In a victory for both public safety and for immigrants, Illinois’ Republican Governor Bruce Rauner signed the Trust Act into law today. The legislation will ensure that law enforcement throughout Illinois focus on protecting public safety instead of targeting immigrants for deportation. It encourages immigrants to come forward to...
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Cleveland, OH – On Meet the Press yesterday, two common themes emerged in interviews with Ohio Governor John Kasich (R) and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH). One, bipartisanship is key to progress on issues that Americans want resolved; and two, the Trump Administration’s mass deportation policy is inhumane and un-American. Governor...
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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...
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Aug 25, 2017
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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