America’s Voice GOP Choice on Dreamers Should Be Easy: Pass a Balanced Bipartisan Bill Focused on Dreamers Now; Deal with Broader Immigration Issues in Round Two Sen. Cornyn Again Talks Importance of Protecting Dreamers Pennsylvania Dreamers Share Their Stories As Congress Debates Their Future in the United States Washington...
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DHS Decision for El Salvador Expected Monday A recording of today’s call is available here. Washington, D.C. — On a press call this afternoon, economic experts, faith leaders, and immigrant advocates demanded that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continue the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for El Salvador. Mark Drury, Vice President...
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DHS Decision Expected Monday Please find the advertorial in its entirety HERE. This morning, the Washington Times ran a TPS advertorial focused on industry voices and the urgent need in this country for Salvadoran TPS workers. The piece highlights the fact that TPS is not an open-ended immigration program and also underscores how only...
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As Dreamer-related negotiations take center stage in Washington, DC, the urgency for legislative action is acute. Many Republicans, such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, are trying to advance the false notion that Congress has until March to act for Dreamers. This ignores the fact that nearly 15,000 DACA...
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America’s Voice Ex-DHS Secretaries: Deadline for Dreamer Legislation is Mid-January, Not March Washington Times Advertorial: A Decision By Monday Could Cost America 200,000 Legal Workers Experts Call on DHS to Extend Protections for 200,000 Salvadorans with TPS English Time ‘You Created the Crisis.’ The Fight With President Trump Over...
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In 2017, the Donald Trump Administration implemented and tried to implement dramatic changes to the US immigration system, banning Muslims, attacking immigrant-friendly cities, deporting parents who had lived in the US for decades who had no criminal record, rescinding DACA, refusing to renew TPS, and much more. Contrary to...
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Before the holidays, Congress enacted a stopgap measure to continue federal government funding through January 19. This continuing resolution failed to address the urgent crisis facing Dreamers. Ahead of the upcoming busy weeks of negotiations, here are five key factors driving the Dreamer debate: 1) Dreamers need urgent relief now and Members...
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DHS To Decide Whether to Deport 200k Salvadorans in 6 days An op-ed in the The Hill, authored by Bishop Mark Seitz, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of El Paso, Texas, makes a compelling case for protecting the 200,000 Salvadorans living in this country under Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The piece...
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America’s Voice Five Key Factors Driving the Dreamer Debate Trump on Immigration in 2018: “Expect Nobody to be Spared” The Hill: But what about the children? What happens to the 192,000 US citizen children of Salvadoran TPS parents? Cinco factores clave que impulsan el debate sobre los Dreamers English...
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Dec 27, 2017
This year marked the beginning of the Trump presidency, and while the new Administration spent much of the year stymied by legislative priorities, Donald Trump has been able to remake the US immigration system in alarming and destructive ways. In his first year alone, between mass deporting immigrant mothers...
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