Washington, DC — Ahead of the RNC’s promised focus today on disinformation and lies that immigrants are threats, below are a collection of related resources and reminders from America’s Voice, including a new overview of the role immigrants play in the Wisconsin economy and key information on J.D. Vance and what to know about immigration in the 2024 cycle.
According to Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice:
“Immigrants helped build America, from the founding of the nation until today. Unfortunately, we won’t hear many good things about immigrants during the Republican convention. We expect Republicans will continue to advance lurid lies and conspiracies about immigrants while embracing a cruel, dangerous, and destructive vision for the mass deportation of long-settled immigrants. Yet, the reality is that immigrants are essential for our national economic prosperity. Just look at Wisconsin, where the state’s leading industries are heavily reliant on the hard work, sacrifices, and contributions of immigrants. That is the true reality of immigrants in America, which is a far cry from the dark vision Republicans are portraying on stage this week.”
Immigrants and Wisconsin
- New fact sheet: “Reality Check: Immigrants Are Essential To Wisconsin’s Economy”
- America’s Voice blog post, Wisconsin Can’t Be America’s Dairyland Without Immigrants
- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: “Farmers, factories, at the center of the immigration debate. Trump has vowed mass deportations.”
Key Immigration Resources for RNC
- America’s Voice breaks down the most important issues to watch re: immigration: Immigration Memo: Key Questions at RNC Convention
- Resources to be prepared for mis- and disinformation: RNC Cheat Sheet – When Trump and Republicans Say the Following on Immigration…
- Trump knows undocumented immigrant workers, because he hired and exploited them: When you hear claims that President Biden or Democrats are putting “illegals” ahead of Americans, remember Donald Trump and the Trump organization hired and exploited undocumented workers as part of a multi-state criminal conspiracy that stretched back decades (see here and video here).
- Public opinion analysis from AV: “New Gallup Immigration Polling: Americans Remain Strongly Supportive of Immigration and Citizenship; Want Reform Over Broken Status Quo”
America’s Voice on J.D. Vance and Immigration
