Washington, D.C. —Today, President Biden announced a plan to use his parole authority to protect roughly half a million spouses of U.S. citizens, including eligible DACA recipients, from deportation and provide them with access to work authorization and a possible path to permanent residency and citizenship. This decision results...
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Washington, DC — The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to today’s White House immigration actions: “Today’s decisive action by President Biden is a victory for American families, our economy, and our country. This would not have been possible without the tireless...
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Updated tracking of deadly conspiracy theories highlights 82 unique TV ads from GOP-affiliated campaigns or entities, totaling at least $19M Washington, DC — After reporting from the Texas Tribune highlighted that prominent Republicans and right wing leaders were set to attend a conference of the “True Texas Project,” which...
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Washington, DC — Tomorrow is the twelfth anniversary of the popular and successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. According to Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “The solution to providing permanent citizenship and protections for Dreamers is legislation two decades overdue and blocked by congressional Republicans....
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Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: At a time when the asylum process is under scrutiny and at the center of political divisions in an...
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Washington, D.C. — Today, the Home is Here coalition held a press conference ahead of the 12th anniversary of DACA to call on President Biden to expand and strengthen relief for DACA recipients, DACA-eligible youth, and their communities before a potentially catastrophic 5th Circuit Court decision this year. 12...
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Washington, DC — As America’s Voice has detailed, a Donald Trump second term on immigration would cause incalculable damage to the nation – economically, morally, and the community and social fabric throughout the country. As we mark the twelfth anniversary of DACA this week, it is important to recognize...
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Washington, DC — Yesterday, at a Las Vegas rally, Donald Trump returned to the same ugly themes he pushed in last week’s first post-conviction rally speech in Arizona. But this time, he spent more time echoing his January 6 rally speech, stressing the need to “stop the steal.” America’s...
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AS BIDEN ANNOUNCES FURTHER RESTRICTIONS, CALLS FOR AFFIRMATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ACTIONS GROW The long-anticipated Biden executive actions to further restrict access to asylum were announced on Tuesday and came under near universal condemnation, both from the pro-immigrant advocacy movement and the far-right anti-immigration movement. At America’s Voice, we did...
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Washington, DC — In his first post-conviction rally speech, Donald Trump drove home the core theme of his 2024 election campaign – peddling dangerous anti-immigrant lies and conspiracies used to sow doubts about the legitimacy of our democratic process and to justify his pledge for unsparing mass deportations of...
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