When three-quarters of all immigrants in the United States are women and children, women and mothers know that it’s ultimately our families who keep paying the human cost of our nation’s broken immigration system. It’s perhaps the main reason why 100 immigrant women, along with their supporters, will walk...
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Here’s more of that “Trump Effect” in action. Today, Chris Christie — fresh off a rocky debate performance, where even a visibly-irritated Rand Paul rolled his eyes at the candidate — told right-wing radio host and noted xenophobe Laura Ingraham that we should “reexamine” the 14th Amendment, which grants...
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From hotel resorts to golf courses to a private 757 jet (Hair Force One?), there’s no denying Donald Trump has been a successful moneymaker (“I’m really rich,” he once boasted, though the exact figure remains up for dispute). But for all his business acumen, you gotta wonder why Trump’s sole immigration...
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RNC Chair Reince Priebus’s 2012 post-mortem report following Mitt Romney’s obliteration seemed pretty clear in its message to Republicans: We must pass immigration reform if we’re going to make amends with the Latino voters who defeated us, and we must pass it now. “We must embrace and champion comprehensive...
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One small piece of plastic is drastically improving the lives of undocumented immigrants who call California and Nebraska home. In California — home to nearly three million undocumented immigrants, or about 25% of the nation’s undocumented population — 443,000 undocumented immigrants have received driver’s licenses under new state law, and...
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A continuación la declaración del director ejecutivo de America’s Voice, Frank Sharry, en torno a la discusión del tema migratorio en el debate republicano en Cleveland, Ohio: “Para un Partido Republicano que tiene que ampliar su acercamiento hacia los votantes latinos, asiáticos e inmigrantes, anoche tuvo lugar un recordatorio...
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Out of Touch on Policy, Politics and Public Opinion During the main debate last night, immigration was one of the top issues. Here’s our take. Here’s what leading Republican candidates had to say about immigration last night: Donald Trump: “…we need, Jeb, to build a wall, we need to keep illegals out.”...
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Earlier tonight, Fox News aired the first Republican debate in Ohio, featuring ten leading Presidential candidates, including Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, and Marco Rubio. As many speculated, immigration was a huge topic of discussion, and many immigration advocates gathered at watch parties across the country to view the debate together....
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Wondering where to watch the GOP Debate in Cleveland tonight? There are limited online options if you don’t have a cable subscription with Fox News, but we have you covered! The main event will be broadcasted live from Cleveland at 9 p.m. ET on FOX News Channel and it...
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Pass the popcorn for the first GOP debate tonight, beginning at 9PM EST. With the Donald Trump in first place, who knows what’s going to happen — and we can’t wait! Here at America’s Voice, we’ll be participating in the online discussion via Twitter and so we’ve created a cheat sheet...
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