Washington D.C. – This week brings troubling revelations that Operation Lone Star in Texas is no longer just a wasteful political stunt designed to burnish Gov. Greg Abbott’s nativist bona fides with GOP base voters, but a provocation that is dangerous for many Texans. A new lawsuit, filed by...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “To say that Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli are corrupt political hacks is understating it.” Washington, DC – Carol Leonnig and Maria Sacchetti report for the Washington Post that former acting – and unlawfully appointed – DHS leaders Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli are in hot water...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “Anti-immigrant attacks and nativism are a core part” of DeSantis’ political brand “no matter the potential consequences or the distortions of the truth involved” Washington, DC – Much like Gov. Greg Abbott in Texas, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is trying to fear-monger over immigrants to burnish his...
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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 a race against time for immigration legislation as Congress prepares to recess for five weeks...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “Contrasting notions of our country and our democracy are on the ballot and the stakes could not be higher.” Washington, DC – From the reversal of Roe to the January 6th commission revelations to their continued embrace of dangerous white nationalist conspiracies, Republicans’ extremism has been on...
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Ron Brownstein’s Latest CNN Column Captures How, on Immigration and Beyond, GOP Imposing Extreme Worldview on Rest of America Washington, DC – In a must-read CNN column, “Red States are Building a Nation within a Nation,” political analyst Ron Brownstein captures how Republican states are advancing “the cultural priorities...
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Douglas Rivlin: “Our current broken system empowers reckless human smugglers and traffickers and incentivizes dangerous treks to our southern border and on makeshift ocean vessels.” Washington D.C. – A boat enroute to Miami from Haiti capsized off the Bahamas on Sunday and 17 people died, including 15 women and...
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Washington D.C. – The issues around fentanyl and the opioid crisis are expansive and multi-dimensional: It is a healthcare issue, an international trade issue, a corporate accountability issue, and a criminal syndicate issue. But, the one thing it is not is an immigration issue. Unfortunately, that is exactly where...
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