Donald Trump kicked off his 2016 presidential campaign by descending the escalators of Trump Tower and calling Mexicans criminals and “rapists.” But as he has done throughout the past decade, Trump has found new lows to dehumanize communities. During a campaign stop in Ohio in mid-March in support of...
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Donald Trump kicked off his 2016 presidential campaign by descending the escalators of Trump Tower and calling Mexicans criminals and “rapists.” But as he has done throughout the past decade, Trump has found new lows to dehumanize communities. During a campaign stop in Ohio in mid-March in support of...
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Washington, DC — Yesterday, at a Michigan roundtable and a Wisconsin rally, Donald Trump offered a dark, dangerous, and false portrayal of immigrants and immigration, continuing his relentless focus on immigration as a core plank of his strategy for regaining the presidency and delegitimizing the democratic process. According to...
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Washington, DC — In an in-depth piece for CNN, Ron Brownstein notes the critical role that Latinos will play in deciding the 2024 presidential election. Titled “The unexpected dynamic that could decide the Trump-Biden rematch,” Brownstein writes: “Under any scenario, Trump in 2024 will receive the vast majority of...
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Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: Joe Biden’s statement last week to Latino voters in Phoenix, Arizona reflects what’s on the line in what is...
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Washington, DC — Now in full general-election mode, both the Biden and Trump campaigns have released dueling ads seeking to define the other on immigration and place the issue at the center of the 2024 election. Megan Lebowitz detailed the strategies for NBC, writing: “The Biden campaign and a...
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Washington, DC — With both Donald Trump and Joe Biden officially moving into general election mode, the salience and politics of immigration remain a major campaign focus. Below are a few key developments and commentaries from recent days, capturing the important stakes and contrasts and a reminder that what...
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Washington, DC – Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: This week, President Joe Biden requested $4.7 billion in contingency funds from Congress if migrant crossings exceed a certain...
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Washington, DC — With immigration policy and politics remaining a dominant topic in the news, below are several key developments and assessments to our eyes from the past few days: Senator Katie Britt’s xenophobic lies and demagoguery: The SOTU response by Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) – already widely panned...
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Washington, DC — Below is a column by Maribel Hastings from America’s Voice en Español translated to English from Spanish. It ran in several Spanish-language media outlets earlier this week: This Super Tuesday put Donald Trump steps away from the official Republican presidential nomination although, for all practical intents,...
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