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The latest episode of our podcast, “A is for America”, features two interviews — one with Rev. Trey Hegar of the First Presbyterian Church, who is the pastor coordinating the crisis response to this week’s immigration raid in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; and one with Tarsicio (Tar) Macias, founder of the Latino newspaper... Continue »

America’s Voice ICYMI: “Trump’s Latest Rage-Filled Tirade Unmasks Paul Ryan’s Lies” Moderates’ Choice: Be Defined By an Anti-Immigrant Retiring Speaker or Stand Up and Sign the Discharge Petition John Kelly Lets Out His Inner Steve King: Immigrants “Don’t Have Skills”, Can’t Assimilate Thanks to the Trump Administration, These Families... Continue »

America’s Voice La pregunta sobre ciudadanía del nuevo Censo es parte del plan político republicano de sembrar miedo, inhibir el voto y minar la democracia Adding Question of Citizenship to Census Is Another Attack on Texas Immigrants and Will Drive Them Further Into the Shadows New Census Citizenship Question... Continue »

ICE, the Trump Administration’s interior immigration enforcement agency, is out of control. “Unshackled” by the President and his enablers, ICE has become an unaccountable, political police force loyal to Donald Trump and his nativist vision rather than an agency that works for the American people and local governments to... Continue »

Those who oppose immigration have tried to blame immigrants for everything from climate change to epidemics to the Great Recession. This month, Congressional Republicans tried to scapegoat undocumented immigrants for the opioid epidemic, even though it’s the Trump Administration that has failed to appoint a permanent Drug Enforcement Administration... Continue »

When it comes to immigration, President Trump and fellow hardliners are on the wrong side of American public opinion, as new analysis and new Iowa polling each make clear. At Vox, Dylan Matthews analyzes a range of immigration public opinion in a piece titled, “Polls Show Americans are Closer... Continue »

America’s Voice Conservative Columnist Jennifer Rubin, Bipartisan Policy Center, United We Dream, and Dreamers from NC and UT Agree: A Legislative Fix for Dreamers Must Pass in 2017 ICYMI: ACLU of Texas Report: Texas State Troopers are Ripping Immigrant Families Apart When GOP Leadership Says “We’ll Fix DACA Next Year,”... Continue »

Will He Cave to the “Hell No Caucus” or Help GOP Pragmatists Desperate to Distance Themselves from Trump? Washington, DC – As we head into December, it’s increasingly clear that, in the words of a headline from The Hill, “Congress is barreling toward explosive immigration fight.” With all Democrats and many Republicans in... Continue »

This week, the USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration and the Center for American Progress released new data on how much the dismantling of DACA would cost America, Congressional district by Congressional district. Previous reports have shown that doing away with DACA wouldn’t make any sense, as... Continue »

Do Ryan and McConnell Represent Americans, or Steve King? Washington, DC – Republican elected officials should embrace a clean legislative solution for Dreamers, rather than loading up a legislative package with “poison pill” provisions that are designed to scuttle the package and set up another Washington blame game. “Americans... Continue »