Instead of band-aid approach and chaos of asylum ban, “Biden has real and better options both substantively and politically” – Vanessa Cárdenas Washington, DC – More voices are weighing in to condemn the Biden administration’s asylum ban, highlighting its echoes of the Trump administration, the chaos and cruelty of...
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America’s Voice backgrounder: “Despite Lamb’s dangerous extremism, or maybe because of it, Republicans have continued to elevate him” Washington, DC – Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County, AZ is one of the Republican witnesses at this morning’s House Homeland Security committee hearing – once again signaling Republicans’ comfort with...
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Dana Milbank: “It’s time for House Republicans to stop smuggling backpacks full of white-nationalist propaganda into their hearings.” Washington, DC – Tomorrow’s scheduled House Homeland Security Committee hearing will mark the fifth House GOP committee border-related hearing in five weeks, not even including Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s photo op presser...
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Washington, DC – Over the weekend, Hannah Dreier of the New York Times published a devastating piece of investigative journalism, detailing how many unaccompanied immigrant minors have been funneled into exploitative and illegal child labor, including on behalf of major U.S. corporations. The following is a statement from Vanessa...
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Washington, DC – This has been a depressing week on immigration policy. We witnessed the Biden administration’s announcement of a Trump-like asylum ban alongside of the latest in the GOP’s relentless string of politicized anti-immigrant hearings that platform dangerous conspiracies. Yet, we also have seen powerful voices make the...
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Read new America’s Voice backgrounder HERE Washington, DC – Republicans have used their narrow majority in the House to convene a series of congressional hearings and photo ops at the border that amplify white nationalist conspiracy theories and other pernicious nativist disinformation. Ahead of the latest iteration – today’s...
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Observers, including Spanish language media, continue to blast President Biden’s new asylum ban, emphasizing how it is reminiscent of the Trump/Stephen Miller cruel and chaotic policy. Washington, DC – Observers continue to blast President Biden’s new asylum ban, emphasizing how it is reminiscent of Trump/Stephen Miller cruel and chaotic...
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Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Biden Administration released its asylum ban proposed rule. See here for the immediate reaction from America’s Voice Director of Communication, Douglas Rivlin. The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, taking stock of the asylum ban, its implications and...
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