Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin about the “continued heightened threat environment across the United States…Threat actors have recently mobilized to violence due to factors such as personal grievances, reactions to current events, and adherence to violent...
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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 15th of June marks the tenth anniversary of the executive order that ex-President Barack Obama...
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Washington, DC – A must-read article in the Dallas Morning News, “After Uvalde shooting, some say fixation on border security obscures more urgent threats,” features a range of local voices in the aftermath of the deadly school shootings decrying Gov. Abbott and Texas Republicans’ ongoing and politicized focus on...
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Washington, DC – Tomorrow morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a full committee hearing, “Examining the ‘Metastasizing’ Domestic Terrorism Threat After the Buffalo Attack.” Below are key resources and key reminders about the intersection of nativist anti-immigrant conspiracies and the killings in Buffalo, as well as earlier instances...
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No, migrants aren’t bringing drugs across the border, Americans are doing so at ports of entry; No, seizures don’t signify a border in crisis, they signify the successful deployment of technology and enforcement; No, most Republicans did not vote for the technology that make drug seizures possible, but they...
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“When it comes to drugs and fentanyl, the GOP is letting the carnage and scourge of drugs continue unabated, while opposing concrete measures to address opioid deaths.” Washington, DC – Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) released a new ad yesterday that underscores how...
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Washington, DC – The Republican Party is gripped by extremism. Pretending otherwise is dangerous. Our nation’s democracy hangs in the balance. A new poll released by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and conducted by Tulchin Research finds that a majority of Republican respondents believe in the white replacement...
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Washington, DC – Republicans’ nativism and relentless focus on keeping out and kicking out immigrants and refugees is inflicting consequences on the U.S. economy and dampening our economic potential. Their opposition to legal immigration or addressing backlogs, opposition to legal status for immigrants living and working here, including attacks...
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Washington, DC – A new Foreign Affairs analysis by Dan Restrepo, “Migration Doesn’t Have to Be a Crisis,” makes the case for a hemisphere-wide approach to migration to replace the “perpetual crisis management” mentality and our nation’s myopic focus at the U.S. southern border. Published ahead of next...
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Washington, DC – USA Today published an important story over the weekend: “Republican leaders yet to denounce racist replacement theory repeated by Buffalo shooting suspect.” It highlights that, to date, GOP leaders have refused to denounce the “white replacement” conspiracy theory touted by the Buffalo gunman. In addition,...
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