By Yterenickia Bell and Sofia Costas | The Leadership Conference of Civil and Human Rights Ahead of the 2024 elections, The Leadership Conference Education Fund has made a commitment to highlight the possibilities that voting brings for all of us. We know that by wielding our power at the ballot box, we can deliver for […]
By America’s Voice | January 5, 2024 Washington, DC — As America’s Voice has been pointing out and multiple Republicans have themselves been admitting, the GOP is more interested in driving a political message hammering Biden and Democrats on immigration than they are in enacting serious policy to address the issue. Key observers have been making the same point, including: […]
Editorial credit: Consolidated News Photos / Shutterstock.com By Morgan Rimmer, Kristin Wilson and Jack Forrest | December 19, 2023 | CNN CNN — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a joint statement Tuesday acknowledging that senators will not reach a deal on immigration this week, pushing negotiations over the larger national security package with aid for Ukraine and […]
Editorial credit: Gregory Reed / Shutterstock.com By Sarah Morland and Kylie Madry (Reuters) -Joseph Vincent, a former informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), on Tuesday became the fourth person to plead guilty in a U.S. court for his role in the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president that left a destabilizing power vacuum. A […]
Editorial credit: mark reinstein / Shutterstock.com By Maribel Hastings and David Torres | America’s Voice Now that a group of Republican and Democratic senators are weighing up undermining asylum laws, as planned by Donald Trump, in exchange for Republican support for funds requested by President Joe Biden for Ukraine, it is once again apparent that […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Marc Griffin | November 20, 2023 Cardi B is fed up with President Joe Biden and NYC Mayor Eric Adams. On Sunday (Nov. 19), Cardi hit Instagram Live and reacted to Adams’ announcement that the Big Apple’s migrant crisis has resulted in 5 percent cuts for city agencies, according to ABC7NY. The controversial mayor explained that these […]
By Peter Schurmann, EMS While SCOTUS is the highest court in the land, public trust in the institution has never been lower. There’s an old joke in DC about how Supreme Court Justices make the worst dates. They won’t take gifts and so insist on paying, but they don’t make that much money, so they […]
By NYIC Action Press | November 8, 2023 New York, NY— Last night, New Yorkers reaffirmed their support for immigrant communities at the ballot box by reelecting our slate of immigrant rights champions, who believe in a New York that works for everyone regardless of legal status. NYIC Action’s slate of endorsed candidates for New York’s […]
By Emily Ngo, Jeff Coltin and Nick Reisman | November 6, 2023 Mayor Eric Adams landed in Washington, D.C. on Thursday at about the same time that federal agents were raiding his chief fundraiser’s home in Brooklyn. He pulled up to his first meeting but never got out of the car before deciding to return home. He was in the air […]
By Sahalie Donaldson | November 3, 2023 Shortly after news broke that New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ lead fundraiser’s home was being raided by the FBI, Democratic political consultant Evan Roth Smith posted on X that “2025 starts today.” One day later, there is much that remains unknown about the broad public corruption investigation involving 25-year-old Brianna […]