Washington, DC – The following are statements from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, and Yuna Oh, Political Associate for America’s Voice and a DACA recipient, reacting to yesterday’s DACA ruling by Judge Andrew Hanen (English and Spanish versions are below). Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice:...
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Sep 13, 2023
Washington, DC – The following are statements from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, and Yuna Oh, Political Associate for America’s Voice and a DACA recipient, reacting to today’s DACA ruling by Judge Andrew Hanen. Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “Judge Hanen’s ruling reinforces the inadequacy...
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NEW YORK MIGRANT ARRIVALS SPARK RENEWED FOCUS ON POLICY; ABBOTT’S BARRIER LOSES IN TEXAS COURT Escalating comments from New York City’s mayor on the stresses of migrant arrivals have received both local pushback and sparked much-needed conversations on a solution oriented approach. One solution with wide support is allowing migrants to...
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Washington, DC – The escalating comments from New York City mayor Eric Adams about the strains of new immigrant arrivals on the city has sparked a renewed focus on the related policy and political dynamics and ways forward (see the excellent Greg Sargent column excerpted at bottom for more). ...
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Washington, DC – In the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia, recovery efforts in Florida face complications not just from the storm’s severity, but also due to Ron DeSantis’ signature anti-immigrant legislation. As we noted when SB 1718 went into effect, the law is both cruel and costly to the state,...
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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: It’s to be expected that in these twisted times in which we are living, the twenty-two...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: DeSantis’ “dangerous language and ideas should be viewed through the lens of public safety more than political positioning and horse race maneuvering” Washington, DC – Ron DeSantis’ relentless effort to define himself as an anti-immigrant hardliner for GOP primary audiences includes his stump speech calls for deadly...
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Washington, DC – Today, the Biden Administration announced the extension and redesignation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for South Sudan for 18 months. The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “We commend the Biden Administration for today’s announcement to extend and redesignate TPS...
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