Cleveland, OH – In a new Medium post, America’s Voice Ohio Director Lynn Tramonte discusses the ever-worsening conditions for undocumented immigrants living in Ohio. Tramonte cites several recent proof points, including a 2015 report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, UCLA Blum Center on Poverty and Health in Latin America,...
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Boston, MA – On Monday afternoon, at a panel called “The Impact of the TPS Repeal on Campus: Harvard Workers’ Stories” at Harvard University, three Salvadoran TPS holders, including Julio Perez, a custodian at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Martha Bonilla, a dining hall worker, and Doris Reina-Landaverde, also a custodian, shared their...
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Key observers are weighing in on yesterday’s news that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to bypass the appeals courts in order to take up a DACA case. Coverage is highlighting that the news from the Supreme Court represents a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration, and their continued extremism...
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The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) featured an ugly embrace of anti-immigrant politics from both President Trump and the attendees. As Dave Weigel wrote in the Washington Post, “At this year’s conference, in place of discussions of how to reach out to nonwhite voters, speakers, including Trump, spoke about keeping immigrants...
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The following is a statement from David Leopold, Partner/Chair, Immigration Practice Group, Ulmer & Berne LLP and former President, American Immigration Lawyers Association, following the Supreme Court’s decision not to expedite the administration’s challenge to DACA: Today, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump Department of Justice’s (DOJ) attempt to...
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Fredericksburg, VA – Marcelo Fuentes was born in El Salvador, but fled the country to escape the civil war that left more than 75,000 people dead. Today, Marcelo lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He is one of nearly 200,000 Salvadorans living in this country under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). On Saturday, Marcelo and his...
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DHS Must Decide by May 5, 2018 Whether to Extend TPS for Hondurans A must-read NBC piece highlights the widespread political unrest and instability in Honduras, underscoring just how inhumane and problematic it would be if the Trump Administration doesn’t extend TPS for Honduran TPS holders past July 5th. Last week in New York City, activists...
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Writing in The Hill this weekend, Lynn Tramonte of America’s Voice and America’s Voice Ohio calls out Senator Rob Portman’s (R-OH) record of playing games on immigration instead of actually legislating. In the article “Sen. Portman, your Dreamer constituents need solutions, not stunts,” she offers specific examples from the recent Dream...
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“That’s my dream: to make a difference in people’s lives,” she said. “I hope I can do it.” A Washington Post piece masterfully captures the all-too-familiar combination of “dreams and disbelief” that so many high-achieving DACAmented students face as Republicans in Congress and the White House continue to block passage of a...
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USCIS Removes “Nation of Immigrants” from its Mission Statement In a move that is seemingly rooted in desperation to rewrite the history of our nation, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Thursday announced their decision to remove the “nation of immigrants” language in their mission statement. The change in USCIS’...
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