“It’s an invasion, we’re being invaded. No different than an Army of soldiers pouring across.” – Trump at Michigan Rally Washington, DC – In an August op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman, “GOP campaigns on the rhetoric that led to El Paso carnage,” America’s Voice Campaigns Director Mario Carrillo warned...
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Mario Carrillo: “As an El Paso native, the West Texas shootings hit home for me. As a Texas voter, I want to hear Greg Abbott’s explanation at tonight’s debate – will he own his role and responsibility for fostering a dangerous and dehumanizing climate that has led to violence?...
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Sep 29, 2022
Washington, DC – The Republican Party is actively trying to end the popular and successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, potentially making hundreds of thousands of Dreamers who have registered with the government repeatedly and lived in the U.S. a minimum of 15 years once again deportable...
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Washington, DC – A Texas Tribune article, “Migrant encounters at the border are higher today than they were before Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star began,” highlights the “failure of Abbott’s office’s stated desire to ‘stop this revolving door and deter others considering entering illegally.’” As the article by...
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Sep 27, 2022
Washington, DC – Nevada Republican Senate nominee Adam Laxalt’s new joint ad with the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) attacking Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto over “dismantling border security” relies on a host of lies frequently repeated by the GOP, including around the issue of “lethal opioids” like fentanyl...
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Washington, DC – Republicans’ nativism and relentless focus on keeping out and kicking out immigrants and refugees while obstructing legislative solutions is inflicting consequences on the U.S. economy and dampening our economic potential. As the midterm elections near and the economy is among the top issues for many voters,...
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GOP Lies on “Open Borders” and Fentanyl Revealed Washington, DC – Heading towards the midterm elections, Republicans continue to beat their nativist drum about the alleged deadly fentanyl trafficked by migrants through Joe Biden’s “open border.” While Fentanyl is indeed a deadly serious matter facing the country, the problem...
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Pete Buttigieg Calls Out GOP Game, While President Obama, Beto O’Rourke, Gavin Newsome and Rep. Veronica Escobar Condemn Dangers of GOP Embrace of Anti-Immigrant Ugliness Washington, DC – While commentators and polling highlight the backlash to Gov. Ron Desantis’ cruel political stunt, several leading Democratic observers are broadening their...
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Sep 23, 2022
Washington, DC – With the 2022 midterms in full swing, America’s Voice’s ongoing ad tracking project has already identified thousands of paid communications supporting Republican campaigns that push a range of disinformation, racist dog-whistles, and dangerous conspiracy theories. The ads attack Democrats for “open borders” when the borders are...
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Washington, DC – Two must-read Washington Post opinion columns capture Ron DeSantis’ motivations and why the GOP is rallying around his cruel, dehumanizing and Fox-coordinated stunt to transport Venezuelan refugees to Martha’s Vineyard under false pretenses. Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne “DeSantis’s cruel stunt highlights the GOP’s hunger to...
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