DEMS’ POSITIVE VISION FOR AMERICA This week’s Democratic National Convention featured a hopeful and optimistic view of what America can be, on immigration and beyond, that stands in stark contrast to the “send them back now” chants and “mass deportation now” signs at the RNC. In her stirring remarks,...
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A WEEK OF CONTRASTING VISIONS ON IMMIGRATION America’s Voice spent the week pointing out the ways the two competing presidential campaigns differ on immigration, while noting the vulnerabilities that the opponents of immigration are facing. Vice President Harris and her new running mate, Gov. Walz, held rallies over the...
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AMERICA’S VOICE WELCOMES WALZ AS VP CHOICE This week, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz, a former high school teacher and congressman currently in his second term as governor has helped usher in a progressive agenda that benefits all working Minnesota...
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TRUMP AT THE NABJ: ‘THIS IS WHO HE IS. THIS IS WHO HE WILL BE’ GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s offensive appearance at a conference of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) dominated follow-up news coverage this week. Of note and worth specific mention was the way the...
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AMERICA’S VOICE REACTS TO BIDEN-HARRIS ANNOUNCEMENT On Sunday, July 21, President Biden announced that he was withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President. In bilingual statements, America’s Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas thanked the president for his years...
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View this as a video here. THAT WAS A WEEK! Political violence, a VP nomination, a convention loaded with lies, disinformation, and incitements to violence, a major political party chanting in unison “Send Them Home,” and a long (longest) rambling speech by the number one opponent of immigration; those...
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Watch a recap video of this listicle on TikTok FOCUS ON DESTRUCTIVE MASS DEPORTATION “The right wing continues outlining their cruel, dangerous, and destructive plans for America,” America’s Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas said in a press statement this week responding to former ICE Acting Director Tom Homan saying that if...
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This July 4, let’s remember that America’s story can’t be told without appreciating the invaluable contributions of immigrants throughout our history. As our Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas notes, many of these same immigrants help put food on the table for all of us to enjoy on Independence Day and...
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THE NOT-SO-GREAT DEBATE In the end, immigration was not a main topic in the presidential debate in Atlanta on Thursday. As we had been hoping (and hope all journalists are doing), Jake Tapper of CNN asked a direct question of Donald Trump about his plans for mass deportation, specifically...
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HISTORIC DAY FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND ADVOCATES This week, President Biden announced a plan to use his authority to protect roughly half a million spouses of U.S. citizens, including eligible DACA recipients, from deportation and provide them with access to work authorization and a possible path to permanent residency...
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