Washington, DC — Yesterday, federal immigration enforcement agents detained members of work crews fighting the largest active wildfire in the state of Washington. As the Seattle Times noted (in an understated way), “It is unusual for federal border agents to make arrests during the fighting of an active fire.”...
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Washington, DC — Across the country, stepped-up raids and enforcement are reshaping daily life, spreading fear in schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods. This mass deportation agenda and the dangerous militarization of American cities are inflicting deep costs on children, families, and the economy. In Washington, DC, the city’s restaurants are...
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Washington, DC — The Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda continues to harm key American industries and our overall economy. In Washington, DC, amidst the Trump administration’s dangerous armed authoritarianism and focus on immigration enforcement, the city’s restaurants are reporting business is down “drastically.” Yet the most significant toll of...
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Washington, DC — The economic impact of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda on key American industries continues to be a major storyline across America. From the farmers in Florida speaking out about labor shortages to dairy workers in Wisconsin going on strike over immigration to the restaurant industry...
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Washington, DC — Across the country, the high costs of the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda are becoming increasingly clear, from disruptions in key American industries to strains on local communities, as highlighted in a new economic analysis released last week. Yet the impact reaches beyond financial and operational...
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A new economic analysis released today by Economic Insights and Research Consulting, reveals the predictable economic damage already underway from Donald Trump and Stephen Miller’s mass deportation agenda. While working families struggle with rising costs, Trump targets their ability to keep food on their tables, roofs over their heads,...
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Washington, DC — From announcing a federal takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploying the National Guard into the city to ICE officers arresting and detaining US citizens and long-standing, law-abiding immigrant community members, the Trump administration’s continued escalated attacks on this country’s democracy to push their anti-immigrant...
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Washington, DC — From the White House Press Briefing room Monday, Donald Trump took unprecedented steps to announce a federal take over of Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard into the city, including noting that the police are “now…allowed to do whatever the hell they want.”...
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Washington, DC — America’s Voice is proud to be part of the Immigrants: We Get the Job Done Coalition, a group of 14 immigrant-serving organizations that benefited from Wednesday’s 10th anniversary performance of Hamilton on Broadway. The event, led by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the original Hamilton cast, and the Miranda...
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Washington, DC — The Associated Press reports that DHS is lowering the age requirement for becoming an ICE agent and the agency will now recruit teenagers to fill the expanded ICE workforce. As DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told “Fox & Friends” about the news, “We no longer have a...
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