WHEN POLITICIANS SHOUT ‘OPEN BORDERS,’ PEOPLE HEAR AND BELIEVE THEM This week, America’s Voice released a unique poll of Central Americans along with additional research that together indicates that the ubiquitous right wing anti-immigrant sound bite that “the borders are open” is actually contributing to the number of people coming to...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “When all else fails and their internal chaos exposes an inability to govern,” Republicans “default to blaming immigrants.” Washington, DC – It is increasingly clear that Republicans cannot agree with each other on how to keep the U.S. government open for the American people, but as they...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “Though the Republican candidates’ comments on immigration last night were not surprising, none of it should be normalized or viewed as anything but an extreme, cruel, and unworkable reflection of the continued descent of the GOP” Washington, DC – The following is a reaction from Vanessa Cárdenas,...
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Sep 27, 2023
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: It’s ironic that the primary candidates competing for the Republican presidential nomination—and to be seen as...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: consequences of right wing disinformation “are not just poisonous to our social cohesion and to prospects of any serious policy debate, but it also has an impact beyond our borders by sowing confusion among would-be migrants” Washington, DC – On the Republican presidential debate stage tonight, and...
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Washington, DC – Ahead of the next presidential debate, advocates and experts raise concerns about the dangers of normalizing rhetoric associated with the great replacement conspiracy theory, like describing migrants and asylum seekers as an “invasion.” The moderators of these debates have a responsibility not to amplify this dangerous...
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The ubiquitous but false right wing talking point is being heard – and believed – by some potential migrants Washington, DC – New polling and research released today by America’s Voice makes clear that pervasive disinformation about “open borders” – including from U.S. right wing politicians and media –...
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Washington, DC – Tomorrow evening, at the Reagan Presidential Library, the second Republican presidential debate will be held. While the proceedings will not feature Donald Trump, they will likely feature a host of dangerous, ugly, and politicized messages on immigration and the border that reflect the ongoing descent of...
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