Press Releases

La Federación Hispana, junto a más de 100 personas y organizaciones, firmaron una carta en la que piden al gobernador DeSantis que retire de inmediato su inhumana e injusta orden ejecutiva que pondría en riesgo de muerte a cientos de niños que esperan reunirse con sus familias y patrocinadores, afectando los esfuerzos de reunificar familias.
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The Hispanic Federation along with more than 100 individuals and organizations signed onto a letter calling on Governor DeSantis to immediately withdraw his inhumane and unjust executive order that would put hundreds of children who are waiting to be reunited with their families and sponsors at risk of being displaced, impacting family reunification efforts.
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After years of advocacy led by grassroots community groups in Puerto Rico, Hispanic Federation is excited to celebrate a $163 million investment from the Biden administration for the next and final phase in a critical and overdue infrastructure and environmental justice project in the heart of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Shortly after President Joe Biden’s speech today on passing federal voting rights legislation to ensure free, fair, and protected elections, Hispanic Federation CEO and President Frankie Miranda repeated the calls for immediate action to safeguard Americans’ access to the ballot box.
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As the Omicron variant rages across the country, we need to implement policies that inch us closer to an equitable recovery and that prioritize some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers now more than ever. We are hopeful that Governor Hochul will work with the Latino community to usher in a ‘new era of New York’ by advancing inclusive policies that expand access to childcare, affordable housing, broadband, relief for working families and so much more.
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Yesterday, life-changing immigration provisions included in the House-passed Build Back Better Act were not approved for inclusion in the final bill by a Senate staffer through an archaic set of rules and processes that are robbing the American people of much needed and popular immigration reforms.
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On Tuesday, the Hispanic Federation (HF) released a new report titled Hope & Unity: Latino CBOs Respond to COVID-19, which reveals how HF’s COVID-related grantmaking empowered hundreds of Latino community-based organizations to keep their doors open during the first 15 months of the pandemic, even as others were forced to close theirs.
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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act, a landmark piece of legislation that includes programs critical for all Latino communities. Hispanic Federation applauds passage of this transformative bill that will benefit all Americans by providing critical support to families with paid family leave, funding for childcare, expansion of the Child Tax Credit, and increased access to affordable housing and education for low-income children. Build Back Better will also advance environmental justice, provide work permits and protections for an estimated 7 million undocumented immigrants; and address deep racial inequities in our healthcare system. The legislation now moves to the Senate, where we oppose further attempts to weaken the final bill and urge a swift vote so that it can be signed into law by President Biden.
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As the U.S. Supreme Court prepared to hear arguments on U.S. v. Vaello-Madero case today, a case that could decide whether Puerto Ricans living in Puerto Rico can receive the same benefits as other U.S. citizens, Hispanic Federation and its allies stood on the steps of the nation’s highest court to demand the federal government stop discriminating against U.S. citizens based on where they live, as part of the #TakeAction4PuertoRico campaign.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James and the Hispanic Federation today called on the U.S. Department of Justice and the Biden-Harris Administration to stop denying life-saving assistance and federal programs to U.S. citizens who live in Puerto Rico, and drop their appeal in the case U.S. vs. Vaello-Madero, now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The week before the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on U.S. v. Vaello-Madero case, Hispanic Federation and 60 allies sent a letter unified in their request to President Biden asking the Administration to immediately stop defending Congress’s ability to discriminate against U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico by denying equal access to federal safety-net programs like Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS).
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Today the White House released its Build Back Better framework that includes many programs critical for Latino communities. We look forward to the passage of a substantial bill that among many other things, creates jobs and advances environmental justice through investments in clean energy and sustainability which prioritizes frontline communities, ensures investments in immigration reform, increases access to education for low-income children and extends healthcare coverage to many Latino families.
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The Hispanic Federation today released La Gran Manzana: The Road Ahead For New York City’s Latino Community, a policy blueprint with recommendations on how the next Mayor and City Council can improve the lives of nearly 2.5 million Latinos who call New York City home.
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El acceso a la energía es un asunto de vida o muerte. De eso fuimos testigos en los meses después del Huracán María. A pesar de ésto, cada día veo más como el tema de la energía se trata de una forma inhumana, insensible y con cero empatía con las comunidades quienes al final del día son las más afectadas.
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Hispanic Federation (HF) and Google.org today announced that they will deepen their partnership to bridge the digital divide in the Latino community with a $1 million grant from Google.org. The grant will support HF’s Latino Digital Accelerator, which will provide Latino jobseekers with the skills they need to secure meaningful jobs in the digital economy.
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Without digital skills, Latinos will be overrepresented in the groups that are excluded from access to the digital economy.
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Esta decisión representa el más reciente revés contra la reforma de nuestro quebrado sistema de inmigración como parte del proceso de reconciliación presupuestaria.
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Yesterday’s decision by the Senate Parliamentarian delivered another blow in denying Democrat’s latest attempts to pass a path to citizenship for many undocumented immigrants by updating a decades-old immigration registry as part of the budget reconciliation package.
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