divide and distract

Cruz Part Of Cookie-Cutter National GOP Ad-Campaign Demonizing Immigrants AUSTIN, TX – Ted Cruz is running an inflammatory campaign ad that attempts to portray immigrants as violent criminals while pushing his anti-immigrant agenda. This is an update to another Cruz ad that first appeared this summer and is similar... Continue »

Kris Kobach’s gubernatorial campaign has suffered continuous negative hits in the weeks following his controversial and razor thin victory in the Republican primary.  Most recently, his campaign has been dogged by reports of factual inaccuracies and scrutiny of his anti-immigrant policies. In addition, dozens of prominent current and former... Continue »

Leading political observers are pointing to Trump’s cruelty towards immigrants as a major factor in his sinking poll numbers and the GOP’s sinking prospects in the midterms. A front page article in Sunday’s New York Times by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, entitled “The Economy Is Humming, but Trump... Continue »

*** * On this week’s episode of our podcast, we sat down with the America’s Voice politics team — Mario Carrillo from Texas, Viridiana Vidal-Gonzzali from Nevada, and Adriana Ruggiero from California — to talk about the midterm elections this year and the respective organizing challenges they face in... Continue »

English WZZM ICE: Deaf Detroit immigrant from Nigeria must leave By Niraj Warikoo September 11, 2018 Medium (Op-Ed) As the GOP Revs Up its “Divide and Distract” Strategy, How Should Democrats and Progressives Respond? By Frank Sharry September 11, 2018 MSNBC Trump admin moved millions of dollars from FEMA... Continue »

GOP Will Have Tough Time Distancing Themselves from Ugly Policies As we highlighted yesterday, internal Republican polling of battleground congressional districts found that the cruel family separation policy has hurt President Trump and Republicans’ standing among moderates and independents in congressional battlegrounds. Despite the toll, the Republicans’ midterm “divide... Continue »

America’s Voice Frank Sharry: “As the GOP Revs Up its ‘Divide and Distract’ Strategy, How Should Democrats and Progressives Respond? PETITION: Tell Kobach to reject white nationalist money! Sessions’ Assault on the Rule of Law in Immigration Court New CNN Poll: GOP Embrace of Trump on Immigration May Come... Continue »

The GOP Can’t Disown Its Own Vile and Divisive Anti-Immigrant Strategy New political analysis from Julie Pace of the Associated Press titled, “High Stakes as 2-month Sprint to Election Day Begins,” references internal Republican poll results finding that the cruel family separation policy has hurt Trump and the Republicans’... Continue »

America’s Voice Another Ohioan From Mauritania At Imminent Risk of Deportation Making Sense of Judge Hanen’s DACA Ruling: No Injunction, Renewals Continue This Week: Two Hate Conferences Set Up Shop in Washington, D.C. USCIS Deputy Director Appointment Who Made Anti-Muslim Remarks Fariseos republicanos Election 2018 Profiles: Barbara Comstock (R-VA)... Continue »

Lou Barletta is an anti-immigrant extremist who has long made a political name for himself attacking immigrants and intimately entangling himself in the network of anti-immigrant organizations created by white nationalist John Tanton. Barletta is currently the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 11th district and the Republican candidate for the... Continue »