America’s Voice Is Attorney General Sessions Turning What Should Be Impartial and Independent Immigration Judges into His Personal Deportation Force? Women’s Refugee Commission Joins Ohio Legal and Pediatric Experts to Discuss the Southern Border Refugee Situation About Last Night’s Elections A Ongoing Timeline of Trump’s Separation of Families Dara...
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Biram Dah Abeid Arrested by Government One Day After The Atlantic Runs Story About Black Mauritanians Facing Deportation, Fearing Slavery Columbus, OH — Not much is known about the arrest of prominent anti-slavery leader Biram Dah Abeid in Mauritania yesterday, but this is not the first time he has...
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University Professor and Students Detail Problems with Trump’s Termination of TPS for Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants In an opinion piece for the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, Dr. David Leblang and students explain various issues with Trump’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of hard...
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After separating nearly 3,000 kids from their parents, a federal judge stepped in and ordered the Trump administration to reunite them. Nearly two weeks after the court-ordered deadline, 572 children remain traumatized, in federal custody and with little evidence the administration is interested in reuniting them. For more than...
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Frank Sharry: “another dangerous, desperate and cynical strategy aimed at kicking immigrants out of America and keeping Republicans in power” This morning, NBC News’ Julia Ainsley exposed the latest frontier in Stephen Miller and Donald Trump’s war on the American idea: a proposal that would use new “public charge”...
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America’s Voice New Poll: Nation’s Most Competitive Races May Hinge on Trump’s Racism ¿Operación orfanato? A menos que el gobierno de Trump se responsabilice de reunificar a todas las familias, cientos de niños que retuvo quedarán huérfanos Arrest of Anti-Slavery Leader in Mauritania Shows Danger Ohio Immigrants Face if...
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The following is a response from Juan Escalante, Communications Director of America’s Voice and DACA recipient, on Sessions’ statement regarding Judge Bates’ ruling from Friday on DACA: As an ardent opponent of DACA, it is unsurprising that Attorney General Jeff Sessions would use his anti-immigrant perch at the Department...
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On Friday, U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw strongly condemned the Trump administration’s attempt to shirk its own culpability and responsibility in the ongoing family separation scandal as well as its ludicrous attempt to make the ACLU responsible for the reunification of children with parents who have already been deported....
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***MEDIA ADVISORY*** TODAY, August 8th 12:15pm ET DIAL IN: 877-876-9177 PASSCODE: “REFUGEE” PRESS CALL: The Southern Border Refugee Situation, Explained Dr. Robert Needlman, Ohio Attorneys, National Experts Unpack Policies, Impacts, & Alternatives to Family Separation The Women’s Refugee Commission will join Ohio legal and health experts on a conference...
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In a column for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch unsparingly criticizes the Trump administration for its lack of compassion, its lack of competency, and the lack of accountability for the officials responsible for the cruel and continuing separation of kids from their parents. Below are key excerpts from Bunch’s...
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