THE SPEAKER OF … WHITE NATIONALIST CONSPIRACY THEORIES Republicans finally elected a House Speaker; one who is not surprisingly anti-LGBTQ, pro-gun, anti-abortion and anti-immigrant, but the extent of his embrace of dangerous white nationalist conspiracy theories about immigration was revealed by research conducted by America’s Voice. It’s not just that Speaker...
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Oct 26, 2023
Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings and David Torres from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: Lixania Rodas, Venezuelan, the granddaughter of Spanish migrants, immigrated herself out of necessity. She left behind...
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Washington, DC – Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), the latest candidate put forward by Republicans to be their leader and Speaker of the House, has repeatedly elevated white nationalist “great replacement” and “invasion” conspiracy theories that are directly linked to multiple acts of deadly violence in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, El Paso,...
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Washington, DC – President Biden’s supplemental budget request delivered to Congress today makes many sensible investments in our border and asylum processing infrastructure that will help the U.S. manage the increasing forced migration of people throughout the Americas and beyond. Unfortunately, it also includes some funding for deterrence-only approaches...
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Washington, DC – While Republicans are mired in their ongoing dysfunction and drama, most notably with the ongoing House Speaker debacle, one of the few points of consensus and unity in right wing circles is their relentless anti-immigrant focus and related incendiary messaging. As we have been monitoring, the...
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SEPARATED FAMILIES, ECUADORANS, VENEZUELANS, AND THE NEED FOR BIDEN COHERENT STRATEGY AND NARRATIVE This week saw a series of announcements by the Biden administration, but they still lacked a coherent, unifying strategy. A proposed settlement was announced by the DOJ with migrant families intentionally separated by the Trump administration...
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Washington, DC – An important story from Rafael Bernal in The Hill, “Immigration agencies struggle with ‘mismatched’ laws, policy whiplash,” underscores the frequently contradictory nature of U.S. immigration policies. As Bernal writes, “American immigration policy is enforced by a sprawling bureaucracy rebuilt in the aftermath of 9/11 from the...
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Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to today’s announcement of a new, legal immigration pathway for Ecuadorians by the Biden Administration: “We welcome the Biden administration’s continued efforts to put in place an orderly and systematic vetting process...
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Por Vanessa Cárdenas (bio aquí) Una reciente encuesta difundida por America’s Voice deja en claro que la desinformación generalizada sobre “fronteras abiertas” —incluyendo la que impulsan políticos y medios informativos de derecha— contribuye a la migración hacia Estados Unidos. La encuesta es la primera de su tipo entre 600...
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Washington, DC – Today, Members of the House will take their first vote on Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as House Speaker. Below are key background details and examples of Jim Jordan’s immigration extremism and mainstreaming of dangerous and antisemitic “great replacement” and “invasion” conspiracy theories. Jim Jordan is one...
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