Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to today’s news that the Biden Administration has reached a settlement with families separated under the policies of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller: “Donald Trump’s family separation policy and practice was anathema...
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New op-ed and reporting highlights role of disinformation – including from right-wing media and politicians – in driving migration Washington, DC – In a new op-ed published in The Messenger, Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, highlights the findings and implications of AV’s recently released polling and research...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “…the failure to aggressively define and defend this larger vision will not only threaten the viability of this policy agenda but the range of other priorities and political power Democrats care about.” Washington, DC – While our collective focus has understandably shifted to Israel and Gaza, the...
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REPUBLICANS USE TRAGEDY TO PEDDLE BORDER CONSPIRACY THEORIES As the horrific and tragic situation in Israel and Gaza continues to unfold, Donald Trump has led the Republican Party and the political right to exploit the events for their own cynical politics, America’s Voice Political Director Zachary Mueller writes. Looking to fan...
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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. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: Republican opportunism to inject fear, even using the tragedy of the conflict between Israel and Hamas,...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “Trump’s first descent on the Trump Tower escalator in 2015 accelerated the Republican Party’s descent on immigration, including their ongoing refusal to work on real solutions to modernize our broken immigration system..” Washington, DC – Donald Trump, who kicked off his first presidential campaign by slandering Mexican...
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Washington, DC – Republican chaos in Congress is intersecting with their relentless, chaotic and anti-immigrant focus, which has escalated to a new and even more dangerous level in recent days. Their embrace of conspiratorial fearmongering continues, with Republicans now directly connecting immigration and the border to the unrelated violence...
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Oct 6, 2023
Vanessa Cárdenas: “Ultimately, what we need is to overhaul and reform our immigration system to legalize people who are here; provide legal pathways for future migration based on our needs; and pursue larger ongoing strategies to help stabilize home countries and the region.” Washington, DC – The Biden administration...
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Washington, DC – In response to the news that the Biden Administration will extend and redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Cameroonians, the following is a statement from Douglas Rivlin, Director of Communication for America’s Voice: “TPS is beneficial to both affected families and the United States’ interests, advancing...
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CHAOTIC GOP HOUSE REMAINS A THREAT; BIDEN URGED TO GET IMMIGRATION POLITICS RIGHT GOP dysfunction and inability to govern or broker real solutions seem likely to continue unabated or get worse, as Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz ushered in the historic removal of California Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker....
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