Rallies from Boston to Nevada Demonstrate Nationwide Support for TPS 01/08/18 DHS Decision Deadline for Salvadorans with TPS: 28 DAYS Advocates across the nation want Congress to take action to solve the crisis of 800,000 Dreamers losing their DACA status and to solve the crisis of over 300,000 TPS holders who have...
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Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, assessing the state of play and the two week sprint to pass legislation for Dreamers before the holidays: The GOP leadership in the House and Senate attempts to use reassuring doublespeak when it...
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Austin, TX – A report released by the ACLU of Texas shows how Texas state troopers have become “frontline enforcers” of our country’s immigration laws, and have been especially cruel under the Trump Administration. Videos have surfaced showing the Texas Department of Public Safety’s troopers pulling people over, often...
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In her Washington Post syndicated column, Jennifer Rubin writes a must-read piece, “Democrats Can’t Shut Down the Government, But They Can Win on DACA,”: Democrats cannot shut down the government. They are the minority party and have neither the power nor the responsibility to keep the lights on and the government...
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Dec 8, 2017
Advocates: Moment of Truth Has Arrived A recording of today’s press call is available here. Today, United We Dream, National Immigration Law Center, Center for Community Change, and America’s Voice hosted a press call today to discuss the path forward for the Dream Act this year. As actions across the country...
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In a new, must-read article, Britney Aguilera, a Queens-resident; Brooklyn nanny; and now former-DACA recipient, describes the emotional and mental stress of losing her DACA-status to Jonathan Blitzer of the New Yorker: The situation, when you deal with it for so long, it turns you into a person who doesn’t have...
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01/08/18 DHS Decision Deadline for Salvadorans with TPS: 31 DAYS A recording of today’s call is available here. MIAMI, FL — On a press call this morning, Miami advocates, Haitian activists and policy experts called for legislation that provides a permanent solution for over 50,000 Haitians nationals who lost Temporary Protected Status (TPS)...
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With Overwhelming Support for Dreamers, Legislation Should be No-Brainer New polling from CBS News finds that 84% of the public, including 74% of Republicans, support efforts to keep Dreamers here in America. Additionally, new polling conducted by PPP (Public Policy Polling) of 25 Republican-held “swing” House districts finds that by a 68-22% margin, voters...
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New PPP Poll Shows 54% of Voters in Swing Republican House Districts Would Blame Republicans for Any Government Shutdown; 68% Support Dream Act A new poll by Public Polling Policy (PPP) of twenty-five battleground House districts currently held by Republicans found: 68% of voters support the Dream Act; 63%...
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What is DACA? What is a Dreamer? What is the Dream Act? See “What is a Dreamer?” and “What is the Dream Act?” Read all America’s Voice 101 content here. Why Do We Need Congress to Pass the Dream Act This Year? Right now, over 100 people lose their...
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