America’s Voice Veteran ICE Agent: “We Seem to be Targeting the Most Vulnerable People, Not the Worst.” State Leaders Join Congressional Democrats to Stand Up for Immigrants Rep. Gallego Joins Environment and Immigration Experts to Condemn House Sneaking in Vote for Wasteful $1.6B Border Wall GOP Candidate Ed Gillespie...
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Laredo City Council votes to join legal fight against SB 4 The Laredo City Council this week voted unanimously to join the lawsuit against SB 4, Texas’ new anti-immigrant law, following a public discussion lasting 2 hours during which 13 members of the public testified. All but two of...
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Earlier this week, we wrote about Nury, a Connecticut mother of four who faced deportation this week after living in the US for more than two decades. After Nury was unable to win a stay of deportation, she took sanctuary in a New Haven church, where her state’s Governor...
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Senator Lindsey Graham framed up the stakes well yesterday, saying: The campaign is over. To the Republican Party, who are we? What do we believe? The moment of reckoning is coming. When they write the history of these times, I’m going to be with these kids. With the futures of...
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Escalante Responds to Dream Act Introduction; Urges Trump to Preserve DACA The following is a statement from Juan Escalante, America’s Voice Community Outreach Manager and a DACA beneficiary, regarding the latest threats to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and yesterday’s introduction of the 2017 Dream Act...
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Yesterday, Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced the Dream Act of 2017, an important piece of legislation that faces an important year, as DACA becomes increasingly threatened and Dreamers face the possibility of deportation. The Dream Act should be a no-brainer: it takes immigrant youth who...
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This week, we have outlined why President Trump needs to keep DACA in place until Congress can enact a permanent legislative solution for Dreamers, particularly as it faces mounting threats by lawmakers and the Trump Administration. Just last month, officials from 10 states, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton,...
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America’s Voice Key Questions as Trump, GOP Face “Moment of Reckoning” Over Future of DACA and Dreamers 20 Attorneys General, Alongside New Economic Data, Emphasize Need for Maintaining DACA Juan Escalante: Will Dreamers’ futures be ‘Made in America?’ On Immigration, John Kelly is No leader, Instead Follows Trump, Sessions...
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Este día los senadores Lindsey Graham (R-SC) y Richard Durbin (D-IL) presentaron la versión del Dream Act de 2017. El líder de la minoría en el Senado, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), así como el senador Jeff Flake (R-AZ) son también copatrocinadores. Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice, dijo: America’s Voice...
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Our stand is clear: President Trump needs to keep DACA in place until Congress can enact a permanent legislative solution for Dreamers. Today, Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Graham (R-SC) stepped up to introduce a bipartisan Dream Act that would be the kind of permanent solution we support. In addition, editorials...
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