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In recent months, there has been an increase in Chinese nationals encountered along the southern border seeking asylum from the repressive government in China. Blowing past the humanity of migrants seeking safety, Republicans have gone straight to racist fearmongering and conspiracy theories. Following an all too familiar pattern, Republicans... Continue »

Read the new AV political report HERE Washington, DC – A new report from America’s Voice analyzes the GOP’s messaging strategy of demonizing immigrants during the 2022 midterms failed to deliver at the ballot box in November. “The GOP Investment in Nativism Failed to Deliver, Again: America’s Voice Report... Continue »

On March 15, the House Homeland Security Committee held the seventh hearing ostensibly about the border in seven weeks. Like the prior six hearings, Republicans continue to use these hearings to perform their political theatrics for a spot on Fox News without a substantive policy discussion, while some members... Continue »

Washington, DC – Today, House Republicans are holding another in their weekly drumbeat of congressional hearings about immigration and the border – their seventh official Republican Committee hearing on the subject in the first seven weeks of the GOP’s majority. Like the first six, today’s field hearing in McAllen,... Continue »

On March 14, 2023, migrants seeking asylum in El Paso were stopped and turned back at the border, but Republicans moved misleading videos and messages around Fox News and the Internet, calling it an “invasion” anyway, echoing deadly domestic terrorists.   On Sunday, hundreds of mostly Venezuelan migrants who... Continue »

America’s Voice   John Cornyn and GOP Oppose Legal Immigration Pathways Designed to Reduce Border Chaos and Disorder English CBS News U.S. to extend legal stay of Ukrainian refugees processed along Mexican border By Camilo Montoya-Galvez March 13, 2023 The Washington Post Texas Republicans propose state immigration police force... Continue »

Washington, DC – Today, the House Oversight and Accountability Committee held another immigration and border-focused hearing – the sixth official Republican Committee hearing on the subject in the first six weeks of the GOP’s majority.  The most notable news about the hearing occurred beforehand. As Newsweek reports, “Full List... Continue »

CPAC presents a disturbing picture of the trajectory of the GOP and its barely contained fascism.  Over the first weekend in March, many of the top figures in and around the Republican Party gathered just outside of DC for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). From start to... Continue »

New House Oversight Committee Letter from Ranking Member Jamie Raskin Spotlights GOP’s Dangerous Mainstreaming of White Nationalist Conspiracies Washington, DC – A new letter from House Oversight and Accountability Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) to Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) calls on Republicans to join Committee... Continue »

CPAC Anti-Immigrant Ugliness Runs Through FL and TX Washington, DC – Last week, we highlighted how the Republican Party and the broader conservative movement were busy defining themselves by immigration extremism. This weekend proved the point, at CPAC and in the prominent GOP-led states of Texas and Florida, they... Continue »