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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly urged Republican voters around the country to just check out his record in the Florida when they step in the voting booth to cast their ballot in the 2024 GOP presidential primary.  “If you look at what we’ve done in Florida … we’ve... Continue »

English AP News 3-year-old riding one of Texas’ migrant buses dies on the way to Chicago, officials say By Paul J. Weber August 12, 2023 Houston Chronicle Divided and disappointed: A family’s endless search for home in the chaotic US asylum system By Jhair Romero, Raquel Natalicchio, and Staff... Continue »

Farmworkers and advocates in Florida are mourning the loss of Efrain López García, a Homestead farmworker who died while laboring in extreme heat earlier this month. López García was harvesting a tropical fruit called longan when he told his coworkers that he wasn’t feeling well. “The workers weren’t sure... Continue »

America’s Voice   Vulnerable Migrants Lured to California By DeSantis Say They Heard Promise After Promise, But All They Got Was “Abandonment” Economic Fears and Workers Fleeing the State: Ron DeSantis Should Answer Questions About His Real Immigration Legacy in Florida? English La Semana del Sur (OK) The Dreamers... Continue »

America’s Voice   America’s Voice Recaps Growing Pushback Against Destructive DeSantis’ Immigration Bill Combating the Nativist Narrative – Weekly Summary – Week of May 29, 2023 Florida Businesses Shut Down in Solidarity With Florida Workers Protesting DeSantis’ Anti-Immigrant Law Trump and DeSantis: Republicans turn their cannons on immigrants once... Continue »

NAACP Warns Florida “Is Openly Hostile Toward African Americans”; HRC Says DeSantis Is Weaving “Bigotry, Hate, and Discrimination Into State Law” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ cruel laws targeting marginalized communities continue to receive blowback from national and state organizations. Civil rights groups NAACP and Human Rights Campaign (HRC) have... Continue »

Washington, DC – In a new column posted on the America’s Voice website, America’s Voice Editor Gabe Ortiz assesses the damage already on display in Florida due to the package of anti-immigrant legislation pushed through by Governor Ron DeSantis ahead of his likely Republican primary run. Read “In the... Continue »

Like the draconian anti-immigrant laws of the past, DeSantis’ show-me-your-papers law already starting to backfire. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis got tons of press coverage yesterday when reporters cut and pasted his latest anti-immigrant stunt press release about “deploying assets” to help a fellow anti-immigrant governor in Texas. DeSantis, who... Continue »

English New York Times After Biden Predicted Chaos at the Border, a Quieter Than Expected Weekend By Michael D. Shear May 16, 2023 Border Report Border crossings drop by half; Even fewer migrants entering South Texas By Sandra Sanchez May 16, 2023 USA Today What’s happening on US-Mexico border?... Continue »

Republicans in Congress do have an immigration plan — but it’s not designed to address the issues of providing a safe process at the border or our immigrant neighbors. No, it’s a political agenda. And, their plan is to nationalize the anti-immigrant hostilities being leveled at local communities by... Continue »