Vanessa Cárdenas: “The urgency is clear and the opportunity is at hand: now is the time to build on this first step and for lawmakers to deliver a legislative fix this year.” Washington, DC – According to Greg Sargent of the Washington Post, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Kyrsten...
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Washington, DC – As in-country conditions in Haiti continue to deteriorate and Haitians continue to live in limbo regarding their migration status, a chorus of voices from Congress have joined with advocates for human rights and for immigrants to urgently call on the Biden administration to extend and redesignate...
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“Current Conditions in Haiti Are a Textbook Example of Why TPS Was Created in the First Place.” – America’s Voice Washington, DC – Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a renewable relief program that allows individuals to work in the United States and provides protection from deportation. It is often...
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Zachary Mueller: “The threats of political violence and terrorism are coming from inside the house and Republicans are egging it on.” Washington, DC – A new terrorism advisory bulletin from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) outlines renewed threats to LGBTQ, Jewish, and migrant communities from domestic actors....
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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: Twelve years ago, in 2010, in another final session of an outgoing Congress, and with another...
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Washington, DC – More key voices – including from red states like Texas – are calling on Congress to deliver on legislation that provides permanent solutions for long-settled immigrants, including DACA recipients who are vulnerable to deportation and others like Dreamers, TPS holders and farm workers. 71 mayors advocating...
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Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case brought by the Republican-controlled states of Texas and Louisiana challenging the Biden administration’s ability to set common sense immigration enforcement priorities. Deporting all 11 million undocumented immigrants living and working in the U.S. is logistically...
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Washington, DC – Key voices are calling on Congress to deliver on legislation that provides permanent solutions for long-settled immigrants, including Dreamers and farm workers, before the end of the year. This growing chorus of voices calling for a legislative fix comes after an election cycle in which Republicans’...
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Washington, DC – The following is a statement from America’s Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas, reacting to news of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s threat to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: “At a time when the greatest domestic threat to national security in America is the rise of white nationalist extremism,...
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An editorial this week in the Dallas Morning News, “GOP misread the Latino vote in South Texas” highlights some of the Republican Party’s missteps and miscalculations when it came to messaging geared towards Latinos in Texas during this midterm election: “The Texas GOP expected big wins with Latino voters...
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