Jan 12, 2021
As President Trump visits Texas to tout border wall, Latino advocate group calls on President-elect Biden to issue immediate Executive Orders to halt construction and allocate funds to repair damage.
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Jan 6, 2021
Hispanic Federation President Frankie Miranda issued the following statement regarding yesterday’s runoff elections in Georgia for two U.S. Senate seats:
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Dec 22, 2020
Today, Hispanic Federation, one of the nation’s leading organizations dedicated to supporting and empowering the Latino community, issued the following statement on President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Dr. Miguel Cardona.
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Dec 22, 2020
The pilot project, funded with $300,000 from the Foundation For The Carolinas and Hispanic Federation, will provide legal representation to undocumented immigrants, wrap-around social services to clients and families, as well as community legal rights education.
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Dec 22, 2020
As Latino communities across the United States continue to be disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hispanic Federation announced its third round of grants, over $2.75 million to 151 Latino community-based nonprofits serving vulnerable families and individuals across 22 states and Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico.
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Dec 11, 2020
Hispanic Federation announced the expansion of its DACA scholarship program following a court order on December 4th which required the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fully reinstate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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Dec 7, 2020
Today, Hispanic Federation, one of the nation’s leading organizations dedicated to supporting and empowering the Latino community, issued the following statement on President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Xavier Becerra.
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Nov 23, 2020
Today, Hispanic Federation, one of the nation’s leading organizations dedicated to supporting and empowering the Latino community, issued the following statement on President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas.
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Nov 20, 2020
Today, employees of Ford Motor Company Fund and Latino college students participating in CREAR Futuros, a college readiness, achievement, and retention program developed by Hispanic Federation, participated in a virtual panel discussion on Latino leadership and helped launch the 10th Annual Lucha Contra El Hambre Hunger Relief Campaign.
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Nov 20, 2020
Young immigrants, Latino youth, and unaccompanied minors once again have the opportunity to keep their soccer skills sharp throughout the Fall as FIFA World Cup Champion and Queensboro FC Co-Founder David Villa, NYC Council Member Francisco Moya and Hispanic Federation launch the third season of the Soccer Camp for Immigrant and Latinx Youth.
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Nov 19, 2020
In response to the wide scale death and destruction in Central America in the wake of the latest Hurricanes Eta and Iota, Alianza Americas, Hispanic Federation, and Presente.org have joined forces to launch an urgent campaign to assist the affected communities in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala.
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Nov 18, 2020
The Latino Community Fund of Georgia (LCF Georgia), GALEO, Hispanic Federation and Mi Familia Vota, announced a historic mobilization campaign in Georgia to engage Latino voters in the upcoming Senate run-off races.
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Nov 6, 2020
“El pueblo habló y reiteramos nuestras más sinceras felicitaciones a Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. al ser electo como el presidente 46º de los Estados Unidos. Y a la vicepresidenta electa Kamala Devi Harris por hacer historia como hija de inmigrantes que ahora se ha convertido en la primera mujer negra y asiático-americana en ser escogida al poder ejecutivo.
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Nov 6, 2020
“The people have spoken, and we extend our sincere congratulations to President-elect Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. on his election as the 46th President of the United States and to Vice President-elect Kamala Devi Harris on making history as the daughter of immigrants who has now become the first Black- and South Asian-American woman elected to the Executive branch.
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Nov 4, 2020
El Presidente de la Federación Hispana, Frankie Miranda, emitió la siguiente declaración acerca de la participación electoral histórica de la comunidad Latina en las elecciones del 2020: La comunidad Latina ha hablado. Aunque todavía no sabemos los resultados de la elección presidencial, está claro que los Latinos rompieron records saliendo a votar.
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Nov 4, 2020
Hispanic Federation President Frankie Miranda issued the following statement on Latino voter turnout for the 2020 election: Latinos have spoken. While we still do not know the results of the presidential elections, one thing is clear, a record number of Latinos cast their ballots this year.
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Oct 27, 2020
Today, Hispanic Federation, one of the nation’s leading organizations dedicated to supporting and empowering the Latino community, issued the following statement in response to the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Hispanic Federation President Frankie Miranda said:
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Sep 18, 2020
Hispanic Federation, which has been leading a $43 million disaster relief program on Puerto Rico since 2017, issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s approval of $13 billion in aid for the island.
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Sep 15, 2020
Hispanic Federation President Frankie Miranda issued the following statement on the “Biden-Harris Plan for Recovery, Renewal, and Respect for Puerto Rico” plan.
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Sep 15, 2020
Today, Hispanic Federation, one of the nation’s leading organizations dedicated to supporting and empowering the Hispanic community, offered its strong support of the bipartisan 2020 Census Deadline Extension Act, introduced by Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) which would restore the 2020 Census field count operation deadline to October 31, 2020.
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