Zachary Mueller: “DeSantis is just one example of the GOP bidding war to see which politicians and candidates can propose the most violent and blood-thirsty approach to immigration and the border.” Washington, DC – A must-read column by Greg Sargent of the Washington Post captures the dangerous extremism...
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Statement by Douglas Rivlin of America’s Voice Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Douglas Rivlin, Director of Communication for America’s Voice, ahead of Florida’s S.B. 1718 immigration bill – pushed through by Gov. Ron DeSantis – set to go into effect on July 1: “Ron...
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Washington, DC – A must-read MSNBC opinion column by Julio Ricardo Varela, political commentator and founder of the popular Latino Rebels website, “Ron DeSantis Threatens Worse Border Policies Than Donald Trump,” captures the scope and dangerous implications of DeSantis on immigration. The column, which we excerpt below and includes...
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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: At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be any relationship at all between the anti-immigrant law SB 1718, which takes effect in Florida on July 1,...
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Washington, DC – We’ve been highlighting the dangerous implications of the Ron DeSantis immigration plan and its reliance on dangerous white nationalist conspiracies and rhetoric that incites violence. Yet there are other components and implications of DeSantis on immigration worth understanding – including the following three points (which are...
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Zachary Mueller: “Where does this stop? Unfortunately, we’ve already seen where it can lead.” Washington, DC – Yesterday, Ron DeSantis unveiled his campaign’s immigration plan and gave a speech at the border in Eagle Pass, TX. As we noted, the rollout was explicit in its endorsement of dangerous, white...
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Washington, DC – Today, Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his campaign’s immigration plan and gave a speech at the border in Eagle Pass, TX. In previewing the plan and speech, the DeSantis campaign pledged, “He will stop the invasion and secure the border once and for all,” and “shut down...
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Washington, DC – Yesterday, every single House Republican voted in favor of referring two articles of impeachment — one for abuse of power and one for dereliction of duty — to House GOP committees for further study and based around xenophobic falsehoods and white nationalist conspiracies about the border...
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Washington, DC – The following is a statement from David Leopold, America’s Voice legal advisor, past president, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and Immigration Group Leader, Ulmer & Berne LLP reacting to the Supreme Court’s ruling in the United States v Texas immigration case. “This is a victory for...
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Washington, DC – Republican infighting between Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) about forced sham impeachment votes on immigration and the border has generated outsized attention on Capitol Hill this week. But the underlying competition between GOP factions and personalities on how to advance a...
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