Renewal delays, detention, and deportation: The administration is making clear that young immigrants can no longer rely on DACA for protection The Trump administration has been hellbent on targeting immigrants who hold legal status and current protections – and not even the beneficiaries of one of the most popular... Continue »
“Immigrant workers are not just helping; they are essential to keeping this industry running” May Day celebrates the achievements of workers and the labor movement – and that includes the millions of immigrants who help keep our country running year round. We recognize and honor the HEALTH CARE WORKERS... Continue »
Washington, DC —  On a virtual press briefing held earlier today, America’s Voice Executive Director Vanessa Cárdenas hosted Rep. Delia Ramirez (IL-3), International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) Staff Attorney Megan Hauptman, and Cecilia Gonzalez, a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipient and co-founder of the Venezuelan American Caucus, to discuss... Continue »
Mass deportation remains unchecked, unaccountable and unabated. No more blank checks At a time when food banks are seeing long lines and Americans are worried sick about how to afford a doctor’s visit, the Trump administration wants to waste billions more to ensure its mass deportation agenda rages on.... Continue »
“To our Haitian neighbors in the Massachusetts 7th and across this country—this is for you” In a historic vote late last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants for a further three years, delivering “one of the more stunning... Continue »
After 15 months of lawlessness and cruelty, ICE and CBP want even more money Millions of working Americans across the country finished filing their income taxes on Tax Day this week. Their hard-earned dollars help fund programs essential to our daily lives, including public schools, fire departments, Social Security,... Continue »
Kavanaugh claimed wrongful targeting of Americans would be a mild inconvenience. He’s out of touch with the real world, Sotomayor suggested In her first public remarks concerning last fall’s ruling from the Supreme Court’s conservative majority giving mass deportation agents the green light to carry out state-sanctioned racial profiling,... Continue »
Immigrants regardless of legal status contribute their share – and then some It bears repeating every Tax Day: our immigrant neighbors regardless of legal status are not only essential threads in the fabric of America, they make vast financial contributions that help sustain our public schools, libraries, fire departments,... Continue »
State and local government action is helping eliminate “one of the Trump regime’s key tactics for mass deportation and family separation,” one advocate said Local and state lawmakers all across the country have been taking substantive action to push back against the Trump administration’s brutal mass deportation efforts, in... Continue »
“Children belong in schools and on playgrounds, not in detention centers,” their open letter states An impressive list of entertainers, physicians, educators, and advocacy organizations are among the notable figures to have joined forces to issue an open letter demanding the “immediate” closure of Texas’ Dilley Immigration Processing Center,... Continue »