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Immigration

Navigating Restricted Reproductive Care as a Latina (Blog)

As we discuss the destructive impacts this has on the lives of those who seek reproductive health care, it is important to not gloss over how these attacks disproportionately affect women of color. This blog will focus on the Latino/a community.

LWVUS Submits Comments to USCIS Opposing Immigration Application Fee Increases (Legal Document)

LWVUS submitted public comment to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the proposed rule to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees. The League opposed increases in immigration application fees, articulating the impact it will have on immigrants' ability to reunite and stay with family members abroad, live and work permanently in the US, and attain US citizenship.

 

League Calls on Congress to Protect Dreamers in Lame Duck Session (Press Release)

WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase Solomón released the following statement in support of the legislation to protect DACA recipients:

LWVUS Urges Congress to Protect Dreamers (Legal Document)

Senate and House leadership announced that protecting Dreamers is a high priority in the remaining time of the 117th Congress, leading the League to urge Congress to follow through and pass a bill. People who are protected by DACA, their families, and their communities deserve the peace of mind to build their lives and futures in the United States. 

LWVUS Urges the US Department of Health and Human Services to Allow DACA Recipients to Enroll in Health Insurance Programs (Legal Document)

The League signed onto a letter to Secretary Becerra of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging HHS to allow recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to enroll in health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Medicaid. 

League Memo to President Biden and his Administration Following the 2020 Election (Article)
League President Dr. Deborah Ann Turner and CEO Virginia Kase sent the following memo to President Biden and his administration following the 2020 election.
LWVUS Urges Administration to Pause Removal of Haitians Seeking Asylum  (Legal Document)

The League joined partners sending a letter to President Biden urging the immediate pause of the removal of Haitians to Haiti. 

LWV urges House to vote immediately on NO BAN Act (Legal Document)

Building on the League’s endorsement of the reintroduced bill earlier this month, LWV joined allies in urging House Leadership to bring the NO BAN Act to a vote

The League urges Senators to Vote No on anti-immigrant amendment to COVID relief (Legal Document)

The League joined, immigrant rights advocates to oppose a COVID relief package amendment that threatened to deny survival checks to mixed-immigration status families.

League joins coalition urging immigration protections for Cameroonians (Legal Document)

LWV signed on to a Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights letter urging Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Cameroonians.