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After listening to Ricardo Aca’s story, an undocumented immigrant who works at one of Donald Trumps hotels in New York City, we wrote about what Republicans are saying about DACA — and how they would deport people who, like Ricardo, qualify for the popular deferred action program. In recent... Continue »

Why a Hard Working DACAmented Youth is Risking Everything to Stand Up to a Billionaire Bully As the negative coverage surrounding Donald Trump’s inflammatory immigration policy paper continues to spill out, Liz Robbins of the New York Times lifts up a critical, yet missing, voice in the current debate. Meet Ricardo Aca.  Ricardo... Continue »

Please note the following column was translated from Spanish to English and is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper credit. This column is available in Spanish here.  Donald Trump has fine-tuned his strategy to “win” the Latino vote, as he assured he will do if he’s... Continue »

On Sunday, August 16, 2015 Donald Trump released an immigration policy position paper that has generated nearly as much controversy as his original, inflammatory statements about Mexicans.  Below are excerpts from just some of the many fine analytical pieces that came out yesterday and today in English and Spanish... Continue »

Over the weekend, leading Republican candidate Donald Trump went into further detail about his immigrant “plans” — an ugly, nativist wish-list proposing to round up and deport a population the size of Ohio — and at least one other GOP candidate is already eagerly onboard. From the Huffington Post:... Continue »

GOP Contenders Talk Walls and Fences While Majority of Americans Want Common-Sense Comprehensive Reform Leading GOP candidates – and political journalists covering them – would be wise to read the just-published USA Today editorial entitled, “Lost immigration lesson: Getting to 100% border security sounds good only on the campaign trail.”  It... Continue »

For additional details, contact press@americasvoice.org and please check out the America’s Voice 2016 content, including detailed candidate tracking information, at www.americasvoice.org/2016 It’s an article of faith on the Republican campaign trail that the border is out of control and that immigration enforcement is lax – hence, we are experiencing a spike in... Continue »

The Texas Attorney General who was so eager to see the inside of a courtroom and sue over President Obama’s immigration actions is probably regretting that sentiment right about now. Ken Paxton got himself in a heap of trouble earlier this week after a grand jury indicted him on “two counts of first-degree securities fraud... Continue »

For additional details, contact press@americasvoice.org and please check out the America’s Voice 2016 content, including detailed candidate tracking information, at www.americasvoice.org/2016 It’s an article of faith on the Republican campaign trail that the border is out of control and that immigration enforcement is lax – hence, we are experiencing... Continue »

What a week! Trump takes the pole position in the race for the GOP nomination, Republicans in Congress follow Trump’s lead on immigration, Spanish-language media report on it all, and serious Republicans worry about the impact of these remarkable developments on the party’s future. Below we highlight three pieces... Continue »