Read the new America’s Voice backgrounder, “Five Things to Know About VP Candidate Tim Walz on Immigration” Washington, DC—Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has been selected as Kamala Harris’s running mate in the upcoming presidential election. The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, followed...
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Washington, DC — Over the weekend, nativist riots broke out across the United Kingdom following disinformation spreading online and organized anti-immigrant bigotry on the ground. The ugly and violent scenes that played out the same weekend that marks five years since the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, is...
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Washington, DC —Last week, we highlighted the significance of Kamala Harris leaning in on immigration and border issues, and the importance of pro-immigrant candidates and lawmakers drawing sharp contrasts with their opponents and defining themselves as seeking reforms to our broken immigration system that pair an orderly border with...
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Washington, DC — Five years ago, on August 3, 2019, a white nationalist attacked El Paso, Texas, murdering 23 people, mostly Latinos, shopping at a Walmart. Before the massacre, the gunman posted a vile screed online where he said his terrorist violence was motivated by his belief in a...
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Listen to a complete recording of the call HERE Washington, D.C. — Saturday, August 3, will be the fifth anniversary of the shooting at an El Paso, Texas Walmart, when a white nationalist motivated by anti-immigrant fears and conspiracies killed 23 people. Local and national leaders who track white...
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Washington, DC —Donald Trump’s offensive appearance at a conference of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) dominated follow-up news coverage (see here for the immediate reaction of Vanessa Cárdenas, as quoted by the New York Times). Of note and worth specific mention was the way the attendees rejected...
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Listen to relevant Greg Sargent and AV’s Douglas Rivlin podcast discussion HERE Washington, DC —Yesterday was a pivotal day for the politics of immigration and the trajectory of the 2024 presidential campaign. Amidst a Trump campaign attack ad and ongoing right wing disinformation about her immigration and border responsibilities...
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Washington, DC —The stakes, contrasts, and strategies of the presidential campaign are in sharp relief as we hit 100 days out. On immigration, xenophobic lies, disinformation, and related ugliness is central to the right wing and Republican political strategy and they are openly asserting and promising unsparing mass roundups,...
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AMERICA’S VOICE REACTS TO BIDEN-HARRIS ANNOUNCEMENT On Sunday, July 21, President Biden announced that he was withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President. In bilingual statements, America’s Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas thanked the president for his years...
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Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: With his difficult decision to end his re-election bid, President Joe Biden demonstrated patriotism and humility, something few politicians...
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