Friend,
As an American who deeply believes in our nation’s fundamental ethos and aspirations, it is hard to process the realization that the country we love is turning into a dystopian nightmare where paramilitary troops swarm our neighborhoods hunting for people who look like me, and killing our fellow citizens. The abject cruelty and disregard for our collective humanity, the rule of law, and our rights, as demonstrated by the murders of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, is atrocious and morally jarring. 
Last year, in an opinion piece for COURIER, I took stock of the first months of the Trump administration’s anti-immigration cruelty and chaos and asked a simple question: “Isn’t there a better way?” Now, after a nightmare year for immigrants in America – and for the very notion of America as a nation of immigrants – my earlier impressions have become even sharper.
Read my latest piece in COURIER outlining a new vision for immigration and our country.
The public is hungry for real leadership and a clear alternative vision to Trump’s chaos and cruelty – one that calls out the administration’s cruelty and lies, fights for a vision of America strengthened by immigrants, and doesn’t cede the debate to this administration's violent and xenophobic policies by staying silent.
2026 can be a turning point. We need it to be a turning point. Here’s how I think we can get there.
In solidarity,
Vanessa Cárdenas
Executive Director, America’s Voice
