Read Ron Brownstein’s new column in full HERE featuring Vanessa Cárdenas quote: “It is a missed opportunity for not to lean more into the consequences of this mass-deportation slogan.” Washington, DC — In a new column for The Atlantic, “Kamala Harris’s Muted Message on Mass Deportation,” leading political...
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Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: As the November 5th election approaches, Donald Trump’s attacks against immigrants and the Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, are...
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Watch recording of yesterday’s press briefing ahead of DACA hearing in Fifth Circuit HERE Washington, DC — On Thursday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is scheduled to hold a hearing on the case targeting DACA (Texas v. United States). This is the latest step in...
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A recording of the press call can be found here WASHINGTON — Ahead of the New Orleans 5th Circuit of Appeals’ hearing on DACA, litigators, advocates, and impacted individuals convened a press call to discuss important developments in the lawsuits against the program (Texas v. United States) and the...
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Read Jonathan Blitzer in The New Yorker HERE Washington, DC — New must-read commentary from Jonathan Blitzer in The New Yorker, “Trump’s Dangerous Immigration Obsession,” captures that while it’s hard not to become desensitized by the sheer volume of ugly anti-immigrant lies and conspiracies being spouted constantly by Donald...
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The costs and consequences of Trump’s signature mass deportation pledge includes taking legal status away from as many people as possible to make them deportable Washington, DC — The Trump campaign’s signature policy pledge of unsparing mass deportations is the subject of renewed criticism and attention in recent days,...
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THREE DEBATES, THREE QUESTIONS, THREE DODGES ON MASS DEPORTATION At Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, J.D. Vance followed Donald Trump’s lead and again refused to provide specifics following a direct question about the details and consequences of their signature issue: mass deportation. Like Trump did in both of the presidential...
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Washington, DC — Election denialism, disinformation and the stakes for democracy have been prominent in the news this week, including the infamous moment at the vice presidential debate when JD Vance refused to acknowledge that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and refused to answer if he would go...
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