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English (en español al final de la página): The Guardian: ‘Voting for a racist’: Trump enters key debate fresh from pivot that wasn’t By Sabrina Siddiqui Newsweek (Op-ed): Trump Has Demonized the Latino Community By Janet Murguía Wall Street Journal: Here’s What Clinton and Trump Must Do on the... Continue »
Our Take on the Key Immigration Questions and Background – and How to Follow Along with America’s Voice Join with the America’s Voice team to preview and follow along during the first presidential debate – http://americasvoice.org/debate/ Google Hangout on Monday, September 26 from 8-8:30 PM: Join Frank Sharry and Juan Escalante ahead of... Continue »
Two of the 750,000 Targeted by Trump and GOP for Deportation Tell Their Story Donald Trump consistently promises that on Day One of his presidency he will immediately end President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for DREAMers. Trump’s election poses a real threat to a real... Continue »
When it comes to one of Trump’s core and consistent immigration pledges – immediately ending President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)  program for DREAMers as a Day One priority – Trump poses a real threat to a real program that is a real benefit for approximately 750,000... Continue »
Quick Links Arizona Colorado Florida Nevada North Carolina Ohio Background For the last several elections cycles, America’s Voice has worked closely with Latino Decisions to monitor Latino and immigrant attitudes towards candidates and the issues impacting their community. In 2016, Latino voters will play a decisive role in the... Continue »
An immigrant made history in Kansas last week, becoming both the first Latino and first formerly undocumented immigrant to be promoted to deputy chief of the Wichita Police Department. José Salcido, who arrived to the United States from Mexico when he was just nine years old, has been with... Continue »
America’s Voice Founder and Executive Director Frank Sharry appeared on Univision’s “Al Punto” with Jorge Ramos this past weekend to discuss immigration and the 2016 Presidential election. “Nearly all Americans are opposed to Donald Trump’s plans,” said Sharry about the Republican nominee, who has proposed a massive wall along... Continue »
Cross-posted from Medium. Since the launching of Nixon’s “Southern Strategy,” during the 1972 election, the Republican establishment has used white supremacists to fuel their Wall Street agenda. In a 1970 interview with the New York Times, Kevin Phillips, political strategist to Richard Nixon, laid out the strategy: The more... Continue »
In a new Medium post, Matt Hildreth, Political Director of America’s Voice, highlights the internal conflict between the establishment and Alt-Right Republicans and demonstrates how the Alt-Right’s focus on white voters will keep Republicans out of the White House for a generation. Hildreth explains that, “It’s no surprise that Donald Trump... Continue »
Donald Trump recently complained that “all the media wants to talk about is the 11 million…” Sorry, Donald. You may want the discussion to focus on the relevance of a 14th century wall to a 21st century challenge; or on your repeated, if vague, use of the word “strong;” or even... Continue »