The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, in response to Steve Bannon and leaders of the ‘We Build the Wall’ fundraising campaign being charged with defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in a multi-state criminal conspiracy. This is a story that captures the...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, in response to President Trump’s speech in Yuma, Arizona today, in which he accused Joe Biden of being a radical on immigration. “The vast majority of Americans believe in a commonsense approach to immigration. It starts...
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Trump heads to Arizona; Schumer heads to New York harbor Today, Donald Trump heads to Arizona to hug his border wall. Tonight, Chuck Schumer delivers his convention speech in front of the Statue of Liberty. Trump will demonize immigrants, claim inaccurately that his wall saved us from the pandemic,...
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Achieving broad electoral participation in this country is always a challenge. But this year it is particularly complicated because of two factors: the COVID-19 pandemic and President Donald Trump all-out assault on the U.S. Postal Service, an institution that is responsible for guaranteeing that mail-in ballots arrive on time...
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Americans are more concerned with the real threat of COVID-19 than the exaggerated threat of MS-13 As Trump plans yet another trip to Arizona to again highlight his radical immigration policies, a Reuters story from Ted Hesson and Chris Kahn explores the electoral dynamics of the immigration debate. Titled...
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A recording of the call is available here Two new immigration rules are set to take effect that would limit the ability for asylum seekers to apply for work authorization and obtain identification documents. Immigrant rights’ organizations CASA, the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP), Centro Legal de la...
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Each Friday through Election Day, we put out a short weekly memo that highlights the biggest 2020 election developments at the intersection of electoral politics and immigration. Key Immigration Politics Storylines Kamala Harris, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the sharp contrast between the two parties Kamala Harris is an inspired...
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Life-changing program for Dreamers helped change political history Eight years ago, during the final months of another presidential election year, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program officially launched. Since that first application day of August 15, 2012, more than 800,000 Dreamers have relied on DACA’s life-changing protections...
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South Sudan Decision Date: 9/3/2020 “Lives Are at Risk if We Delay” Extending Humanity to South Sudanese Immigrants DHS must redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudan In just a few weeks, a deadline looms that has the potential to impact the lives of South Sudanese immigrants who...
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The burgeoning Republican and conservative attacks on Kamala Harris reveal the parties’ competing views of America. From questioning the legitimacy of Harris as a candidate based on a crackpot interpretation of the 14th amendment – as conservative legal scholar John Eastman attempted to do – to adding sexism and...
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