Washington, DC – A continuación compartimos la siguiente declaración de Vanessa Cárdenas, Directora Ejecutiva de America’s Voice, en reacción a la Ley de Dignidad 2023, presentada por las congresistas María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) y Verónica Escobar (D-TX). “Damos la bienvenida y apreciamos cualquier esfuerzo serio para forjar una solución...
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Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to the introduction of The Dignity Act of 2023 by Representatives María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX). “We welcome and commend any serious effort to forge a bipartisan immigration fix...
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Washington, DC – The death of eight-year old Anadith Tanay Reyes Álvarez (“Ana”) in Border Patrol custody is a terrible tragedy that puts into sharp relief why the United States should reject the notion of detaining children and families. Reports indicate that Ana and her family were held in...
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Washington, DC – It’s been one week since the overdue end of Title 42. Despite apocalyptic predictions from Republicans, right wing media, and some mainstream observers, a relatively calm and orderly process has been on display since May 11. As DHS noted this week, the number of encounters at...
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Washington, DC – On May 9, we noted that Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), shared an image across his Twitter accounts all but explicitly calling for white nationalist violence. This week we learned from the reporting of Hunter Walker at Talking Points Memo that those images may have been crafted...
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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: Nearly a year ago we wrote, in this very same space, that with or without Title...
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To access recording of today’s call, click HERE Washington DC – Earlier today immigrant rights groups spoke out against H.B. 7 and H.B. 800, extreme anti-immigrant bills that could establish Texas’s own border patrol unit, increase criminal penalties for anyone who transports undocumented people near border areas, and fund a...
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Washington, DC – In a new column posted on the America’s Voice website, America’s Voice Editor Gabe Ortiz assesses the damage already on display in Florida due to the package of anti-immigrant legislation pushed through by Governor Ron DeSantis ahead of his likely Republican primary run. Read “In the...
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