With Two Bipartisan, Centrist Proposals to Choose From, Portman Still Found a Way to Get to No Cleveland, OH – The U.S. Senate wrapped up its debate on immigration today, and once again failed to advance a solution for America’s Dreamers. Senator Brown voted in favor of two bipartisan amendments that would have...
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…as well as to three other Senate immigration votes The Senate voted on four immigration amendments today, and all four failed to clear the 60-vote hurdle to pass out of Congress’ upper chamber. Two of the proposals, McCain-Coons and Rounds-King, would have provided a path to citizenship for 1.8...
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The Senate is debating immigration legislation this week, and everything from cutting legal immigration to increasing deportations appears to be on the table. What Senators should be focusing on is passing the Dream Act. Since Donald Trump ended the deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) program last fall, hundreds...
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The following is America’s Voice vote recommendations ahead of today’s Senate votes on immigration: The choice before us is binary: vote for or against. At the end of today, the Senate will have approved a bill to put Dreamers on a path to citizenship or not. We encourage Senators...
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Donald Trump the candidate — when he wasn’t busy running on white nationalism — claimed to be a ‘business president’ with unique insights on how to boost the economy. “I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created,” he boasted. Yet in the last year, Trump has...
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America’s Voice Senator Brown Shows Leadership and Character on Dreamer Legislation, While Senator Portman Delivers “Slap in the Face” Twitter Reacts to Trump’s Huge Immigration Vote Loss Frank Sharry: “America is better than this, even if President Trump isn’t” Without Dream Act, One of First DACA PhDs Will Be...
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Today was Valentine’s Day as well as Ash Wednesday, and supporters across the country took time to send messages #toImmigrantsWithLove. A project of Fwd.us, United Farm Workers, UFW Foundation, and others, immigrants and non-immigrants alike took the time to thank parents, friends, neighbors, and strangers for the sacrifices they’ve...
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America’s Voice Calling out Trump and GOP’s Immigration Blame Game and Larger Motivations Must-See: Sen. Menendez Rips Into GOP Attacks on Families, American Values, Urges Focus on Solution for Dreamers – “Undocumented Americans” ICYMI: End of TPS Creates Fear, Anxiety for Medford’s Haitian Community PHOTOS: Supporters Send Messages #ToImmigrantsWithLove...
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America’s Voice Frank Sharry: “Los extremistas del Partido Republicano usan un lenguaje depurado para encubrir el horrible hedor de su radical y, sí, racista agenda” Frank Sharry: “GOP hardliners are using sanitized language to cover up the ugly smell of a radical and, yes, racist agenda” English New York...
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“I felt more substantial, having DACA” “I’m afraid I’ll have to be an ‘alien’ in a country I don’t know” Cleveland, OH – Dreamers from Dayton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Findlay, Lorain, and across Ohio are available this week for media interviews about the U.S. Senate immigration debate. Sara Hamdi is a...
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