America’s Self Interest is Served by Helping Those Who Help Us The Biden administration’s Day One plan to begin reversing the cruelty and chaos of Trump’s war on immigrants offers a sweeping legislative proposal that would include a roadmap to citizenship and aggressive use of executive actions. Recent PRRI...
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New PRRI Polling Finds 80% of Americans Back a Permanent Solution for Undocumented Immigrants, Including 64% Support for Citizenship The Biden administration went right to work on Day One to begin reversing the cruelty and chaos of Trump’s war on immigrants. The new administration’s approach offers a dramatic and...
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Donald Trump will deliver remarks near the border wall in Alamo, Texas, today. Undoubtedly, he is planning to tout his relentless anti-immigrant record and rhetoric. But Trump’s crowning and most lasting achievement on immigration may be driving American public opinion in a pro-immigrant direction. Just two key pieces of...
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See detailed visual presentation HERE on how American public opinion has shifted to fully embrace immigrants and immigration A new America’s Voice deep-dive on American public opinion documents how the nation has become more pro-immigrant over time. See HERE for the full presentation, with visuals and detailed data. The...
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The Story of the Dramatic Political Change in the Southwest Three years ago, Arizona had zero Democratic senators. After yesterday’s official swearing in of Mark Kelly, Arizona now has two Democratic senators. Together with the official certification of Joe Biden as the winner of Arizona in the presidential...
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Must read by WaPo’s Greg Sargent on why Arizona going blue is a big deal Yesterday, Arizona officially certified that Joe Biden won the state. Tomorrow, Democrat Mark Kelly will be sworn in as the new U.S. Senator for Arizona. These developments reflect one of the most consequential trends...
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A recording of the call is available here. Immigration, once seen as a key wedge issue to be used by Republicans to weaken Democrats, turned out to be a liability for Republicans and an asset for Democrats in 2020. Earlier today, three leading national immigration advocacy groups and...
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Marisa Franco: “This vicious cycle of writing off Latinos as infrequent voters — and then blaming us for election outcomes and using that to justify inaction on issues that matter to us — must end.” Latinos, Black voters, and AAPI voters were part of the multiracial majority that recoiled...
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On Saturday, federal judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled that Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf was serving unlawfully when he issued this summer’s memo restricting access to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. As a result, the DACA program may be poised to accept first-time applications from tens of...
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A recording of the call is available here. In the historic 2020 election cycle, Latino voters were crucial to both parties in races up and down the ticket in every state. Earlier today, national and state Latino leaders gathered to discuss Latino voter’s impact and discussed their experiences mobilizing...
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