With eight weeks until Election Day, America’s Voice Executive Director Frank Sharry assesses the Republicans’ ugly “divide and distract” political strategy and offers advice for how Democrats and progressives should respond, in a new Medium post. The full piece is posted below and available online at Medium here. Republicans...
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Last Friday, federal Judge Andrew Hanen issued his long-awaiting rulingin the latest legal challenge to DACA brought by Texas and a handful of other red states. In a surprise, Judge Hanen refused to issue an injunction in the case, meaning that DACA renewals will likely continue for the foreseeable future. While only Congress...
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Aug 17, 2018
Una vida de excelencia dentro y fuera de la cancha Dahiana Paulino nació en la ciudad de San Francisco de Macorís, Republica Dominicana, hija de padres reconocidos y amados en esa ciudad por ser personas muy trabajadoras y responsables. Desde muy pequeña demostró su inclinación hacia los deportes, en...
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Why It Matters and Why It’s Time For Congress To Exercise Its Broad Oversight Authority A recent Vanity Fair article describes the destructive power that one man — Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller — has over long-standing U.S. refugee policy and the law. For almost 40 years,...
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Aug 8, 2018
Democrats on the move; Trump desperate to stoke fear; GOP in trouble Here are our key takeaways and key results from last night’s elections: Democrats have momentum as we approach the midterm elections. Following the “too close to call” result in Ohio 12’s special election, and with Democrats needing 23...
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Today, a federal judge ordered DACA to be fully re-started in 20 days. This is a response from Juan Escalante, AV Communications Manager: Once again, the courts reaffirm what immigrants and their allies have always known: the DACA program is good for our country and the administration can’t just...
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Resulta perturbador, aunque no sorprendente, que Donald Trump se ensañe con niños y padres inmigrantes, muchos de ellos con válidos casos de asilo, pero que actúe como un corderito junto al autócrata ruso, Vladimir Putin. Después de todo, así actúan los bullies. Saben con quién se meten. Trump es...
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In a blistering review of Kirstjen Nielsen, America’s Voice Digital Director Van Le blasts the DHS Secretary in a must-read post. Check out excerpts from her blog below: Is she a careerist, cowed by Trump, willfully blind, evil — or all of the above? Kirstjen Nielsen, chief of the...
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18 Month Extension Without Re-designation Will Deport Families Who Arrived After the Deadline In yet another decision that threatens the livelihoods of immigrants, the Trump administration decided earlier today not to re-designate Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The decision forces families who have arrived in the U.S. after...
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A recording of the press call is available here. Today, TPS holder parents, U.S. citizen children of TPS parents, and policy experts discussed the potentially catastrophic implications if deportations commence as a result of the Trump Administration’s cancellation of Temporary Protected Status from 300,000 legal immigrants who have built...
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