America’s Voice backgrounder: “Despite Lamb’s dangerous extremism, or maybe because of it, Republicans have continued to elevate him” Washington, DC – Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County, AZ is one of the Republican witnesses at this morning’s House Homeland Security committee hearing – once again signaling Republicans’ comfort with...
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Dana Milbank: “It’s time for House Republicans to stop smuggling backpacks full of white-nationalist propaganda into their hearings.” Washington, DC – Tomorrow’s scheduled House Homeland Security Committee hearing will mark the fifth House GOP committee border-related hearing in five weeks, not even including Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s photo op presser...
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Washington, DC – Over the weekend, Hannah Dreier of the New York Times published a devastating piece of investigative journalism, detailing how many unaccompanied immigrant minors have been funneled into exploitative and illegal child labor, including on behalf of major U.S. corporations. The following is a statement from Vanessa...
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Washington, DC – This has been a depressing week on immigration policy. We witnessed the Biden administration’s announcement of a Trump-like asylum ban alongside of the latest in the GOP’s relentless string of politicized anti-immigrant hearings that platform dangerous conspiracies. Yet, we also have seen powerful voices make the...
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Read new America’s Voice backgrounder HERE Washington, DC – Republicans have used their narrow majority in the House to convene a series of congressional hearings and photo ops at the border that amplify white nationalist conspiracy theories and other pernicious nativist disinformation. Ahead of the latest iteration – today’s...
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Observers, including Spanish language media, continue to blast President Biden’s new asylum ban, emphasizing how it is reminiscent of the Trump/Stephen Miller cruel and chaotic policy. Washington, DC – Observers continue to blast President Biden’s new asylum ban, emphasizing how it is reminiscent of Trump/Stephen Miller cruel and chaotic...
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Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Biden Administration released its asylum ban proposed rule. See here for the immediate reaction from America’s Voice Director of Communication, Douglas Rivlin. The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, taking stock of the asylum ban, its implications and...
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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: Eva Robles works in the fields of San Luis, in the county of Yuma, Arizona, harvesting...
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Feb 21, 2023
Douglas Rivlin: “Hard to Reconcile” Biden Campaign Promises with Details of Proposed Asylum Ban Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Douglas Rivlin, Director of Communication for America’s Voice, reacting to the Biden Administration’s new asylum ban proposed rule: “President Biden ran for and won the presidency...
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GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales on Republican anti-immigrant message bills: “Anyone who thinks a 3 page anti-immigration bill with 0% chance of getting signed into law is going to solve the border crisis should be buying beach front property in AZ” Washington, DC – This week, Republicans are set to...
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