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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Rafael Benavides, media@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, Hector Sanchez Barba, issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted Friday on a reconciliation package that allows them to bypass the filibuster to fund a $69.5 billion three-year budget for immigration enforcement operations. The reconciliation…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Rafael Benavides, media@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hector Sanchez Barba, President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, issued a statement in response to the Trump administration urging the U.S. Supreme Court to wade into RNC v. Mi Familia Vota, a lawsuit between the Republican National Committee and voting rights groups: “This…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Rafael Benavides, media@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hector Sanchez Barba, President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, issued the following statement : “This weekend, ICE inexcusably denied Governor Mikie Sherrill access to an ICE facility in New Jersey, and later used pepper spray on a group of protesters, including U.S. Senator…

Coalition will coordinate voter registration, year-round organizing, data-informed outreach, and trusted messenger programs, with Carlos Eduardo Espina serving as an ambassador. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Rafael Benavides, media@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), UnidosUS Action Fund, Mi Familia Vota, and Latino Victory announced the launch of a…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Rafael Benavides, media@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Héctor Sánchez Barba, President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, issued the following statement after the House of Representatives today approved a bill that the Senate passed a month ago to fund most of DHS, but not ICE and CBP: “Today, the House did…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Rafael Benavides, media@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Martin Luther King III, Chairman of the Board of the Drum Major Institute (DMI), and Arndrea Waters King, President of DMI joined Héctor Sánchez Barba, President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, issued the following statement following yesterday’s Supreme Court decision further eroding the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Rafael Benavides, media@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the Supreme Court’s decision to undermine Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in a 6-3 ruling on Louisiana v. Callais today, Héctor Sánchez Barba, President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, released the following statement: “This troubling ruling from the right-wing Supreme Court…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Rafael Benavides, media@mifamiliavota.org DENVER, CO – Following the passage of SB26-121, Christo Luna, Colorado Deputy State Director for Mi Familia Vota, issued the following statement: “We condemn the passage of SB26-121 as it is a direct attack on farmworkers and a dangerous step backward for worker protections in our nation. By…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Rafael Benavides, media@mifamiliavota.org ORLANDO, FL – Soraya Marquez, Mi Familia Vota Florida State Director, issued a statement on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ congressional gerrymander proposal: “Redrawing districts to seize power is a blatant attack on democracy. Politicians who pick their voters silence the will of the people and trample our democratic…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Rafael Benavides, media@mifamiliavota.org WASHINGTON, DC – President and CEO of Mi Familia Vota, Héctor Sánchez Barba, issued a statement after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map by formally overturning a lower court’s ruling:   “The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States…