TPS Families Look to Pope as They Grapple with Possible Family Separation and Return to Violent Conditions In an new piece for the Las Vegas Review Journal, reporter Meghin Delaney lifts up the voice of Alessandra Granados, after Granados visited with Pope Francis and plead with him to help... Continue »
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In a new editorial, the Washington Post responds to Trump’s frenzied and cynical exploitation of the caravan. The Post’s editorial is below and available online here. With each passing day, President Trump makes clearer his delight in the political advantage he may extract from the migrant caravan heading north... Continue »
Some influential media observers, such as the Washington Post’s media columnist Margaret Sullivan, have criticized the media for repeating Trump’s lies about immigration and the caravan. As Sullivan wrote in a tweet accompanying her column, “By picking up the language of “caravan crisis” and “onslaught” — and by allowing... Continue »
America’s Voice “La idea es que los latinos salgan a votar para que su voz se escuche” Trump’s Immigration Policy Has Failed. Instead of Changing it, He’s Exploiting It for Political Gain ICYMI: Las Vegas Review Journal, “Las Vegas girl, 15, asks pope’s help to prevent mom’s deportation” Washington... Continue »
The Washington Post editorial board denounced the Trump administration’s evident plans to restart the immoral practice of taking children from their parents at the border. The Washington Post editorial is excerpted below and available in full here: The September numbers have triggered alarms in Washington, and rightly so; it... Continue »
America’s Voice GOP Divide and Distract Ads 2018: In-State Tuition Edition Trump’s Closing Argument is Clear: Play the Race Card in Order to Divide and Distract Voters ICYMI: Juan Escalante, “Democrats Have Only Themselves To Blame For Low Latino Support” Daily Kos: “Reeling on health care, Republicans double down... Continue »
“Like just about everything else in Donald Trump’s career, his immigration strategy is a bankrupt mess” As President Trump tries to whip up a frenzy over border security, immigration and asylum policy, here are three key points to keep in mind: Trump and the GOP own this problem, and... Continue »
America’s Voice Press Advisory: Interfaith Press Conference for a Commitment to Solidarity with Our Immigrant Neighbors This is How You Do It, Democrats The Cruelty, Incompetence and Cynicism of Trump’s Border Strategy Cookie-Cutter Racism: There Are So Many GOP Candidates Running Race-Baiting Ads, They’re Copying Each Other English Wall... Continue »
A Is For America podcast
*** * On this week’s episode of our podcast “A is for America”, we spoke with Daniel Nichanian, who is a fellow at the The Justice Collaborative Engagement Project and a writer at The Appeal. He recently wrote a piece about local cooperation with ICE and all the places where ICE... Continue »
America’s Voice Beto O’Rourke Shows the Way Forward on Immigration Frank Sharry: “Trump’s strategy is clear: stoke fear of immigrants, demand official cruelty, and cynically exploit divisions to score political points” The Guardian: “Republican attack ads echo Trump’s anti-immigration message to whip up fear among supporters” ¿Eso no puede... Continue »