Enacting a path to citizenship for immigrants will be a powerful rebuke to right-wing xenophobia Republicans and right-wing media are increasingly promoting dangerous xenophobic tropes that put a target on the backs of immigrants. GOP leaders are deploying the incendiary term “invasion,” pushing the racist “replacement theory,” and...
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Vote recommendations From America’s Voice Today, the Senate considers amendments to the bipartisan infrastructure package. Reportedly, at least two Republican amendments will attempt to add additional immigration-related measures to the legislation. One, offered by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), would require contractors to use the flawed E-Verify employment verification...
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Jul 30, 2021
President, Democratic leaders come together to fight for citizenship legislation this year on a Democrats-only 51-vote vehicle Momentum keeps building for pathways to citizenship to be enacted in Congress this year through a Democrats-only 51-vote vehicle. Yesterday, the President and the Vice-President reiterated their commitment to delivering citizenship...
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Washington, DC – Hoy la Casa Blanca dio a conocer su estrategia para abordar el origen de la migración forzada desde Centroamérica. Es un elemento crucial del plan de acción de Biden en torno a la inmigración. Compartimos a continuación un comunicado de Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s...
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New polling from Data for Progress finds that the citizenship proposals to be included by Senate Democrats in their human infrastructure package are overwhelmingly popular with Democrats, Independents and Republicans. The question asked: “Do you support or oppose legislation that would create an earned path to citizenship for undocumented...
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Frank Sharry: “Democrats stand with the majority of Americans and should lean in to deliver immigration solutions that reflect our shared values and national interests.” Washington, DC – New immigration polling from Gallup finds that over the past quarter century Americans have become increasingly pro-immigrant. The new poll finds:...
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Jul 22, 2021
Democrats, recognizing the urgency of the moment, prepare to blow past bad-faith Republicans to deliver citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, farm workers and other essential workers The momentum is building. Vice-President Kamala Harris meets today with directly-impacted immigrants and leading immigrant advocates in the White House. Yesterday, in...
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Washington, DC – Compartimos a continuación la reacción de Frank Sharry, Director Ejecutivo de America’s Voice, al fallo en torno a DACA del juez de distrito de Texas, Andrew Hanen: “DACA pende de un hilo. Las vidas de los jóvenes inmigrantes que son estadounidenses en todo el sentido de la...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, reacting to the DACA ruling by Texas Judge Andrew Hanen: DACA is hanging by a thread. The lives of young immigrants who are American in all but paperwork are under severe legal threat. It’s only a...
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The perfected art of delay, obfuscate and blame Washington, DC – As leading Democrats from across the party express their support for the inclusion of pathways to citizenship in the budget agreement, Senator John Cornyn and Republicans are reacting in their predictable ways. Senator Cornyn tells CNN the following...
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