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Mi Familia Vota Condemns ICE abuse of Power and Attacks against Rep. Adelita Grijalva and Her Staff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Jessica Ortiz, Jessicao@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, DC –Mi Familia Vota strongly condemns the conduct and abuse of power of masked federal agents in Tucson today, who displayed aggression and pepper sprayed Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva and her staff even after the Congresswoman identified herself: Monica Sandschafer, Arizona State Director for Mi Familia Vota,…
Mi Familia Vota Condemns Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Texas’s Racially Gerrymandered Map
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Jessica Ortiz, Jessicao@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, DC –Mi Familia Vota today condemned a move by the Supreme Court that allows Texas Republicans’ gerrymandered district map for the 2026 midterms. The Supreme Court’s decision vacates a prior federal panel ruling that had found, as written by a Trump-appointed federal judge, “Substantial evidence…that Texas…
Rep. Adelita Grijalva Being Sworn In After 7 Week Delay
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Jessica Ortiz, Jessicao@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, DC – Mi Familia Vota welcomes the swearing-in of Rep. Adelita Grijalva today, but denounced the 7 week delay that left her constituents in the dark during the government shutdown: Monica Sandschafer, Arizona State Director for Mi Familia Vota, issued the following statement: “It’s about time.…
Government Shutdown Deal: Health Care Crisis Still Looms
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Jessica Ortiz, Jessicao@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, DC – Mi Familia Vota President and CEO Hector Sanchez Barba called for a real deal on health care, as millions stand to lose coverage: Hector Sanchez Barba, President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, issued the following statement: “Any deal to reopen the government that…
Mi Familia Vota Statement on Elections Results in California and Around the Country
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Jessica Ortiz, Jessicao@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, DC – Mi Familia Vota President and CEO Hector Sanchez Barba praised the strong turnout in California against Donald Trump’s partisan gerrymandering, and strong Latino turnout in other races around the country: Hector Sanchez Barba, President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, issued the following statement:…
Mi Familia Vota Welcomes Court Ruling on SNAP, Calls on Republican Majority to Revert Cuts to Health Care and Food Benefits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Jessica Ortiz, Jessicao@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, DC – Mi Familia Vota President and CEO Hector Sanchez Barba today welcomed the rulings from two judges that freezing payments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is unlawful, and having the Trump Administration use contingency funding. At the same time, the Mi Familia Vota…
Mi Familia Vota Statement on Looming Government Shut Down
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Jessica Ortiz, Jessicao@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, DC – Mi Familia Vota President and CEO Hector Sanchez Barba today called for Congress to repeal the theft of health care coverage passed in the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, and condemned the White House’s deceptive scapegoating of immigrants to force a government shut down: Hector…
Supreme Court Clears Path for Discrimination and Racial Profiling
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Jessica Ortiz, Jessicao@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, DC – Today, providing no explanation whatsoever, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow roving immigration raids to continue, even though they follow broad criteria that target Spanish speakers or focus on locations where day-laborers congregate. Hector Sanchez Barba, President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota,…