League Joins Principles for Immigrant COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution (Legal Document) 12/18/2020 In letters to the CDC and Biden COVID-19 Transition Team, LWV joined allies in laying out clear principles for COVID-19 vaccine distribution to immigrants.
League Submits Comments Disapproving of DHS’ Intention to Destroy Civil Rights Complaint Records (Legal Document) 10/8/2020 LWVUS joined a letter to the National Archives disapproving of the Dept. of Homeland Security's (DHS) proposed request seeking permission to destroy civil rights complaints, sexual abuse records, and…
League Urges Congress to reject Funding Increases to ICE and CBP (Legal Document) 9/16/2020 LWVUS joined immigrant and justice advocacy groups on a Defund Hate letter to House leadership calling for no funding increases for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and…
League Joins Efforts to Support Funding in 4th COVID-19 Stimulus (Legal Document) 4/22/2020 LWVUS has actively been supporting additional measures for inclusion in the next emergency funding stimulus bills related to the coronavirus.
League Urges Congress Pass Permanent Protections for Dreamers (Legal Document) 5/21/2019 The League joined 400 national, state, and local groups urging Congress to ensure passage of legislation that permanently protects Dreamers and beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and…
League Urges House and Senate to Re-Open the Government (Legal Document) 1/23/2019 The League sent a memo to the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate urging them to re-open the government.
League Disapointed by U.S. Decision to Withdraw from UN Human Rights Council (Legal Document) 6/27/2018 LWVUS sent a memo to Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley regarding the Administration's decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council.
League Opposes Goodlatte and Ryan Immigration Legislation (Legal Document) 6/19/2018 The League sent a memo to the U.S. House urging Representatives to vote NO on the two proposed immigration bills.
League Urges U.S. House to Pass Clean Dream Act (Legal Document) 9/13/2017 Members of the League's Lobby Corps will be visiting with members of the U.S. House urging passage of the Dream Act of 2017.
League Calls on Congress to Pass Clean DREAM Act (Legal Document) 9/11/2017 The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and over 180 organizations calling on Congress to immediately pass the Dream Act without amendment.