WHAT: Press conference targeting Senator Marco Rubio, holding him accountable for his lack of support for our immigrant community. We will also continue pushing our Florida U.S. House representatives to support immigration relief through reconciliation.
Read MoreWashington, D.C. -- Today, over 90 of the nation’s leading Latinx focused organizations and Latinx-serving allied organizations called on Congress and the Biden Administration to prioritize a comprehensive infrastructure package that advances justice for communities on the frontline of climate change and pollution, as well as create union jobs and invest in clean energy economy, healthcare, education and water infrastructure in rural, tribal, low income and communities of color.
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Poder Latinx has relaunched its El Poder de tu Salud campaign with a month of activities dedicated to increasing awarenesses about the vaccination of the Latinx community against COVID-19 and advocate for the participation of patients and healthcare workers in the political process to have a say in the decisions that impact their lives and our community at large.
Read MoreWASHINGTON - Following U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen’s decision last week to put a partial block on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Poder Latinx has issued a statement regarding the future of immigration reform in the United States
Read MoreWASHINGTON – Voter registration teams from Poder Latinx, a national voter registration and civic engagement organization, are launching an ambitious voter registration drive on Monday, July 19, aimed at enlisting new Latinx voters and establishing a lifelong commitment to voting.
Read MoreIn honor of Pride Month and Immigrant Heritage Month, Poder Latinx has teamed up with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization — and music group Las Cafeteras, to help premiere the music video of the East Los Angeles-based Chicano band’s new song, “La Sirena.” The song is a celebration of the art, identity, and collective power of the LGBTQIA+ movement.
Read MoreNine years after the Obama administration approved the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, immigrant youth and activists are continuing the fight to protect the policy from attacks at the national level.
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