On January 3rd, the Trump administration decided to extend but not redesignate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Yemen for another 18 months for nearly 1,500 TPS holders. While the extension is a welcome reprieve for Yemeni TPS holders already here in the U.S., the status only extends to current... Continue »
English Reuters Mexico Rejects U.S. Proposal to Send Mexican Asylum Seekers to Guatemala January 07, 2020 Reuters U.S. Implements Plan to Send Mexican Asylum Seekers to Guatemala By Mica Rosenberg and Ted Hesson January 06, 2020 The New York Times Mexican Asylum Seekers Could Now Be Deported to Guatemala... Continue »
English YubaNet Trump Winery Fires Undocumented Workers — After Harvest Season January 05, 2020 The New York Times U.S. Stops Dozens of Iranian-Americans Returning From Canada By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Mike Baker and Mariel Padilla January 05, 2020 Politico Border stops for people of Iranian descent spark outrage By Lauren... Continue »
America’s Voice “I Feel Betrayed, To Be Honest” – U.S. Army Intelligence Officer’s Mother Deported to Mexico Despite Public Outcry English Washington Times Julian Castro ends presidential bid after missing recent debates By Seth McLaughlin January 02, 2020 U.S. News & World Report States of Hate By Susan Milligan... Continue »
America’s Voice Trump Winery Fires Undocumented Workers — AFTER Harvest Season English CBS Program to expedite deportations of asylum-seekers at border expands By Camilo Montoya-Galvez December 31, 2019 The New York Times Firings at Trump Property Cap Year of Purging Undocumented Workers By Mike Baker December 31, 2019 The... Continue »
Congress Must Also Work to Pass Permanent Protections for Hundreds of Thousands of TPS Holders in Limbo The following is a statement from Pili Tobar, Deputy Director of America’s Voice, on the passage of a long awaited measure within the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that includes an amendment... Continue »
English Reuters Guatemala Considers Taking Mexican Asylum Seekers Under U.S. Plan: Official December 19, 2019 USA Today ‘These people are profitable’: Under Trump, private prisons are cashing in on ICE detainees December 19, 2019 USA Today Deaths in custody. Sexual violence. Hunger strikes. What we uncovered inside ICE facilities... Continue »
Rafael Bernal at The Hill reports that in the wake of the recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee report released by Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-NJ), organizations from around the country have signed a letter urging Chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) to hold investigative hearings on the allegations surrounding the Trump... Continue »
America’s Voice Ante el muro infranqueable del asilo Tennessee: A Red State Keeps Door Open to Refugees ICYMI: Organizations Nationwide Send Letter to SFRC Chairman Risch Calling For Hearings On Explosive TPS Report Immigration: Decade in Review English Associated Press Administration seeks to bar convicted immigrants from asylum By... Continue »
English Reuters Trump Administration May Not Hit 2020 Border Wall Goal, Official Says By Ted Hesson December 17, 2019 The Wall Street Journal House Approves Spending Bills, in Effort to Avoid Shutdown By Andrew Duehren December 17, 2019 Politico Hispanic Caucus, progressives revolt on border funding bill By Sarah... Continue »