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Priorities for the Biden-Harris Administration's
First 100 Days

Since 1990, Hispanic Federation has worked to empower and advance Hispanic communities, support Latino and immigrant families, and strengthen Latino community-based institutions.

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has laid bare the structural racism and barriers to opportunity that are entrenched in our society and disproportionately impact Latino and Black, indigenous, and other communities of color. We also know that socioeconomic disparities, carried forward, are not only unfair to our communities, but will become a compounded drag on U.S. society and the economy.

Hispanic Federation looks forward to working with the Biden-Harris Administration to address the most critical issues facing Hispanic and immigrant families today. Our commitment is to work with Joe Biden to center justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion across his entire Administration and to help create a government that looks like, and is responsive to, the country it governs.

Communities like ours, that have already been marginalized by structural barriers to equal opportunities and have low levels of wealth, are particularly vulnerable during all emergencies, whether natural disasters, economic downturns, or a health pandemic like the one caused by COVID-19. In order to respond to the crisis being faced by Latinos due to COVID-19, as well as to address other issues negatively impacting Hispanic and immigrant communities across the country, we urge the Biden-Harris administration to implement the following policies as soon as possible.

Click here to read the full letter outlining our priorities for Latino and immigrant communities for the Biden-Harris Administration’s First 100 Days.


Primeros 100 Actions

Immigration

Immigration

The failure of Congress to enact more humane and fair immigration reform has clouded the future of immigrant families, torn families apart, or made them live in daily fear of deportation. We urge the Biden-Harris Administration to change this by implementing the following policies as soon as possible.

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Housing

Housing

Much more assistance is needed to support low-income Latinx renters and other vulnerable renters for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Education

Education

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated long-standing educational disparities, setting children of color who were already behind their white and more affluent peers even further behind.

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Equity and Representation

Equity and Representation

Improving government services to our communities is not just about funding programs - it also requires ensuring that our government looks like and reflects the interests of those it governs.

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Economy & Jobs

Economy & Jobs

We cannot open the economy on the backs of brown, black, undocumented, and low-income workers already suffering disproportionately high infection rates and economic hardship without providing adequate compensation, health care, and other supports needed to have healthy workers who can take care of their families and help get the economy back on its feet.

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Climate

Climate

The racism that people have been marching in the streets against and the undeniable fact that racism (and colonialism) are social determinants of health are not unrelated. Racism also plays a determining role in environmental policies regarding land use, zoning, and regulations. Latinx and other frontline communities must provide leadership for solutions to these issues in our communities. We must speak for ourselves.

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Puerto Rico Disaster Relief

Puerto Rico Disaster Relief

We must ensure disaster relief and other federal funds - including funds intended for COVID relief - are distributed and released in a timely and legal manner, without additional restrictions and barriers to access that are not required of other post-disaster entities.

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Executive Orders or Actions

Executive Orders or Actions

In order to respond to the crisis being faced by Latinos due to COVID-19, as well as to address other issues negatively impacting Hispanic and immigrant communities across the country, we urge the Biden-Harris administration to issue the following Executive Orders as soon as possible.

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