Washington, DC — Using his nativist lies of “invasion” as justification for his extreme policies, Trump announced today that he is deploying troops to the border. Yet, just yesterday, during a service at the National Cathedral, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington Mariann Edgar Budde, issued a direct plea to...
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WASHINGTON — Today, leaders from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, UnidosUS, The National Partnership for New Americans, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrants and Refugee Rights, Mí Familia Vota, and America’s Voice held a press call reacting to President Trump’s executive actions targeting immigrants—including EOs declaring a...
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Washington, DC — The Trump team’s array of Day One announcements on immigration and the border are sweeping in scope and by design, part of a purposeful “shock and awful” effort that aims to overwhelm potential opposition by sheer volume. While we join policy and legal experts in poring...
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Washington, DC — The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to the Trump inauguration speech and the array of promised immigration and border executive orders to be issued. To connect with Vanessa Cárdenas or some of the nation’s leading experts on the...
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Jan 18, 2025
The first weeks of the new Trump administration are set to bring an unprecedented wave of intense, cruel, and chaotic shifts in immigration policy. This pivotal moment will demand press coverage that is informed, factual, and balanced. To ensure audiences understand the profound impacts of Trump’s policies, media outlets...
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THE COMING UGLY BLITZ FROM TRUMP Ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, leaders from CASA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), Make the Road New York, United We Dream Action, and America’s Voice held a press call on what to expect in the first days of his...
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Washington, DC — The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, assessing the current moment on immigration in light of the Laken Riley Act debate and ahead of Donald Trump’s coming inauguration: “The process displayed by Democrats during the Laken Riley Act legislative debate...
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A recording of the press call can be found here Immigration advocacy groups prepared to counter early actions of the Trump administration, raise concerns regarding extreme Trump nominees. WASHINGTON — Today, leaders from America’s Voice, CASA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), Make the Road New...
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