In response to the news that Arizona will not pursue a state constitutional ban on so-called “sanctuary cities” – which do not actually exist in Arizona – the following is a statement from Pili Tobar, Deputy Director of America’s Voice: This is a significant victory for the immigrant movement...
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An article in the outlet American Independent, “Trump has built just 1 mile of new border wall since taking office,” lifts up a key detail from a recent CBP/US Army Corps of Engineers joint fact sheet on the status and statistics surrounding border wall construction – namely, that “99.2%...
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“Chief Law Enforcement Officer” Trump Waives Contracting Laws for Cronies Building the Wall Yesterday, after issuing pardons and clemency to a host of white collar criminals, President Trump declared himself to be the “chief law enforcement officer of the country.” As the Washington Post summarized, the self-description capped a...
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Maribel Hastings y David Torres As part of the theater of his re-election campaign, our “genius” president now wants to deploy elite Border Patrol forces to sanctuary cities in the interior of the country in order to detain undocumented immigrants. It seems that the spirit of the failed “Punitive...
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A $20 Billion Wall Defeated by $5 Ladder It can be hard to keep track of all the developments that underscore that Trump’s border wall is wasteful, offensive, and ineffective. Last Friday, on the one year anniversary of Trump’s fake national emergency declaration on the border wall, we recapped...
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Wash Post and BuzzFeed Profiles Offer Reminder That Family Separations Continue There were at least 5,400 children separated from their parents in the official government tally of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” family separation effort. However, that number misses the family separations under Trump that both pre-dated the official...
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On the heels of a bombshell New York Times report that the Trump Administration will be sending military-style tactical units, starting this month, to “safeguard” American cities the Trump administration labels as “sanctuary” cities, a panel of experts and advocates gathered to respond: Naureen Shah, Senior Advocacy and Policy...
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In response to reports that President Trump will raid an additional $3.8 billion from the Pentagon to fund border wall construction, the following is a quote from Mario Carrillo, Texas-based Campaigns Manager of America’s Voice: One year ago, Donald Trump declared a fake national emergency in an effort to...
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Saturday, February 15 marks one year since President Trump manufactured “a national emergency” regarding the southern border. Coming on the heels of Trump’s unpopular government shutdown over border wall funding, the President used a legal provision related to the conduct of war to declare a national emergency, using it...
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In response to reports that President Trump will raid an additional $3.8 billion from the Pentagon to fund border wall construction, the following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: Just in time to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of his fake national emergency declaration, a...
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