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The following is a statement from Pili Tobar, managing director of America’s Voice, regarding the McConnell-Trump-Miller Senate immigration proposal: President Trump, aided and abetted by Mitch McConnell and Stephen Miller, is holding the country and 800,000 federal workers and their families hostage. Rather than wasting time with unreasonable, one... Continue »

America’s Voice David Bier: Senate GOP Bill Doesn’t Extend DACA. It Guts It La propuesta de Trump es tan falsa como su “arte de negociar” Trump-McConnell Bill is Filled with Malevolent Poison Pills and has Very Little to Do with Effective Border Security Congreso, este no es momento de... Continue »

In a new piece for The Daily Beast, Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, responds to President Trump’s speech on Saturday. He urges Democrats to reject Trump’s latest proposal in which he offers to “trade a million immigrants he took hostage early in his presidency for a deal... Continue »

It Has More to Do With Unprecedented Increases in Detention and Deportation of Children Seeking Safety The Trump border wall policy was never a serious one and still isn’t.  It was started as a “mnemonic device” created by political consultants for candidate Trump to talk tough on immigration.  With the... Continue »

In anticipation of Trump’s speech later tonight, elected officials and immigration experts are readily available to press to fact check and discuss the administration’s unconscionable attempts to use taxpayer money to build an unpopular border wall for a self-manufactured border crisis. For interview requests, please contact press@americasvoice.org Representative Veronica Escobar (TX-16): Rep.... Continue »

Another Attempt to Usurp the Power of Congress The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an emergency as, “an unforeseen combination of circumstances…that calls for immediate action.”  Yes, there are issues at the border that require attention.  But they are not new. They are not unforeseen. And they certainly do not require... Continue »

The Trump Administration has arguably had no greater effect on policy than it has on U.S. immigration policy. At the end of 2017, we wrote this piece recapping all the alarming ways the Trump White House has gone after immigrants and targeted them for mass deportation during Trump’s first... Continue »

There are Smart and Humane Solutions The Trump administration has expressed no qualms with spending more than $200 million to deploy the National Guard and the U.S. military to the border, where tear gas was used, even on children.  It has also used Presidential and agency resources to develop... Continue »

English WZZM ICE: Deaf Detroit immigrant from Nigeria must leave By Niraj Warikoo September 11, 2018 Medium (Op-Ed) As the GOP Revs Up its “Divide and Distract” Strategy, How Should Democrats and Progressives Respond? By Frank Sharry September 11, 2018 MSNBC Trump admin moved millions of dollars from FEMA... Continue »

America’s Voice Frank Sharry: “As the GOP Revs Up its ‘Divide and Distract’ Strategy, How Should Democrats and Progressives Respond? PETITION: Tell Kobach to reject white nationalist money! Sessions’ Assault on the Rule of Law in Immigration Court New CNN Poll: GOP Embrace of Trump on Immigration May Come... Continue »