Apr 20, 2020
Hispanic Federation joined Indivisible and numerous organizations in a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Democratic Leader Schumer in urging for the incorporation of the principles and priorities laid out by the Executive Board of the Congressional Progressive Caucus in its April 10, 2020 letter.
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Apr 16, 2020
Under the March 20, 2020 order of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security has illegally blocked asylum-seekers and vulnerable children from requesting protection. These expulsions violate U.S. refugee, immigration, and anti-trafficking laws passed by Congress. Hispanic Federation joins Human Rights First and more than 120 organizations in denouncing the illegal expulsions and restore the rule of law at our borders.
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Apr 16, 2020
Hispanic Federation is proud to join Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), Women's Refugee Commission (WRC), and over 70 other organizations calling DHS to cease the expulsion of unaccompanied children at the U.S. southern border. It is a violation of the right to seek asylum and does not protect public health and safety in an ongoing pandemic.
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Apr 16, 2020
Hispanic Federation supports the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 110 organizations in sharing with Congress the economic security priorities for future COVID-19 legislation. This pandemic calls for the enactment of policies and sufficient funding to protect low-and moderate-income people from economic disaster and to meet the urgent needs of the most vulnerable people in our nation.
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Apr 16, 2020
Hispanic Federation joins the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), the Democracy Initiative, and other organizations, in denouncing the continued increase in racist attacks and discrimination against the Asian American community, and to express our support for H.Res. 908, introduced by Representative Grace Meng (D-NY-6) and its Senate companion to be introduced by Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Mazie Hirono (D-HI); both of which condemn all forms of anti-Asian sentiment related to COVID-19.
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Apr 16, 2020
The Coalition on Human Needs is joined by Hispanic Federation and more than 350 other organizations in supporting a strong funding allocation for the House and Senate Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittees. The programs and services funded by the Labor-HHS-EducationSubcommittee have a profound impact on health and well-being, child development, educational and skills attainment, and productivity, yet they have been shortchanged in the appropriations process over the last decade.
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Apr 16, 2020
Hispanic Federation has joined the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies and 180+ organizations calling for an end to the Trump Administration’s cruel and illegal border expulsions. The Department of Homeland Security must not use COVID-19 as a pretext to turn its back on refugees and endanger women and children fleeing persecution.
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Apr 16, 2020
Hispanic Federation is proud to join the National Immigrant Justice Center and nearly 200 other organizations in a letter to Congress endorsing the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together (FIRST) Act. It is important to limit ICE's interior enforcement activity, mandate dramatic reductions in ICE detention levels, and ensure basic protections for those currently detained during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Apr 15, 2020
Hispanic Federation joined the Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and 45 other organizations in urging the Department of Homeland Security and the Executive Office of Immigration Review to address the denial of access to counsel to asylum seekers under the "Remain in Mexico" policy. Full and fair trials of asylum cases are not possible without access to legal representation.
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Apr 15, 2020
Hispanic Federation joined the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and multiple organizations in requesting that all immigration enforcement activities and operations of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) be completely and immediately suspended in order to promote an inclusive and accurate count of this country's population during Census 2020.
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