Antes de la votación en el Congreso en torno a los refugiados sirios, Frank Sharry, director ejecutivo de America’s Voice, dijo lo siguiente: “Esta semana, los congresistas se enfrentarán al momento de la verdad. Los republicanos de ambas cámaras propondrán una legislación cuyo propósito es detener el reasentamiento de...
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As the Son of a Holocaust Survivor and a Legal Advocate for Syrian Refugees, David Leopold Reminds Us What’s at Stake for Millions of Families Abroad and the Values this Country Was Founded Upon As the fearmongering and intolerance towards Syrian refugees grows, starting on the Republican right but...
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Ahead of coming congressional votes on Syrian refugee issues, Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice issued the following statement: “This week members of Congress will confront a moment of truth. Republicans in both chambers will be bringing up legislation whose intent is to halt the resettlement of refugees...
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As some Republican Presidential candidates for office — notably led by Donald Trump and Ted Cruz — are wasting no time exploiting the recent tragedy in Paris, a growing chorus of U.S. leaders are calling out GOP-led fearmongering and instead urging leaders and the nation to welcome refugees. Senators Robert Menendez and...
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Republicans in Congress and on the campaign trail are using the terrorist attack on Paris to attempt to enact new immigration and refugee restrictions in the United States. Donald Trump and Rep. Steve King (R-IA), two of the men most responsible for the Republican Party’s anti-immigration platform, are leading the charge...
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Once Again, Facts Fall Victim to Fear and Hysteria Voices across the political spectrum are pushing back on the anti-refugee ugliness on display from some politicians. According to Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s Voice Education Fund: “We need to make policies based on facts, not fear. America prides itself on...
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Nov 16, 2015
¿Qué efecto tendrán los ataques terroristas de París sobre la contienda presidencial 2016 en Estados Unidos y sobre cómo se aborde el tema migratorio? Quizá aquí comience a separarse la paja del trigo, particularmente en el bando republicano, para determinar quién tiene madera de líder y no de payaso....
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Nov 13, 2015
Immigration became a big point of discussion during last night’s Republican debate, a discussion that Marco Rubio was able to avoid. Despite Rubio’s pivotal role in the “Gang of 8” Senate bill in 2013 and his subsequent reversal, he wasn’t asked about immigration by the debate moderators. Rubio, however,...
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Workers Defense in Action PAC organized an historic gathering in Austin, Texas yesterday, where former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley became the first 2016 Presidential candidate to meet with an immigrant family for “DAPA Dinner.” The Ramirez family — consisting of several DACA-recipient children, a U.S. citizen child, and DAPA-eligible...
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Donald Trump’s repeated praise of one of the darkest moments in modern American history — a 1954 mass roundup and expulsion of hundreds of thousands of immigrants to Mexico, known by the hugely offensive name of “Operation Wetback” — has drawn widespread criticism from journalists, legal scholars, and opinion...
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