The following is a reaction from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice Education Fund, on the Senate Judiciary Hearing on border security this afternoon: This past March, we joined 130 allied organizations and Senator Durbin in asking the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration to...
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This Wednesday and Thursday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly will testify before House and Senate appropriations subcommittees about the Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request for DHS. On immigration, the Trump budget seeks billions of dollars to expand its mass deportation force and policy, including: $1.6...
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Austin, TX – Following the passage of Texas SB4, the virulently anti-civil rights, anti-immigrant, and anti-public safety legislation, America’s Voice, a national pro-immigrant advocacy organization, has hired Mario Carrillo as the Texas State Director to help amplify the efforts of Texas-based advocacy groups to push back against SB4. Mario will work...
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America’s Voice America’s Voice Hires Texas State Director Mario Carrillo to Fight Anti-Immigrant Laws and Policies On Heels of Trump Budget Release, Three Questions for DHS Secretary John Kelly at House and Senate Hearings America’s Voice Education Fund Comments on Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing: “Building America’s Trust Through Border...
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La semana pasada ICE anunció que en los primeros 100 días del gobierno de Trump la cantidad de arrestos de inmigrantes indocumentados se incrementó en 38%. Una forma efectiva en que este gobierno está elevando sus cifras de deportación tiene que ver con el hecho de que persigue a...
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Last week, ICE announced that in the first 100 days of the Trump Administration arrests of undocumented immigrants increased by 38%. A key way the Trump Administration is running up its deportation numbers involves going after the undocumented immigrants who are easiest to find – those who have been...
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Si bien es cierto que la pesquisa del fiscal especial, Robert Mueller, exdirector de la Oficina Federal de Investigaciones (FBI) –nombrado para investigar si la campaña de Donald Trump y Rusia confabularon durante las elecciones presidenciales de 2016–, apenas arranca y es imposible predecir en qué resultará, al menos...
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The FBI is helping police in Maryland determine whether the stabbing death of a visiting black student on Saturday was a hate crime. University of Maryland Police Chief David Mitchell said during a press conference Saturday that he sought the help of federal investigators after discovering Sean Urbanski, the...
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America’s Voice “Silent Raids” Across America: ICE Turning Routine Check-ins Into Deportations ¿Quiénes serán los verdaderos “bad hombres”? “Redadas silenciosas” en todo el país; ICE convierte las citas de rutina en deportaciones English Homeland Security Today Out Of 40,000 Illegals Arrested By ICE Since January, 75 Percent Are Convicted...
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Here’s a roundup of what happened in this week in Texas and the resistance to SB 4: Gov. Greg Abbott’s claims that Hispanics have nothing to fear from SB 4 are rebuked This week in Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott tried to argue that people who haven’t done anything wrong...
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