Por Maribel Hastings Cuando fue contratada por Frank Sharry, entonces director del Foro Nacional de Inmigración en Washington, D.C. al poco tiempo de salir de la universidad, Vanessa Cárdenas jamás imaginó que 20 años más tarde lo sucedería en la dirección del grupo pro inmigrante America’s Voice, fundado por...
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Por Maribel Hastings Frank Sharry, el icónico líder y activista defensor de los inmigrantes, se quita su sombrero de Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice, aunque no para retirarse definitivamente. Quienes lo conocemos sabemos que seguirá impulsando la esquiva reforma migratoria y defendiendo a los inmigrantes desde alguna otra capacidad....
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Mar 13, 2018
America’s Voice today announced the hiring of Pili Tobar as Managing Director. According to Tobar, “As the immigrant community faces an onslaught of attacks from the Trump administration and the President’s Deportation Force, I am glad to have the opportunity to be back on the frontlines. I look forward...
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Meanwhile at DNC, Undocumented Immigrants Take the Stag On Monday night, Governor McCrory and Senator Richard Burr joined Donald Trump on stage for a rally in Winston-Salem, ending months of speculation surrounding their support for him. It is clear now that McCrory and Burr have fully embraced Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda for the...
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Rebecca Adducci and rogue Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in the Cleveland ICE Office are at it again. Luis Nicasio Padilla, of Painesville, is one of countless fathers and mothers in NE Ohio’s vibrant Hispanic community who are being placed into deportation proceedings and ordered summarily removed, with no consideration...
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Boehner’s Comments Sow Confusion; Latino Media, Others Strongly Critical Washington, DC – Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) yesterday threw cold water on the prospects of immigration reform, while managing to sow additional seeds of confusion about his intentions for reform: What We Don’t Know – What Is...
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To Date, House Republicans Defined By Their Only Immigration Vote this Congress – Steve King’s DREAMer Deportation Amendment Washington, DC – Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) saidtoday, that while the House GOP is still trying to figure out a way forward on immigration reform, “We have no...
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Updated September 13, 2013 Republican & Conservative Movement Leaders Support Immigration Reform Since the 2012 election, leading Republican and conservative voices are calling for a new Republican approach to immigration, as evidenced by the following quotes: Republican Elected Officials Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), wrote in an op-ed, “Everybody agrees...
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Nov 28, 2012
Our new post-election scorecard documents how the immigration issue played out in several House and Senate races across the country. Find recaps of the House and Senate races monitored throughout the 2012 cycle, including relevant demographic information, a description of the role immigration played in the campaign, updated information on each race’s outcome, and analysis about what...
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Cross-Posted at Latino Decisions and Latino Vote Matters: The latest impreMedia-Latino Decisions tracking poll released today revealed a continued trend in support for President Obama, and increased dissatisfaction with Republican outreach towards Latino voters, with a possible opening for Romney on his education plan. [Full week 7 results posted...
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