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: The shocking image of a little child, just one year old, abandoned by a “coyote” along...
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Washington, DC – The horrific fire that claimed at least 38 lives in Mexico this week should remind us that each migrant is a person with hopes and aspirations for safety, dignity, and a better life, and that our outdated immigration system is failing them and us. Migrants seeking...
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Washington, DC – Yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing felt more like a competition among Republican Senators to see who could spread more lies or be more vulgar. Rather than use the opportunity to question Secretary Mayorkas on the threat of domestic terrorism from white nationalists or solutions to immigration...
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New America’s Voice blog HERE Washington, DC – At today’s House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability hearing, Republicans continued a disturbing pattern of using their committees to amplify white nationalist conspiracy theories and other pernicious lies and rhetoric to demagogue migrants. Rep. Mike Kelly...
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Washington, DC – The fire that claimed at least 39 lives at a Mexican detention center is a tragic reminder of the human toll of our broken immigration system and the desperation of many to seek safety and better opportunities in the United States. Those jailed at the facility...
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Washington, DC – This week, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will appear before Congress for a series of hearings where Republicans will be more performative than productive. Facing the House and Senate subcommittees on Homeland Security Appropriations and a Senate Judiciary oversight hearing, Mayorkas will undoubtedly be accosted by Republican committee...
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Washington, DC – Over the weekend, Donald Trump held his first 2024 campaign rally this year where he echoed his usual election grievances and amplified white nationalist rhetoric. Of note was the location for the event – Waco, Texas – the site of the 1993 standoff between the Branch...
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Read the new memo: HERE and read the accompanying exclusive in Vanity Fair HERE Washington, DC – A new memo from America’s Voice details how Republicans and right wing media allies have been leading drivers of the lie that the border is “open,” spending the equivalent of millions of...
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