Leading experts and observers are highlighting the sweeping nature and far-reaching dangers of Trump’s Friday night executive order seeking to bar from the U.S. legal immigrants who cannot prove they have health insurance. Yesterday, the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) estimated that the new proclamation could potentially exclude 2/3 of...
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America’s Voice on Trump’s Latest Effort to Unilaterally Slash Legal Immigration Last Friday afternoon, the Trump Administration issued an executive order to bar the admission of legal immigrants who cannot prove they have health insurance. The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: This...
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In a recent article Miriam Jordan of the New York Times writes of “Hurricane Chasers: An Immigrant Work Force on the Trail of Extreme Weather.” She sheds light on a “resilience force” of migratory immigrant workers who travel to disaster and recovery areas in America to do dirty and...
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The Foundation for the Carolinas has donated more than $11 million to two anti-immigration advocacy groups designated as hate groups. According to their own records, this $11 million donation happened between 2014 and 2017 to the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies and the Washington-based Federation for American Immigration Reform,...
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Supreme Court to Rule on Trump’s Drive to Deport Dreamers In light of the Supreme Court beginning its new term next week, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) filed a bipartisan amicus brief in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Forty-nine Senators...
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During a town hall hosted by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a local constituent stood up and questioned Ernst’s unwavering support of Trump, asking: “Where is the line?” The constituent’s impassioned line of questioning made us ask the same. The following is a statement from Douglas Rivlin, Director of Communication for...
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“Unless Patriots Stand Up, No One is Safe” A dark shadow looms over America as Trump’s continued wrath on all immigrants spreads to the entire body politic. Yesterday, the New York Times revealed that earlier this year the President “wanted the wall electrified, with spikes on top that...
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In a poignant op-ed for TIME Magazine, singer and actress Selena Gomez makes a plea for immigration to be seen as what it is: a human, not political, issue. In recounting her family’s own immigration story, she calls on the reader to take the time to learn more about...
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Last night, the New York Times reported the following: President Trump “wanted the wall electrified, with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh. After publicly suggesting that soldiers shoot migrants if they threw rocks, the president backed off when his staff told him that was illegal. But...
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The dangerous and dehumanizing views of President Trump and his administration toward immigrants and asylum seekers are more than just shocking rhetoric that emboldens real world hate and violence. The views that have come to light about shooting immigrants and erecting barriers to pierce their skin and do them...
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