New York, NY — A recent article in the Christian Science Monitor underscored how New York leaders and experts agree that expanding work authorization programs for migrants and asylum seekers can address labor shortages and bolsters New York’s economy. The CSM article reports that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul...
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Washington, DC – The storyline that Donald Trump and Republicans prefer immigration and the border as a political issue to run on, rather than an issue to be resolved, is one of the dominant stories in the news this week. Among the array of coverage and commentary, two important...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “Just because the so-called target is immigrants, we cannot ignore the danger and threat it represents to our democracy.” Washington, DC — This week, many have highlighted Donald Trump’s outsized role in scuttling the Senate’s immigration and border bill for cynical political reasons. Fewer have noticed Trump’s...
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DEAL OR NO DEAL? TRUMP SAYS NO AND IT’S HIS PARTY The headline on AV’s press statement on Thursday read: “The Art of Killing the Deal – Donald Trump and GOP Prefer No Deal and Chaos to Solutions and Progress,” which captured the week of no progress on an immigration/borderUkraine...
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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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