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 — Several must-read columns underscore the growing dangers posed by Elon Musk and other right-wing actors and Republicans’ mainstreaming of the “replacement theory” and related conspiracies. Beyond the connections to white nationalism and the ugly anti-immigrant tone – and the attempt by the State of Texas to...
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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: Donald Trump and his campaign tried to clarify that when he said there will be a “bloodbath” if he...
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Washington, DC — Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s rants made clear what’s at stake for our democracy and the way he intends to weaponize immigration and related fears, lies, and conspiracies to pursue power. Contained within his ever-escalating attacks to dehumanize and make targets of immigrants are clearer and...
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Washington, DC — On Thursday, the Republican-controlled House will take up a bill to politicize the tragic murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. While the legislation puts a series of unwarranted and unhelpful legal requirements on state, local, and federal officials that will not improve public safety, the...
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One thing we know about 2024 is that Republicans, with no record of accomplishment to campaign on, intend to make scapegoating immigrants their top issue. America’s Voice Senior Research Director Zachary Mueller recently told Kerry Eleveld at Daily Kos that he expects Republicans to make another “massive investment” in...
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Washington, DC — Immigration and border issues have been front and center in the news recently, especially an array of developments and events in Texas yesterday. Below find our take on three key developments – our read on the importance of the preliminary injunction against Texas’s SB4 and its...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “The way in which the GOP, led by Trump, is using this tragic event for political gain is revolting.” Washington, DC — Donald Trump’s campaign has released a new video that mixes in comments from his infamous 2015 campaign kick-off speech – in which he said Mexico...
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Last week, there was a tragic murder in Athens, Georgia. A young woman, Laken Riley, was killed and the suspect charged with murder, Jose Antonio Ibarr, is a recently arrived migrant from Venezuela. This was a horrific crime. Unfortunately, Republicans and right-wing media are exploiting this horrific murder in...
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Last weekend, CPAC held its marquee annual convention in the Washington DC suburbs, which provided a clear snapshot of the GOP messaging heading into the next election. A telling NBC News headline captured the Republican Party in 2024: “Nazis mingle openly at CPAC, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding...
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