** WATCH PARTY/MEDIA AVAILABILITY** Thursday, August 6th, 8-11pm (Debate starts at 9pm) Moncho’s Bar and Grill, 2317 Denison Avenue, Cleveland Pro-Immigrant Voters, Ohio Immigrants, and Advocates Attending Watch Party Available to Provide Real Time React to GOP Debate  As GOP 2016 presidential candidates—including Ohio’s own Governor—take the debate stage... Continue »
If you follow this blog, you know that a small group of Ohioans went all the way to Iowa to track down our sitting governor, John Kasich (R), who is also running for President.  We had been trying to get a meeting with his office to discuss Ohio’s support... Continue »
*** MEDIA AVAILABILITY**** Ohio Immigrant Families Meet with Gov. Kasich and AG DeWine  End Day in Just as Much Limbo as They Started It Cleveland, OH—Yesterday, Ohio immigrants and their U.S. Citizen children, lawyers, and allies headed back to Columbus to meet directly with their Attorney General Mike DeWine and... Continue »
Today, Ohio immigrants, immigration lawyers, and allies are heading back to Columbus to meet directly with their Attorney General Mike DeWine and Governor John Kasich in separate meetings.  Their goal is to communicate the facts about the anti-DAPA/DACA expansion lawsuit that Ohio is supports; talk about the families it... Continue »
New Report Explores Ohio’s Role As a “Border State”; Highlights What’s At Stake As Gov. Kasich Joins the 2016 Race and the Immigration Debate Remains on National Stage Immigration is already poised to be one of the most talked about topics of the 2016 race. Ohio Governor John Kasich’s... Continue »
*** Report Release/Press Call*** Thursday, July 23rd at 10 am ET Dial In: 877-876-9176; Passcode: OHIO New Report Explores Ohio’s Role As a “Border State”; Highlights What’s At Stake As Gov. Kasich Joins the 2016 Race and the Immigration Debate Remains on National Stage Immigration is already poised to be... Continue »
Ohio Governor John Kasich is set to officially join the Republican presidential field. America’s Voice has released a series of resources that help track and make sense of Kasich’s immigration stance. Read a detailed backgrounder on John Kasich and immigration: http://americasvoice.org/research/meet-2016-gop-candidates-president-positions-immigration/#kasich Press statement and video: “In Iowa, Ohio Immigrant Family Confronts Gov.... Continue »
Cincinnati Enquirer: Iowans pepper John Kasich with immigration Qs By Chrissie Thompson Latin Post: Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich Confronted by Latino Child on DACA and DAPA By Rodrigo Uguarte Univision.com: Niño estadounidense de 11 años pide a gobernador de Ohio que apoye la acción ejecutiva Por Jorge Cancino... Continue »
Today I went to meet with staff for my state attorney general, Mike DeWine, in Columbus about the lawsuit against the DACA expansion and DAPA. I’m so proud of the folks who attended this meeting with Ohio’s Voice.  They were a mix of Americans and immigrants, Ohioans of all... Continue »
Group Calls on Governor to Make Good on Meeting Commitment, Articulate Clear Policy As we reported yesterday, after traveling all the way from Ohio to Iowa to talk to their own Governor, John Kasich, about the President’s immigration executive action programs, 11 year-old U.S. citizen Andrew and his DAPA-eligible... Continue »