La guerra de Donald Trump contra los inmigrantes es tan intensa que ni siquiera los nacionales de países como Nicaragua, Honduras, Cuba y Venezuela, tradicionalmente más identificados con los republicanos, se han librado de detenciones, deportaciones o de perder las protecciones concedidas por programas como el TPS o el parole humanitario. El gobierno de Trump… Continue »
Trump Team: No Immigrants to Provide Essential Work? No Problem! Just Put Medicaid Enrollees to Work in Farming and Food Processing
Washington, DC — In a new Washington Post op-ed, senior economic adviser to the 2020 Trump campaign Stephen Moore and economics professor Richard Vedder write, “Trump can’t achieve his economic goals without more immigrants,” implicitly criticizing the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. A Politico article, “‘Essential isn’t a strong enough word’: Loss of foreign workers begins… Continue »
Immigration Reform News July 9, 2025
English The New York Times U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans Held in El Salvador for Americans By Frances Robles, Julie Turkewitz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs July 09, 2025 Politico ‘Essential isn’t a strong enough word’: Loss of foreign workers begins to bite US economy By Aaron Pellish July 08, 2025 Talking Points Memo Trump… Continue »
U.S. Military Veteran Forced To Self-Deport As Soldiers Deployed To American Communities Go Unpaid
Trump and Stephen Miller are trampling on the U.S. military and rule of law in the name of mass deportation U.S. military veteran Sae Joon Park, an immigrant who arrived in America from South Korea at age seven, is the best of who we are. Looking for purpose after graduating from high school, Park enlisted… Continue »
A Militarized America: Trump and Miller Use Mass Deportation to Suspend Civil Liberties, Put Marines on our Streets
Washington, DC — The Trump/Miller mass deportation agenda – and its embedded cruelties and chaos – is set to be turbocharged through the massive infusion of new money, thanks to the Republican big ugly bill that was signed into law on July 4. – Some $29.9 billion in enforcement funding and $45 billion for ICE… Continue »
Vanessa Cárdenas Reacts to TPS Revocation for Honduras and Nicaragua
Washington, DC —Yesterday, the Trump administration announced the revocation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Honduras and Nicaragua. The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, in reaction: “The Trump administration’s revocation of TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua will harm our economy and destabilize American communities and families. It’s part… Continue »
Immigration Reform News July 8, 2025
English Baptist News Global Trump wants to take back citizenship already given to some immigrants By Jeff Brumley July 07, 2025 The Washington Post El Salvador says for first time that U.S. controls fate of jailed deportees By Silvia Foster-Frau July 07, 2025 The New York Times U.S. Will Try to Deport Abrego Garcia Before… Continue »
Immigration and Civil Rights Leaders Denounce Mass Deportation Provisions of Big, Ugly GOP Bill
Washington, DC — Following last week’s passage of the massive budget bill and its $150 billion-plus of new immigration enforcement money – which will turbo charge the administration’s mass deportation agenda – immigration, civil rights, and democracy groups were outspoken and consistent in their condemnation (see the statement from Joanna Kuebler, Chief of Programs at… Continue »
Immigrants Celebrate Their First July 4th As U.S. Citizens: ‘I Feel Like I Have Waited All My Life For This Day’
For many immigrants across the nation, this past July 4th holiday was one that they’ll never forget. From George Washington’s historic estate in Virginia to Arizona’s majestic national parks to California’s Travis Air Force Base, hundreds of immigrants raised their right hands and were sworn in as brand-new citizens of the United States. Seattle’s annual… Continue »
ICYMI: Vanessa Cárdenas Co-Authors Salon Op-Ed, “How We Can Reclaim the Truth About Immigration”
Washington, DC — In a new Fourth of July op-ed for Salon, Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, and Héctor Sánchez Barba, President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, call for a bold and honest reckoning with the right’s anti-immigrant narrative, and a reclaiming of the truth about immigrants’ contributions to the United States.… Continue »
