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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Washington, DC – Yesterday, two U.S. Senate votes captured the misplaced priorities of the Republican Party. Republicans voted to block smart immigration and border solutions and to block a much-needed domestic terrorism bill. Bash immigrants? Yes. Protect Americans from Terrorism? No. Senate Republicans Vote Against Border Efficiency Regulation: Every...
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Washington, DC – The U.S. Senate is expected to vote today on a resolution expressing disapproval of the Biden administration’s interim final rule on asylum, which is set to go into effect on May 31. America’s Voice strongly urges a “no” vote. It is unfathomable that on the first...
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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. Following the federal judge’s ruling that prevents the Biden administration from ending implementation of Title 42,...
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Despite Links to Buffalo and El Paso Massacres, White Nationalist Rhetoric Still Touted by Many in Texas GOP Austin, Texas – In the wake of a massacre committed by a racist white nationalist, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and at least 12 Texas House Republicans have repeated, amplified, and extended...
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Washington, D.C.- Yesterday, a bipartisan group of 84 Members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging the administration to designate Guatemala and redesignate El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The letter,...
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Washington, DC – New CBS News/YouGov polling highlights that Americans overwhelmingly want their elected leaders to denounce white nationalism. Republican respondents are evenly split, with a narrow majority wanting their leaders to denounce white nationalism. By contrast, Republican Party elected officials refuse to hold accountable their colleagues responsible for...
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Washington, DC – Commentators continue to highlight the role and complicity of Republicans and right wing media in advancing white nationalist conspiracies and mainstreaming the same “replacement” and “invasion” rhetoric cited by the Buffalo shooter. Yet, as it becomes clear that Republicans responsible for mainstreaming white nationalism refuse to...
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May 20, 2022
Washington, DC – Today, Louisiana federal judge Robert Summerhays granted the preliminary injunction blocking the Biden Administration from lifting Title 42. The following is a statement from David Leopold, Legal Advisor to America’s Voice, past president, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) & Immigration Group Leader, Ulmer & Berne LLP:...
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Washington, DC – Last weekend, a white supremacist gunman killed 10 people in Buffalo. His online manifesto included full-throated recitations of the white nationalist “white replacement” and “invasion” conspiracy theories that right wing media and Republicans have helped mainstream. Buffalo joins the litany of attacks committed by white nationalists...
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