Dreamers, DACA recipients, and children
Watch recording of yesterday’s press briefing ahead of DACA hearing in Fifth Circuit HERE Washington, DC — On Thursday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is scheduled to hold a hearing on the case targeting DACA (Texas v. United States). This is the latest step in... Continue »
A recording of the press call can be found here WASHINGTON — Ahead of the New Orleans 5th Circuit of Appeals’ hearing on DACA, litigators, advocates, and impacted individuals convened a press call to discuss important developments in the lawsuits against the program (Texas v. United States) and the... Continue »
Read Jonathan Blitzer in The New Yorker HERE Washington, DC — New must-read commentary from Jonathan Blitzer in The New Yorker, “Trump’s Dangerous Immigration Obsession,” captures that while it’s hard not to become desensitized by the sheer volume of ugly anti-immigrant lies and conspiracies being spouted constantly by Donald... Continue »
The costs and consequences of Trump’s signature mass deportation pledge includes taking legal status away from as many people as possible to make them deportable Washington, DC — The Trump campaign’s signature policy pledge of unsparing mass deportations is the subject of renewed criticism and attention in recent days,... Continue »
THREE DEBATES, THREE QUESTIONS, THREE DODGES ON MASS DEPORTATION At Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, J.D. Vance followed Donald Trump’s lead and again refused to provide specifics following a direct question about the details and consequences of their signature issue: mass deportation. Like Trump did in both of the presidential... Continue »
Washington, DC — Election denialism, disinformation and the stakes for democracy have been prominent in the news this week, including the infamous moment at the vice presidential debate when JD Vance refused to acknowledge that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and refused to answer if he would go... Continue »
Read Newsweek op-ed here Washington, DC —Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, has a new op-ed in Newsweek titled, “Kamala Harris Brings Balanced Solutions to Immigration.” The article explains how VP Harris is advocating for a “both/and” solution to immigration that calls for legal pathways to long-settled migrants... Continue »
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: Although a vice presidential debate will not determine the result of the general election, the encounter between Democrat Tim... Continue »
New American Immigration Council Report on Costs of Mass Deportation and Experts on AV Press Briefing Offer Specifics of Costs and Consequences of Trump/Vance Signature Promise Washington, DC — At last night’s vice presidential debate, JD Vance followed Donald Trump’s lead and refused to provide specifics following a direct... Continue »
WASHINGTON — The primary immigration and economic policy position at issue in the 2024 campaigns is whether the mass deportation program envisioned by the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 will begin in January of next year. We expect it to be discussed in the Vice Presidential debate on Tuesday. If... Continue »