America’s Voice Mario Carrillo: Those from the Border Should Be Represented When We’re Talking About Wall New Poll: By 52-33% Margin, Americans Blame Trump/GOP for Government Shutdown over the Border Wall National Security and Immigration Policy Experts Address Trump’s Falsehoods and Plea for a Border Wall After a Speech...
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It Has More to Do With Unprecedented Increases in Detention and Deportation of Children Seeking Safety The Trump border wall policy was never a serious one and still isn’t. It was started as a “mnemonic device” created by political consultants for candidate Trump to talk tough on immigration. With the...
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In anticipation of Trump’s speech later tonight, elected officials and immigration experts are readily available to press to fact check and discuss the administration’s unconscionable attempts to use taxpayer money to build an unpopular border wall for a self-manufactured border crisis. For interview requests, please contact press@americasvoice.org Representative Veronica Escobar (TX-16): Rep....
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Another Attempt to Usurp the Power of Congress The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an emergency as, “an unforeseen combination of circumstances…that calls for immediate action.” Yes, there are issues at the border that require attention. But they are not new. They are not unforeseen. And they certainly do not require...
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Yesterday, Haitian immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), attorneys, and community allies told a federal judge that Trump administration’s termination of Haitian TPS was founded in discrimination against people of color and immigrants. Plaintiffs argue that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) disregarded clear evidence of housing and food...
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It seems increasingly likely that President Trump will declare “a national emergency” as a pretext to seize military funding for his border wall. The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice in response. There is a national emergency and it is called the presidency...
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America’s Voice What is a National Emergency? And Why Trump’s Threat to Declare One is a Racist Political Stunt Trump’s Manufactured “National Emergency” “Hay una emergencia nacional y se llama Presidencia de Donald Trump” ICYMI: First Day Of New Trial Further Exposes Trump’s Racism in Ending TPS for 59,000...
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Federal trial begins to protect more than 50,000 Haitian immigrants and their families from losing immigration status Brooklyn, NY — Haitian immigrants affected by the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), along with Haitian community members, elected officials, faith and labor leaders and immigration advocates spoke out about...
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If your head hurts and the government shutdown over a border wall strikes you as the theatre of the absurd, you are not alone. As much as Trump and his enablers put on straight faces and make serious-sounding arguments, this entire exercise has to do with Trump’s political brand,...
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Families Prepare For Their Temporary Protected Status To Expire and Subsequent Forced Deportation If Congress Does Not Act In an article for the New York Times, Julie Scharper gives voice to the uncertainty and worry of Ruth Ayala and Tomas Guevara, Temporary Protected Status holders whose legal status was...
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