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  Juana Esquivel, America's Voice · [email protected]
November 15, 2019 at 5:32 PM

What's next for DACA

Friend, Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and whether Donald Trump was right to end it the way he did in 2017. As you may know, DACA was fought for by Dreamers and created by President Obama in 2…
  Juana Esquivel, America's Voice · [email protected]
September 16, 2019 at 9:10 PM

School's in -- welcome to Immigration 101

Friend, The immigration system in the United States can be complex and confusing.  There are laws, regulations, and bureaucratic practices that are difficult to fully understand. Meanwhile, the Trump Administration has made things worse by changing our immigration system and making the U.S. le…
  Juana Esquivel, America's Voice Education Fund · [email protected]
August 28, 2019 at 8:43 PM

Your latest update

Friend, It’s been an intense summer for immigration advocates and allies. It seems like every day, Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are announcing new policy changes meant to kick immigrants out of the U.S. and keep future immigrants from coming in. Here’s a recap of what’s been happening in imm…
  Juana Esquivel, America's Voice · [email protected]
August 19, 2019 at 6:24 PM

Support the farmworkers that feed us

Friend, Last month, the Trump Administration proposed harmful changes to the agricultural guest worker program known as “H-2A.” The H2A program allows immigrant workers to temporarily enter the U.S. to perform seasonal agricultural jobs. The proposed changes would make it easier to deny jobs …
  Juana Esquivel, America's Voice · [email protected]
August 9, 2019 at 10:02 PM

Mississippi raids ‒ what you can do

Friend, This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) devastated a region of central Mississippi when they arrested 680 immigrant workers at several poultry plants in the largest single-state immigration raid in U.S. history. Many of these parents had children, who were left stranded at…
  Juana Esquivel, America's Voice · [email protected]
July 26, 2019 at 6:03 PM

Help us fight to end the border crisis

Friend, We have a humanitarian crisis at the U.S./Mexico border, and it’s getting worse each day. The Trump Administration has done everything in their power to worsen living conditions for children and families seeking asylum at our ports of entry.  These are women and young children who hav…
  Juana Esquivel, America's Voice · [email protected]
July 16, 2019 at 6:47 PM

Know your rights

Friend, I’m sure you’ve heard the reports, about President Trump planning mass immigration raids in major U.S. cities across the country.  At this point, we don’t know when the raids will begin or if Trump is just bluffing and doesn’t actually intend to carry them out. But, one thing is for su…