THE DANGEROUS SCOPE OF THE LAKEN RILEY ACT On Tuesday, the House passed the Laken Riley Act, a dangerous anti-immigrant bill introduced by Republicans last year meant to jumpstart mass roundups and detentions and further scapegoat immigrants. This proposal should really be called the Ken Paxton Empowerment Act, because...
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TRUMP’S MASS DEPORTATION AGENDA TAKES AIM AT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN During a recent interview with NBC News’s Kristen Welker, President-elect Donald Trump reiterated that his “bloody” mass deportation agenda would ensnare U.S. citizens and attack basic principles of what it means to be an American,...
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GROWING CONCERN FROM BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS ABOUT IMPACT OF MASS DEPORTATION There’s been a daily drumbeat of coverage about the growing consensus from business and industry voices that Trump’s signature policy agenda – a violent mass deportation plan, stripping protections from millions of immigrants here legally and threatening...
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THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF TRUMPISM AV started and ended the week talking about the broad implications of Trump’s mass deportation and immigration restriction plan, and especially the impact on economics. Over the weekend, Trump confirmed he planned to use the military to repel the “invasion,” reiterating the dangerous white...
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SHOCK & AWFUL: MASS DEPORTATION, APPOINTMENTS AND IMMIGRATION The Trump team on immigration is taking shape and it is ugly. Noted white nationalist Stephen Miller and family separation architect Thomas Homan will be appointed to major immigration policy positions that will not require Senate confirmation and South Dakota Gov....
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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN Both Vice President Harris and Donald Trump billed major addresses this week as their campaign’s “closing arguments” and they each presented stark contrasts, to say the least. Trump’s event at Madison Square Garden was a festival of hate, xenophobia, anti-semitism, anti-Black racism and anti-everybody racism. In...
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HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT IMMIGRANTS AND THE 2024 ELECTION With a week and a half to go, America’s Voice has put out a scene-setter document for political and immigration journalists with “10 Things We Know With Confidence About Immigration & 2024 Elections.” A longer, more detailed version with...
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WE’RE RECLAIMING THE REAL STORY ON IMMIGRATION Throughout the election, the endless stream of ugly and dangerous rhetoric directed at immigrant communities in the U.S. is at an all-time high. Unfortunately, a lot of this disinformation has seeped into everyday conversations. We think it’s about time to correct the...
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THREE DEBATES, THREE QUESTIONS, THREE DODGES ON MASS DEPORTATION At Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, J.D. Vance followed Donald Trump’s lead and again refused to provide specifics following a direct question about the details and consequences of their signature issue: mass deportation. Like Trump did in both of the presidential...
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HARRIS’ BORDER VISIT OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRAST VISIONS: SOLUTIONS VS. DIVISION VP Harris is set to visit Arizona today and deliver remarks at the border, where we expect her to highlight that the volume of border encounters has recently plummeted and to continue her strategy of calling out Donald...
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