Two powerful new opinion pieces from Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, excerpted below, underscore the key finding of a new survey of DACA recipients issued today: that the DACA program works and benefits both its recipients and America as a whole. Juan Escalante, America’s Voice Education Fund’s digital campaigns... Continue »
The following is a statement from Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s Voice Education Fund in regards to Trump’s pardoning of Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Here’s a shock: the North Koreans are lobbing missiles; Mueller is ramping up the Russia investigation; and Hurricane Harvey is devastating the Texas coast. Time for... Continue »
Question: Will Trump Once Again Buckle to White Nationalists, Or Show He is Different Than That? The following is a statement from Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, reacting to Jonathan Swan’s report in Axios that the White House is considering ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals... Continue »
Austin, TX – Yesterday, federal District Court Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos granted a permanent injunction preventing Texas from enforcing its original 2011 voter ID law, S.B. 14, as well as S.B. 5, an updated version that was signed into law this summer. Mario Carrillo, State Director for America’s Voice: Texas issued... Continue »
Continuous Vigilance Needed After ICE Agent Erroneously Claimed “When Trump came in, DACA doesn’t exist anymore” A recording of today’s press call is available here; Facebook livestream of family reunification expected later today While deported Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient Juan Manuel Montes’case sits before a federal judge, another DACA beneficiary... Continue »
For a recording of today’s call, click here. On Wednesday, leaders from the National Board of Hispanic Caucus Chairs (BHCC) held a press call speaking out against the discriminatory SB4 law in Texas, set to go into effect on September 1st. SB4 is a draconian “show me your papers” bill that... Continue »
ICE Agent: “When Trump came in, DACA doesn’t exist anymore” #FreeRiccy On the same day that deported DACA recipient Juan Manuel Montes ’ case is before a federal judge, the Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that another DACA beneficiary from northwest Kentucky is facing imminent deportation.   Riccy Enriquez Perdomo, a two-time Deferred Action for Childhood... Continue »
Advocates delivered petitions asking Senators to oppose Trump on immigration.
While we join most observers in recoiling from President Trump’s unhinged speech in Phoenix last night, a range of developments from around the country reminds us that Americans are standing up to his divisive vision for the country and rejecting his dark view of immigration and immigrants. Illinois Republican... Continue »