Vanessa Cárdenas: “Democrats must not go along or reward a deeply unserious process being pushed by a deeply unserious party.” Washington, DC – As America’s Voice has been highlighting, Republicans’ dysfunction, incompetence, and preference for politics above governing has been laid bare this week on immigration and the border....
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Link to webinar here NEW YORK — Today, the Immigration Research Initiative (IRI), along with representatives of Every Texan, the Colorado Fiscal Institute, and America’s Voice, hosted a webinar to release a national report with state-by-state data that projects the expected wages, economic growth, and state and local tax...
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Washington, DC — While much of the coverage of immigration and border is focused on Capitol Hill and Republicans’ dysfunction, we remain concerned about the real world dangers being mainstreamed by politicians stoking fear and conspiracies to mobilize their voters. As Vice reports, “A Tennessee man, galvanized by anti-immigrant...
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Washington, DC —In an alternate universe, this week on Capitol Hill would have featured House Republicans voting to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas while their Senate counterparts advanced a supplemental package that included border and immigration measures heavily tilted to their hardline priorities. In reality, House Republicans failed to...
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Washington, DC — La siguiente es una declaración de Vanessa Cárdenas, directora ejecutiva de America’s Voice, reaccionando a la noticia de que los republicanos del Senado están bloqueando su propia legislación de inmigración: “La actitud de los Republicanos en el Congreso es patética y cínica, ellos no están interesados...
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Washington, DC — In a new opinion essay in TIME, former Anti-Defamation League (ADL) leader Abraham Foxman highlights the dangerous conspiracies central to House Republicans’ drive to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. In “The Conspiracy Theories Behind the Drive to Impeach Mayorkas,” Foxman writes: “The immigration debate has historically...
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Washington, DC — The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to news that Senate Republicans are blocking their own immigration legislation: “What’s on display from Republicans on Capitol Hill is as pathetic as it is cynical. Republicans are not interested in doing...
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Arizona – This weekend, the Senate released text on a supplemental bill that includes harmful border policies and also has no chance to pass in the House. Arizona immigration advocates respond to the dangers and chaos that this bill would create, especially along the U.S./Mexico border. Laura St. John,...
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WASHINGTON, D.C – The use of dangerous, white nationalist, and antisemitic replacement theory rhetoric has fueled the impeachment efforts against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. These efforts have been baseless, extreme, and lack historical precedent. The calls to impeach Secretary Mayorkas have been spearheaded by extreme members in the House...
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Washington, DC — Last night, as we started reviewing the long-awaited Senate supplemental bill text, Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, assessed: “When poring over the Senate bill text, the most important letters are the ones overhanging this legislation: D.O.A. … Donald Trump and many other Republicans, particularly...
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