Washington, DC – During an interview that aired on Univision yesterday, Donald Trump endorsed an array of extreme policies and troubling pledges, including promising retribution against political enemies using executive branch powers. The lies, disinformation, and cruelty were particularly apparent in Trump’s remarks on immigration, which included both endorsements...
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Washington, DC – Republicans are seeking to use the supplemental funding process to enact a host of permanent and draconian immigration policy changes. Some Senate Democrats, such as Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) among others, are expressing openness to the discussion. The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive...
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Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings and David Torres from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: In another chapter of the novel that the decades without real immigration reform, favorable to immigrants,...
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WASHINGTON: Today, as reported by POLITICO, top immigration advocacy groups released a memo with key policy demands as Congress negotiates emergency supplemental funding. The American Immigration Council, American Immigration Lawyers Association, America’s Voice, Human Rights First, Immigration Hub, National Immigrant Justice Center, National Immigration Law Center, and SEIU are...
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Washington, DC – Yesterday, Senate Republicans, led by Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), released a deeply unserious immigration proposal that re-ups many of the worst elements of House Republicans’ extreme and unworkable HR2 legislation. The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive...
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Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “Reports that the Biden Administration and some Democrats are willing to trade permanent asylum restrictions in exchange for Ukraine funding is a troubling indication of their priorities and larger posture toward MAGA Republicans’...
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STRONG PUSHBACK TO POSSIBLE ASYLUM RESTRICTIONS; MAYORS URGE A MORE ORDERLY, EFFICIENT AND FAIR PROCESS In response to troubling reports of lawmakers considering lasting asylum restrictions in exchange for Ukraine funding, America’s Voice issued a statement both warning against giving in to MAGA Republican brinkmanship, and raising the dangerous...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “Asylum seekers need a hand up, not a handout. These mayors understand this and that is why they are calling for an orderly, efficient and fair process for asylum seekers to arrive and be able to support themselves through work as their cases are heard.” Washington, DC...
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