
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Ron DeSantis traveled to Arizona for an anti-immigration speech and garnered more attention for his latest dehumanizing political stunt to fly migrants to California. As the New York Times correctly noted, “stoking outrage is the point.” While Gov. DeSantis is clearly trying to play to...
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Washington, DC – The House Judiciary Committee will hold another anti-immigrant hearing on Wednesday, at which we expect Republicans to again discuss a sham impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Below are five key points to know in advance: Part of a Pre-Baked Political Attack at Odds with...
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Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings and David Torres from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: June is Immigrant Heritage Month, and although this country has been built and sustained by immigrants...
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“This is a bill basically to scare people from coming to the state of Florida … And I think it’s done its purpose” – Florida GOP State Rep. Alina Garcia Washington, DC – Yesterday, a trio of Florida Republican lawmakers accidentally told the truth about the harmful anti-immigrant legislation...
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Washington, DC – As we detailed in a memo last week, Republicans had clearly planned, and hoped, for a more chaotic post-Title 42 environment to use as a cudgel for their relentless political attacks on immigration and the border. Yet contrary to apocalyptic predictions about the end of Title...
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Washington, DC – More voices are highlighting that pro-immigrant policies and legal pathways for immigrants will help drive America’s economic growth, as we noted last week. In The Washington Post, columnist Catherine Rampell cites immigration as the driving force behind surprising job growth. She explains: “In May, once again,...
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Washington, DC – A new blog from America’s Voice highlights some of the growing pushback against Florida’s new state anti-immigration bill, pushed through by Governor Ron DeSantis. Yesterday, across the state, affected community members, businesses, working men and women and their families and others held a day of action...
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Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings and David Torres from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: It’s not déjà vu. Former president Donald Trump, the indisputable leader of the Republican Party and...
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Washington, DC – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is one of the most popular and successful immigration programs in U.S. history. Despite that reality, the future of DACA remains in doubt, due to ongoing Republican-led legal challenges that have already taken a toll by barring new applicants into...
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Introduction Contrary to gleeful apocalyptic predictions by the right wing about the end of Title 42, there has been a drop in the number of encounters at the southern border. There are several related storylines important to understand, even as national media focus has largely moved elsewhere: Point 1:...
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