Washington, DC — In The Hill newspaper, Rafael Bernal highlights how Latino lawmakers with deep expertise in immigration policy and politics have been left out of the negotiations around the Senate and White House immigration and border legislative package. This overlooked problem with the process helps explain the substantive...
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Washington, DC — A new column in the Boston Globe by Marcela García asks the important question, “What has Biden gotten right and wrong on immigration?” The piece looks at the actions taken by President Biden on immigration since taking office and quotes Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s...
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Washington, DC — Key observers are highlighting the incoherence and cynical politics underlying Donald Trump and House Republicans’ likely opposition to any immigration and border agreement. As Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice stated: “The priority for House Republicans is to first and foremost demonstrate their fealty to...
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American businesses can’t get the workers they need due to out-of-date immigration policy New York, NY — A recent article in the Washington Post underscored how the labor shortage is impacting communities all across the country – from New York to North Dakota. Noting that, “despite growing demand to...
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TRAGIC DEATHS SPOTLIGHT CONTINUED DANGERS OF DEHUMANIZING POLICIES Just days after Texas Governor Greg Abbott publicly lamented that the state couldn’t shoot and kill migrants on sight at the southern border, a woman and two children tragically drowned while attempting to cross the Rio Grande into the state. They...
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Washington, DC — Donald Trump opposes any immigration and border agreement. So House Republicans will oppose any immigration and border agreement. That dynamic is both simple and front-and-center today. As NBC’s Sahil Kapur highlighted from Fox News last night: “Laura Ingraham says Trump just told her he opposes the...
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Washington, DC — On Thursday, the House Homeland Security Committee will hold another hearing in their effort to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The House Majority is proceeding without evidence of high crimes, with many observers decrying the sham impeachment effort as driven by politics and failing as a...
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Washington, DC – As Republicans hold Ukraine aid hostage in a bid against asylum and humane immigration processes, a powerful Philadelphia Inquirer editorial, “Biden must make immigration a priority, not give in to GOP demands,” is a must-read, noting in part: “Senate negotiators who are working on a bipartisan...
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