America’s Voice Big Issues, Core Values, and Grassroots Organizing: Taking Stock of Andrew Gillum’s Victory and Implications A Toddler’s Death Following Family Detention As Family Separation Crisis Looms, TPS Holders and Their Families Fight to Stay Together in California ICYMI: Frank Wilkinson: “The Political Uses of Murder” Help us...
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“I was routinely mocked in a Spanish accent.” On “several occasions, racial slurs were used against me or I was made fun of for being Hispanic,” said Joe Gomez this week of his tenure being the only Latino employee at the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). The...
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Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Holders Continue on Their Mission to Advocate for Keeping Their Families Together TPS Expiration Dates: Sudan, 11/2/2018 Nicaragua, 1/5/2019 Nepal, 6/24/2019 Haiti, 7/22/2019 El Salvador, 9/9/2019 Honduras, 1/5/2020 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and immigration advocates on the TPS caravan “Journey for Justice” made a...
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On Monday, the Washington Post published an editorial, “ICE is sending Mauritanians back to modern-day slavery.” The opinion piece is as clear and condemning as its title. The piece begins: THE WEST AFRICAN nation of Mauritania is known for its poets, for its reserves of gold — and...
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To honor Senator McCain’s life and legacy, America’s Voice en Español Director Maribel Hastings penned the following column, originally published in Univision and translated by Lynn Tramonte. As Hastings laments, “Now that the immigrant community, their citizen and permanent resident relatives, and activists who support them are under an...
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America’s Voice Rep. Will Hurd Votes With Donald Trump 95% of the Time ICYMI from NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson: “Frustration with Racism is Coming to the Ballot Box” TPS Caravan “Journey for Justice” Takes Nationwide Tour to San Francisco ICYMI: WaPo Editorial: “ICE is sending Mauritanians back...
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Cleveland, OH — On Monday, the Washington Post published an editorial, “ICE is sending Mauritanians back to modern-day slavery,” that is as clear and condemning as its title. The piece begins: THE WEST AFRICAN nation of Mauritania is known for its poets, for its reserves of gold — and...
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On August 15, Lee Francis Cissna, the director of the U.S. Immigration and Citizenship Services (USCIS), sat down for a press event with the hate group Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), which was founded by white nationalist John Tanton. One might ask what the head of a major government...
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“The Trump Administration is prioritizing deportation over human life” Cleveland, OH — Unions, faith organizations, and Mauritanian community leaders–among others–sent a letter to members of the Ohio congressional delegation today, expressing deep concern about the deportation of long-term Ohio residents to Mauritania, a country that is unable to protect...
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Ending TPS for Hundreds of Thousands of People Sets Stage for Next Family Separation Crisis In a broadcasted segment by News 12 Hudson Valley, a New York family with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) tells their struggle with the possible separation of their family as a result of the Trump...
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