May 20, 2022
Washington, DC – Today, Louisiana federal judge Robert Summerhays granted the preliminary injunction blocking the Biden Administration from lifting Title 42. The following is a statement from David Leopold, Legal Advisor to America’s Voice, past president, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) & Immigration Group Leader, Ulmer & Berne LLP:...
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Washington, DC – Last weekend, a white supremacist gunman killed 10 people in Buffalo. His online manifesto included full-throated recitations of the white nationalist “white replacement” and “invasion” conspiracy theories that right wing media and Republicans have helped mainstream. Buffalo joins the litany of attacks committed by white nationalists...
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Washington, DC – Commentators and observers are highlighting the role and complicity of Republicans and right wing media in advancing white nationalist conspiracies and mainstreaming the same “replacement” and “invasion” rhetoric cited by the Buffalo shooter – as well as earlier perpetrators of white supremacist violence. Far from being...
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Washington, DC – Regarding the white nationalist conspiracy theories that motivated the Buffalo gunman, President Biden stated yesterday: I call on all Americans to reject the lie. And I condemn those who spread the lie for power, political gain, and for profit … White supremacy is a poison. It’s...
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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. The deadly shooting on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, which took the lives of ten...
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A recording of the call can be found here. Washington, DC — This morning, El Paso Democratic Congressperson Veronica Escobar, joined experts on anti-democracy movements, white nationalism, and anti-immigrant hate groups to discuss how political rhetoric and the long-term strategies of these groups to dramatically curtail access to asylum...
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Washington, DC – A hallmark of a functioning democracy and healthy political parties are whether they are willing and capable of holding leaders accountable who jeopardize public safety by intentionally spreading racist lies. Judging by these basic standards, the Republican Party is falling woefully short following the white supremacist...
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America’s Voice Ad Tracking Project Website HERE Washington, DC – Following the white supremacist killings in Buffalo, we highlighted how the gunman’s online manifesto included Great Replacement Theory and “invasion” language that echoed those of Republican candidates and elected officials, and called them out for helping to mainstream these...
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Zachary Mueller: “Republican leaders have been peddling hate, activating nativism and legitimizing white nationalism, and it comes with a mounting body count.” Washington, DC – Yesterday, an 18-year old white supremacist gunman dressed in tactical gear and wielding an assault weapon, shot 13 people at a Buffalo supermarket, killing...
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Vanessa Cardenas: “Now babies need to pay the price of Republican cruelty” Washington, DC – The latest example of right wing and Republicans’ effort to “blame the immigrants” is a classic example of how they rely on nativism and strategic racism to gin up fake controversies. In this case,...
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