CHAOS VS. ORDERLINESS: THE SENATE CONTEMPLATES GUTTING ASYLUM All week, the focus was on the U.S. Senate where a group of Senators, including Democrats Chris Murphy (CT) and Michael Bennet (CO), were negotiating with Republicans and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) about how – and if – to add measures to...
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TRUMP IMMIGRATION PLAN FLASHES RED ALERT FOR LATINO AND PROGRESSIVE ADVOCATES A New York Times article over the weekend published chilling details of what a second Trump administration could look like on immigration. Straight from Stephen Miller’s cruelest dreams, Trump’s plan would include assaults on legal immigration, massive deportation...
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REJECT HARMFUL ASYLUM PROPOSALS, ADVOCATES URGE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS Republicans are reportedly seeking to use the supplemental funding process to enact a host of permanent and draconian immigration changes in exchange for keeping the government open and aiding our allies in Ukraine. Some Senate Democrats, such...
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STRONG PUSHBACK TO POSSIBLE ASYLUM RESTRICTIONS; MAYORS URGE A MORE ORDERLY, EFFICIENT AND FAIR PROCESS In response to troubling reports of lawmakers considering lasting asylum restrictions in exchange for Ukraine funding, America’s Voice issued a statement both warning against giving in to MAGA Republican brinkmanship, and raising the dangerous...
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THE SPEAKER OF … WHITE NATIONALIST CONSPIRACY THEORIES Republicans finally elected a House Speaker; one who is not surprisingly anti-LGBTQ, pro-gun, anti-abortion and anti-immigrant, but the extent of his embrace of dangerous white nationalist conspiracy theories about immigration was revealed by research conducted by America’s Voice. It’s not just that Speaker...
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SEPARATED FAMILIES, ECUADORANS, VENEZUELANS, AND THE NEED FOR BIDEN COHERENT STRATEGY AND NARRATIVE This week saw a series of announcements by the Biden administration, but they still lacked a coherent, unifying strategy. A proposed settlement was announced by the DOJ with migrant families intentionally separated by the Trump administration...
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REPUBLICANS USE TRAGEDY TO PEDDLE BORDER CONSPIRACY THEORIES As the horrific and tragic situation in Israel and Gaza continues to unfold, Donald Trump has led the Republican Party and the political right to exploit the events for their own cynical politics, America’s Voice Political Director Zachary Mueller writes. Looking to fan...
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CHAOTIC GOP HOUSE REMAINS A THREAT; BIDEN URGED TO GET IMMIGRATION POLITICS RIGHT GOP dysfunction and inability to govern or broker real solutions seem likely to continue unabated or get worse, as Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz ushered in the historic removal of California Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker....
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WHEN POLITICIANS SHOUT ‘OPEN BORDERS,’ PEOPLE HEAR AND BELIEVE THEM This week, America’s Voice released a unique poll of Central Americans along with additional research that together indicates that the ubiquitous right wing anti-immigrant sound bite that “the borders are open” is actually contributing to the number of people coming to...
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TPS: IT’S A BFD The Biden administration announced the redesignation of TPS for Venezuela on Wednesday (America’s Voice statements in English here and Spanish here) and the same for Afghanistan the next day. President Biden is responding to calls from advocates, lawmakers, mayors, governors and others, taking affirmative steps to allow immigrants already living...
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