Washington, DC – The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the DACA case, State of Texas v. United States, ruling that DACA is unlawful, but sending the case back to the lower court instead of killing it outright at this moment. For now, those with DACA retain their...
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Washington, DC – Despite his desire for the national spotlight, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has yet to provide some key answers to important questions related to hurricane recovery, immigrants and Latinos in his state: Question One: Will immigrant workers helping Florida recover from Hurricane Ian be welcomed? You spent...
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Washington, DC – As Florida rebuilds from Hurricane Ian, immigrant workers – documented and undocumented – are an essential part of the recovery workforce. In the process, immigrant workers are exposing the lie at the heart of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other Republicans’ efforts to demonize migrants and...
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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: The competition to show who is the most anti-immigrant Republican governor in the United States is...
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“It’s an invasion, we’re being invaded. No different than an Army of soldiers pouring across.” – Trump at Michigan Rally Washington, DC – In an August op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman, “GOP campaigns on the rhetoric that led to El Paso carnage,” America’s Voice Campaigns Director Mario Carrillo warned...
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Mario Carrillo: “As an El Paso native, the West Texas shootings hit home for me. As a Texas voter, I want to hear Greg Abbott’s explanation at tonight’s debate – will he own his role and responsibility for fostering a dangerous and dehumanizing climate that has led to violence?...
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Sep 29, 2022
Washington, DC – The Republican Party is actively trying to end the popular and successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, potentially making hundreds of thousands of Dreamers who have registered with the government repeatedly and lived in the U.S. a minimum of 15 years once again deportable...
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Washington, DC – A Texas Tribune article, “Migrant encounters at the border are higher today than they were before Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star began,” highlights the “failure of Abbott’s office’s stated desire to ‘stop this revolving door and deter others considering entering illegally.’” As the article by...
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Sep 27, 2022
Washington, DC – Nevada Republican Senate nominee Adam Laxalt’s new joint ad with the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) attacking Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto over “dismantling border security” relies on a host of lies frequently repeated by the GOP, including around the issue of “lethal opioids” like fentanyl...
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Washington, DC – Republicans’ nativism and relentless focus on keeping out and kicking out immigrants and refugees while obstructing legislative solutions is inflicting consequences on the U.S. economy and dampening our economic potential. As the midterm elections near and the economy is among the top issues for many voters,...
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