Down the line, the Republican presidential field is moving further to the right on immigration policy and politics. While polling frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson have offered the most chilling and explicitly anti-immigrant paeans to the nativist wing of the party, even supposedly pro-reform candidates like Senator Marco...
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Sep 22, 2015
Please note the following column was translated from Spanish to English and is available for reprint as long as the author is given proper credit. This column is available in Spanish here. This has been described as Pope Francis’s most political trip, and rightly so. In his first stop, on...
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Two new studies underscore the gulf between the actual immigrant experience in America and the one often portrayed by Republicans on the 2016 campaign trail and in Congress. The studies, from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), also show how immigration policy changes can...
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America’s Voice Will Be Covering the Pope’s Visit to the United States in Both English and Spanish Follow Along @AmericasVoice, @TUSK81 and @MaribelHastings America’s Voice will be covering the papal visit to the United States this week in both English and Spanish (see here for a full twitter list of...
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What impact does your birth certificate have on your daily life? For undocumented immigrants in Texas, birth certificates are becoming a nightmare – as they struggle to secure a document that would allow their newborns to take advantage of vital services. The issue is not a new one, but...
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Online Tool from America’s Voice Highlights the Ugly Consequences of the #TrumpEffect As we’ve noted previously, the Republican Party’s anti-immigrant rhetoric—with Donald Trump at the helm—is bleeding into civil society to a dangerous effect. By making hateful statements and promoting radical policies, Trump has encouraged others to speak –...
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In Midst of Ugly Anti-Immigrant Demagoguery by GOP Candidates, Immigrant Women Pilgrimaging to DC Inject Refreshing Dose of Morality into Immigration Debate As the GOP candidates continue to fill the airwaves with xenophobic rhetoric and anti-immigrant demagoguery, a courageous group of immigrant women is showing leadership in ways the...
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Devastating Loss of Latino Vote in CA 2010 Senate Race Was Even Worse Than Romney’s Total The consensus takeaway from last night’s Republican presidential debate is that Carly Fiorina was the big winner, perhaps emerging as the leading alternative to frontrunner Donald Trump. Yet when it comes to Fiorina’s...
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According to estimates, there are about 13.3 million permanent residents living in the United States today — and nearly nine million of them are eligible to become citizens. Today, President Obama, in conjunction with non-profit group Civic Nation, launched the “Stand Stronger” Citizenship Awareness campaign, an effort to encourage...
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Ahead of tonight’s Republican presidential debate, a range of observers are echoing some of our key assessments about the role of immigration in the 2016 contest: the dangerous and radical notions advanced by Donald Trump; the contrasts between the current field and Ronald Reagan on immigration; and the long-term...
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