Washington, DC — As America’s Voice has been highlighting, the ongoing standoff between Texas and the federal government over access to the southern border is causing right wing figures and Republican elected officials to escalate their dangerous incitement to violence and rebellion and their reliance on white nationalist conspiracies...
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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: Unless higher forces intervene, Donald Trump is expected to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024....
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Washington, DC — As we have been highlighting and is clear in the news cycle today, Donald Trump and Republicans prefer immigration and the border as a political issue to run on, rather than an issue to be fixed. Above all, they want a perpetual “crisis” to exploit politically...
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Washington, DC — A powerful New York Times story by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, “For People Fleeing War, U.S. Immigration Fight Has Real-Life Consequences,” highlights some of the real people who might be harmed by the policies under discussion in the Senate’s ongoing border and immigration legislative talks. The story, which...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “We cannot be desensitized and normalize calls to arms or rebellion against federal authorities and then act surprised if and when unhinged followers again take very seriously what these elected officials and media figures are calling for” Washington, DC — Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling...
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Washington, DC — In The Hill newspaper, Rafael Bernal highlights how Latino lawmakers with deep expertise in immigration policy and politics have been left out of the negotiations around the Senate and White House immigration and border legislative package. This overlooked problem with the process helps explain the substantive...
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Washington, DC — A new column in the Boston Globe by Marcela García asks the important question, “What has Biden gotten right and wrong on immigration?” The piece looks at the actions taken by President Biden on immigration since taking office and quotes Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s...
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Washington, DC — Key observers are highlighting the incoherence and cynical politics underlying Donald Trump and House Republicans’ likely opposition to any immigration and border agreement. As Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice stated: “The priority for House Republicans is to first and foremost demonstrate their fealty to...
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American businesses can’t get the workers they need due to out-of-date immigration policy New York, NY — A recent article in the Washington Post underscored how the labor shortage is impacting communities all across the country – from New York to North Dakota. Noting that, “despite growing demand to...
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Washington, DC — Donald Trump opposes any immigration and border agreement. So House Republicans will oppose any immigration and border agreement. That dynamic is both simple and front-and-center today. As NBC’s Sahil Kapur highlighted from Fox News last night: “Laura Ingraham says Trump just told her he opposes the...
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