerged From Diverse Backgrounds to Pursue a Common Cause” LAPD Chief Charlie Beck and Ex-AG Eric Holder Support California’s Pro-Immigrant and Pro-Public Safety SB54 Bill Trump and Sessions’ Justice Department Considers Supporting Texas SB4, “Show Me Your Papers” Bill It’s World...
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John Kelly Thinks Immigration Judges’ Orders Should Be Final, Thomas Homan Thinks Immigrants Get Due Process; Here’s Why Neither is True Donald Trump is enacting his mass deportation agenda, and many of the people being deported fit a specific profile: they are mothers and fathers who have committed no...
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America’s Voice On Father’s Day, New York Times Chronicles Plight of Father Fighting Deportation John Kelly Thinks Immigration Judges’ Orders Should Be Final, Thomas Homan Thinks Immigrants Get Due Process; Here’s Why Neither is True As ICE Continues Indiscriminate Deportations, More Reminders of Toll on American Families, Communities, and...
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SB 4 opponent becomes San Antonio mayor Earlier this week in Texas, San Antonio City Councilman Ron Nirenberg defeated incumbent Ivy Taylor to become the next mayor of San Antonio in Saturday’s runoff election. Taylor’s defeat is proof of the growing momentum against SB4, Texas’ anti-immigrant “show me your...
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***MEDIA ADVISORY*** TODAY, June 16 1pm EST DIAL IN: 866-831-8713; PASSCODE: DACA Washington, DC – On a press call today, June 16 at 1pm EST, immigrant advocates and legal experts will analyze the Trump Administration’s latest move to rescind the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program. Speakers will also discuss...
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America’s Voice America’s Voice Reacts to DHS Guidance on DAPA and Future of DACA Immigrant Advocates and Legal Experts Analyze DHS Moves on DAPA and DACA, Implications Gov. Greg Abbott Has Made Texas the Frontline of Fight Against Trump’s Deportation Machine This Week in Texas: SB 4 Opponent Becomes...
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Jun 15, 2017
Today is the fifth birthday of DACA, President Obama’s deferred action program that has helped nearly 800,000 immigrant youth step out of the shadows, go to school, legally work and live their dreams. DACA has been one of the immigration reform movement’s greatest victories — and it’s helped Dreamers and...
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