“It is not the job of Virginia’s law enforcement agencies to carry out the Trump administration’s brutal and fear-based anti-immigrant agenda,” the ACLU of Virginia reacted to Gov. Spanberger rescission of a harmful, Youngkin-era order In one of her first major acts following her Jan. 17 inauguration, Virginia Governor...
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Nov 12, 2025
“Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed” For months now, the polling has been unequivocal: Americans have only been growing more and more outraged at Donald Trump’s disastrous agenda, including on immigration. Last week’s blowout elections only confirmed this dissatisfaction and sent a message...
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Ahead of next week’s Nov. 4 elections, America’s Voice has assembled a brief immigration primer on two of the most-watched contests in the country: the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia. NEW JERSEY New Jersey’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee, U.S. Representative Mikie Sherrill, supports a pathway to citizenship while...
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A number of Democratic governors and local leaders from coast to coast are beginning to take action to resist Donald Trump’s violent mass deportation agenda and protect undocumented families in their communities and states, including by strengthening safer city ordinances, preventing the use of local resources in mass raids...
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2024 kicked off with two historic wins for hundreds of thousands of immigrant families on opposite coasts of the nation. California has become the first in the country to open state health care insurance to all eligible undocumented adults. In New Jersey, workers and advocates celebrated new law ensuring...
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In New York and New Jersey, Republican candidates and other anti-immigrant actors sought to use nativism to boost themselves over the finish line against Democratic opponents during the 2023 elections. They tried to frame the arrival of migrant families as an existential threat to their communities and states. In...
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For evidence of the toxic influence that Donald Trump (and Republicans who are willing to abide by him) have had on the national discourse, look no further than this year’s two gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey. In Virginia, Republican Ed Gillespie has made national news for race-baiting,...
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Activists and advocates with the organization Make the Road New Jersey have responded to Donald Trump’s mass deportation blueprints by organizing a rally outside the Elizabeth Detention Center, where elected officials, labor leaders, and clergy members joined immigrants in a show of solidarity and resistance. Hundreds of people from...
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Unfortunately, Out of State Lawsuit Keeping NJ From Reaping the Benefits This year, the deadline for filing federal income taxes arrives on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the U.S. v Texas immigration case. Tax Day is a reminder that for the good of...
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Earlier this week, the New Jersey Legislature moved forward with a bill that would grant driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants. The New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act (A4425), would grant driver’s licenses to undocumented resident in New Jersey who are able to provide a variety of documented to...
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