A is for America

This week our special guest was Michelle Nawar, a lobbyist and consultant with America's Voice, who gave us the latest updates on Dream Act timing and explained the legislative strategy behind passing the bill along with the omnibus before the end of the year. To make sure that members of Congress understand that, Dreamers and advocates in Washington, DC and around the country this week held rallies, demonstrations, vigils, acts of civil disobedience and more. If you support Dreamers, you need to be calling Congress about the Dream Act TODAY.

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This week we hung out with special guest Gabe Ortiz, staff writer at Daily Kos and Twitter extraordinaire. It's almost December, which means it's crunch time for the Dream Act -- call your members of Congress and tell them they need to support legislation before the end of this year! Republicans are claiming that any government shutdown, if one happens, will be the Democrats' fault. But let's remember, Republicans own the whole government. They can either try and work with the extremist right-wingers in their caucus, or pass the Dream Act, which the vast majority of Americans support.

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This week, we talk about Felipe, the Texas Dreamer with active DACA status who has been detained for almost a month and had his DACA taken away for no reason. USCIS has been rejecting DACA renewal applications for the flimsiest of reasons -- for example, some applications were in USCIS' mailbox on the day of the deadline, but USCIS didn't pick them up until the day after, and rejected them. We also talk about the Latin Grammys, African-American voters in Virginia, Thanksgiving, and more.

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This week's episode was a special, elections-themed podcast that featured guest Julio Lainez, the state director of America's Voice Virginia. Democrats, immigrants, and allies won big this week in Virginia, electing a slate of progressive new candidates who reflect the diversity of America while defeating Republicans who campaigned on ugly anti-immigrant politics. We also discussed the Dreamer day of action -- Operation #DreamActNow -- that took place across 14 states today and featured 8,000 Dreamers and advocates calling on Congress to take action on legislation.

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In this week’s episode, the AV team discussed the news that Donald Trump and Republican leaders don't want to attach the Dream Act to this year's must-pass omnibus bill. Remember: Republicans must pass the Dream Act before the end of the year, if they don't want to be complicit in the deportation of Dreamers. The omnibus may be the best chance to do that, so Republicans should be embracing the opportunity. It's getting to be crunch time for the Dream Act: call your member of Congress and tell them to support legislation NOW. We also discuss the last weekend before the Virginia gubernatorial race, as well as what's happening with Texas' SB 4 anti-immigrant law.

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With 137 days left until March 6, 2018, we talk about the news this week that Border Patrol has detained a 10-year-old undocumented girl who had to go to the hospital for surgery, and now faces deportation. Does the inhumanity of Trump's Deportation Force know no bounds? We also talk about updates on the Virginia gubernatorial race, Jeff Flake's retirement, and more.

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With 137 days left until March 6, 2018, we talk about Trump's "immigration principles", released this week, which Trump says he won't sign the Dream Act without.

In this week's episode, the AV team discussed reports that John Kelly, when he was chief of the Department of Homeland Security, ordered ICE officials to find stories of dangerous immigrants in order to justify raids that picked up immigrants who had committed no crimes. And we explain why we think Jeff Sessions may have colluded with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the lawsuit threat that helped end DACA. Plus we give listeners an update on the Virginia gubernatorial race between Ed Gillespie and Ralph Northam.

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With 144 days left until March 6, 2018, we talk about Trump's "immigration principles", released this week, which Trump says he won't sign the Dream Act without.

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With 151 days left until March 6, 2018, we talk about the immigration news of the week, the VA election, and discuss Stephen Miller meddling with the Dream Act.

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With 158 days left until March 6, 2018, we talk about the immigration news of the week, Trump's artificial Oct. deadline, new immigration polling, and the discharge petition.

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