Jan 20, 2021
The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice: Today marks a new day for the nation, a confident embrace of foundational American ideals, and a sea change in policy affecting immigrants and refugees in America. As the Day One legislative proposal and executive orders...
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A recording of the call is available here. Earlier today, immigration policy experts convened to dive deep into the Day One Biden bill as well as today’s immigration-related executive orders. Greisa Martinez Rosas, Executive Director, United We Dream: During the past four years under Trump, we were able...
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You can hear a recording of the call here Earlier today immigrant justice advocates gathered on a press call to make clear movement priorities on the eve of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris being sworn in. The Biden-Harris administration must undo the damage of the last four years and...
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The following is by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice. Why is the incoming Biden-Harris administration leaning in on immigration? Because the tectonic plates have shifted, creating a bigger opening than ever for pro-immigrant policy. The key factors in this shift: 1) Trump’s nativism backfired with the majority...
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A recording of the call is available here. Earlier today, immigrant advocates joined incoming California Senator Alex Padilla and Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro to discuss the unique impacts that Covid-19 has had on immigrant communities and to call for immigrants to be included in relief legislation and undocumented...
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The dark chapter that the Donald Trump presidency represents, in the history of the United States, sadly does not end with his impeachment in the House of Representatives, for the second time, nor his departure from the White House in the coming week. The damage he has done to...
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A recording of the call is available here Earlier today, immigration justice advocates, asylum seekers, and those directly connected to the immigration process gathered on a press call to discuss rebuilding a broken asylum system under a new Biden administration. Trump made cruelty and exclusion his mission throughout his...
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Dog-whistle ads may work in the cul-de-sac of the hardcore Trump base, but they backfire with the multiracial majority that defeated him A new report from America’s Voice, G.O.P. Ad Wars in 2020: Divisive, Anti-immigrant, and Racist, analyzes thousands of 2020 campaign ads aired by Republicans and Republican-allied groups...
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