Today, on the House floor, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez spoke “about some of the Chicago-area high school students he has met with in recent weeks. In particular, he spoke of the sense he gets from them that they are being motivated to register and vote because of Donald Trump. Standing...
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Yesterday, America’s Voice hosted a press call that included activists in Iowa who were concerned about today’s Trump event at West High School in Sioux City, Iowa. They were concerned that Trump’s bullying behavior and anti-immigrant rhetoric. From NBC’s Suzann Gamboa: Students and residents are circulating a petition to...
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Frank Sharry: The GOP Is On Course to Create A Turbo-Charged Version Of The 2012 Cycle That Could Make The Republicans’ Past Problems With Latino Voters Look Quaint Washington, DC – Republicans, you have a problem. Your candidates and your party are indeed building a wall – between Latino...
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Washington, DC – On a press call this afternoon, community leaders and immigration advocates highlighted how Donald Trump’s explicitly anti-immigrant and anti-Latino campaign is fostering a toxic climate with real life consequences. A Trump rally and event held in Miami this past weekend offered the latest disturbing reminder of...
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By allowing Donald Trump use of West High School in Sioux City, Iowa for a campaign rally tomorrow, Superintendent Paul Gausman is ignoring “his own anti-bullying policies for the sake of politics,” say students and local community leaders. “Many students and their families believe that the district’s bullying policy...
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After learning that Donald Trump is set make an appearance at a local Sioux City high school, nearly 1,000 community members have joined together to send a clear message to the Sioux City Community School District Superintendent: Trump’s hateful speech should have no place in our schools. “Most schools...
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It’s been almost two months since Donald “The Hispanics Love Me” Trump infamously deported journalist and Mexican immigrant Jorge Ramos from an Iowa press conference (with Ramos facing even more attacks from a Trump supporter once outside, too). Now, in a return campaign visit to the state yesterday, the...
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As we have noted, the Republican Party is currently engaged in a relentless assault on immigrants – in the courts, in Congress, and on the 2016 campaign trail. Every major 2016 Republican presidential candidate has moved further to the right on immigration policy and politics than before. While polling frontrunners Donald Trump...
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Yesterday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) joined the growing number of voices calling on SNL to drop Donald Trump from hosting the show on November 7th. In addition to statements given on the House floor, Rep. Gutierrez issued a strongly worded letter to the Presidents of Comcast and NBC Universal, writing: “Having Donald Trump as a guest...
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Times are tough for the anti-immigrant groups. Donald Trump has become the leading voice for that crowd with his calls for mass-deportation. So, they’re desperate for attention and relevance. Outside of extreme anti-immigration circles, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), one of the organizations created by white nationalist John...
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