Press Releases

Hispanic Federation is delighted by the appointments of Catherine Lhamon and Debo Adegbile as Commissioners on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. We are confident they will continue to be champions for social justice on a host of issues affecting the 55 million Latinos living in the United States.
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Hispanic Federation has issued the following statement in response to Brandon Victor Dixon’s message to Vice President-elect Mike Pence following last night’s performance of Hamilton.
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Hispanic Federation has issued the following statement in response to the election of Donald Trump.
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Hispanic Federation announced today that it is mobilizing 150,000 Latino voters in Florida, New York and Connecticut in the final days before Election Day 2016. More than 100 volunteers and staff are participating in an innovative, non-partisan Get Out The Vote (GOTV) campaign that includes traditional door-knocking combined with new texting operations focused on making sure Latinos take advantage of early voting, know their voting places and rights, and vote on Election Day.
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Hispanic Federation and Ford Motor Company Fund today launched their sixth annual partnership to provide meals to families in need through Hispanic Federation’s Lucha Contra El Hambre hunger relief initiative.
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Hispanic Federation (HF), League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) have issued the following statement on voting rights and voter intimidation in the 2016 Presidential Election.
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Today the Hispanic Federation released a report titled, “Latinos in Central Florida: The Growing Hispanic Presence in the Sunshine State,” which highlights the dramatic ways in which Florida’s Latino community is being transformed by a new wave of migrants, particularly from the island of Puerto Rico. The report contains a wealth of information about the state’s Latino community, including population growth and diversity, geographic hubs, age and gender breakdowns, income and occupation trends, language and education proficiencies, voting tendencies and more.

Hispanic Federation has issued the following statement in response to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s recent statements in regards to his immigration policies.
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Hispanic Federation has issued the following statement in response to the tragic shooting in Dallas, Texas.
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Today, the US Senate voted to pass the “Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act” (PROMESA), which contains three provisions that are necessary to begin to stabilize and grow Puerto Rico’s economy: the authority to restructure all of the island’s $72 billion debt, the ability to fully audit this debt and potentially eliminate illegally- transacted portions, and the granting of a stay on any litigation pertaining to missed debt payments.
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Hispanic Federation is encouraged that the Supreme Court of the United States has placed the health and well-being of Texans above partisan politicking. With this ruling, individuals who are seeking safe and affordable reproductive healthcare will maintain access to care. This is a critical move in the right direction for our community, as Latinas are disproportionately affected by such healthcare restrictions, because of the implications they have on lower income and immigrant families.

Hispanic Federation is deeply disappointed and frustrated with today’s Supreme Court decision in the case of United States v. Texas. For months since the untimely death of Former Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, we have warned that an evenly divided court would be unable to meet its constitutional duties to mete out justice. As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has noted, an equal division of the members of the court is “essentially the same as a denial of review.” This is an unacceptable neglect of constitutional obligations by the Senate and must come to an end. The American people deserve a fully functioning, 9-member Supreme Court.
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Congratulations Lin-Manuel! We are so incredibly excited that "Hamilton: An American Musical" won 11 Tony awards on Sunday night, including Best Musical!
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Hispanic Federation joins the nation in mourning the more than 50 individuals murdered, and more than 50 wounded, in Orlando early this morning. We extend our deepest sympathy and solidarity to the family and friends of the victims and the injured.
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Mr. Trump has made baseless accusations that Judge Curiel, an American-born jurist of Mexican descent, has ‘an absolute conflict’ presiding over litigation regarding Trump University because of his heritage and Mr. Trump’s plan to ‘build a wall’ on the U.S.-Mexico border. These accusations are an affront to all fair-minded Americans.
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Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5278, the “Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act” (PROMESA). Hispanic Federation believes that this vital but imperfect legislation is an important development in addressing Puerto Rico’s debt crisis. We thank Representatives Nydia Velázquez, José Serrano, Pedro Pierluisi and Raúl Grijalva for their tireless efforts and leadership in pressing Congress to act and pushing for needed improvements in this bill.
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Over the past year, as Puerto Rico has suffered through its gravest economic crisis since the Great Depression, the island's 3.5 million American citizens have waited for Congress to act; allowing Puerto Rico's government to restructure its debts and begin a path toward economic growth and stability. The recent introduction of bipartisan legislation by the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee is an encouraging sign that Congress is finally making some progress on meeting its responsibilities to support Puerto Rico. The Hispanic Federation (HF) and its network of 100 Latino nonprofits sees this legislation as an important first step on a very long and arduous road to recovery for Puerto Rico and its people.
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