coronavirus
Over 100 organizations signed a letter to Members of Congress urging them to reject any proposed extension to Title 42.
The League signed onto a letter opposing the approval of the TN Medicaid block grant.
The League joined, immigrant rights advocates to oppose a COVID relief package amendment that threatened to deny survival checks to mixed-immigration status families.
The League joined housing justice coalitions in urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission to enforce the eviction moratorium.
LWVUS joined a Public Citizen letter to President Biden asking him to allow low/middle-income countries’ access to COVID-19 vaccines by waiving WTO rules.
LWV calls upon President Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas to exercise executive authority to designate Mexico for Temporary Protected Status because of their COVID-19 crisis.
Ahead of the House’s COVID package release, the League joined a letter opposing income limits on survival stimulus checks.
The League issued a rare vote recommendation last week urging them to protect immigrant/mixed-status family access to stimulus checks/vaccines and oppose Youth Amendment and others.
The League applauds bipartisan support and urges Congress to consider more relief
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.