Back To School For Some, But Not For Others

Back To School For Some, But Not For Others

By: Gabe Ortiz | Americasvoicecnn.substack.com It’s back to school season, which means that millions of students all across the country will be returning to classrooms beginning this week. But when many of these kids should be excited about new clothes, school supplies, and getting to see their friends again, they’re instead left to worry that […]

Trump’s Attack on Immigrants Is the Tip of the Spear for His Attack on Democracy

Trump’s Attack on Immigrants Is the Tip of the Spear for His Attack on Democracy

By: Dara Lind| americanimmigrationcouncil.org |Editorial credit: Michael Candelori / Shutterstock.com The American Immigration Council’s new special report, Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America, is a guide to the first six months of the second Trump administration, what might be coming, and who is being harmed. This is the first in […]

New Video Shows Inhumane Conditions Inside ICE Detention Center at 26 Federal Plaza, ICE Breaking Oversight Law

New Video Shows Inhumane Conditions Inside ICE Detention Center at 26 Federal Plaza, ICE Breaking Oversight Law

Editorial credit: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com Despite ICE denials, video shows people detained for days in inhumane conditions with no change of clothes or showers Raw video available here, social video available here New York, NY—Today, newly released video shows what immigrant New Yorkers have been telling their families and attorneys for months: the 10th Floor of 26 Federal Plaza is […]

Attorney General James Defends Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua

Attorney General James Defends Temporary Protected Status for Immigrants from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com AG James Co-Leads 14 Attorneys General in Submitting Amicus Brief Challenging Trump Administration’s Unlawful Termination of TPS for Honduran, Nepali, and Nicaraguan Immigrants NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James on July 18, co-led a coalition of 14 attorneys general in opposing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) unlawful and baseless attempt to […]

New York Mayoral Candidates Address Issues on Trump, Immigration and Rise in Hate Crime

New York Mayoral Candidates Address Issues on Trump, Immigration and Rise in Hate Crime

By Fenix Suriel | Photos by Fenix Suriel Four candidates meet in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights.  Former Prosecutor Jim Walden speaking to the audience at the forum “All Faiths, All Candidates.”  New York, NY- The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights hosted a mayoral candidate forum […]

The Chilling Effect of Trump’s Indiscriminate Immigration Arrests & Propaganda

The Chilling Effect of Trump’s Indiscriminate Immigration Arrests & Propaganda

By Nayna Gupta, Immigration Impact The American Immigration Council does not endorse or oppose candidates for elected office. We aim to provide analysis regarding the implications of the election on the U.S. immigration system. As we near the one-month mark of the new Trump administration, it is clear that the president’s thinly veiled threats of […]

Resistance to Trump is More Urgent Now Than in His First Term

Resistance to Trump is More Urgent Now Than in His First Term

By Maribel Hastings, America’s Voice | Editorial credit: Chip Somodevilla / shutterstock.com Washington, DC : Despite the chaos, cruelty, and intentional strategy of the Trump administration to overwhelm sectors affected by its multiple and draconian executive orders on various fronts, not only on immigration, we still see examples of resistance even though the challenges are […]