Vanessa Cárdenas: “Just because the so-called target is immigrants, we cannot ignore the danger and threat it represents to our democracy.” Washington, DC — This week, many have highlighted Donald Trump’s outsized role in scuttling the Senate’s immigration and border bill for cynical political reasons. Fewer have noticed Trump’s...
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In the lead up to the New Hampshire GOP primary, we saw headlines like this from ABC News: “Immigration, the economy and foreign policy could decide the New Hampshire primary.” After seeing exit polls, FOX News reported, “Immigration is a top issue for Republicans across the country, and that...
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Washington, DC — As America’s Voice has been highlighting, the ongoing standoff between Texas and the federal government over access to the southern border is causing right wing figures and Republican elected officials to escalate their dangerous incitement to violence and rebellion and their reliance on white nationalist conspiracies...
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Vanessa Cárdenas: “We cannot be desensitized and normalize calls to arms or rebellion against federal authorities and then act surprised if and when unhinged followers again take very seriously what these elected officials and media figures are calling for” Washington, DC — Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling...
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Following the Supreme Court decision allowing the Biden administration to remove razor wiring installed by Texas to injure migrants at the Rio Grande, former Fox News host and “great replacement” theory promoter Tucker Carlson issued a disturbing and dangerous call for racist vigilantism at the border. In a message...
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Just days after Texas Governor Greg Abbott publicly lamented that the state couldn’t shoot and kill migrants on sight at the southern border, a woman and two children tragically drowned while attempting to cross the Rio Grande into the state. They lost their lives just off an area of...
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Indicted former president Donald Trump continues to lash out with the racist “birther” lie – but this time the ugly vitriol reaches new lows and is directed at a GOP opponent who was once a member of his administration. Trump took to his Truth Social account earlier this month...
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Washington, DC — Texas under Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) has been relentless in their anti-immigrant focus, both politically and substantively. Texas is challenging federal supremacy over immigration and border control and going to new lengths to assert the Governor’s role in the national GOP spiral towards extremism. Three developments...
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Washington, DC —The three leading Republican presidential contenders are openly calling for the mass- purge of all undocumented immigrants from the country – including the population of long-settled immigrants who are living, contributing and raising families in the U.S.. While we have documented the Republican Party’s ongoing descent into...
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Washington, DC — As the House Homeland Security Committee holds their latest hearing in their effort to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, many observers are rightfully pointing out how the sham impeachment effort is driven by politics and fails as a matter of constitutional law. Additionally, as America’s Voice...
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