MFV will be training national, state, and local organizations and volunteers to register and engage eligible voters by the multitudes as part of MFV’s National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) activities. We are encouraging all eligible voters to register and motivate others to do the same, regardless of their age.

National Citizenship Day holds extra significance since President Trump has made significant changes to immigration services over the course of his presidency. These changes have created additional obstacles to an already convoluted process, increasing the need for continued citizenship classes and legal assistance through trusted organizations with ground operations like MFV.

Mi Familia Vota (MFV) is uplifting the 2019 Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) theme: “Hispanic Americans: a History of Serving Our Nation” through celebratory advocacy campaigns and civic engagement work targeting diverse Latino populations in key cities across the country.

Two years ago, President Trump ended DACA for Dreamers, reversing a campaign promise to help Dreamers and instead unleashing an anti-immigrant agenda from which few have been spared. We stand with undocumented youth and commend their extraordinary courage, resilience, and boundless enthusiasm to contribute to our country in spite of major obstacles.

The Trump administration announced plans to weaken the Environmental Protection Agency’s methane rules, proposing a roll-back of Obama-era emission regulations on the major industries that create the greatest methane emissions in the U.S.

MFV Joins the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) to condemn the Trump administration’s issuance of a final rule seeking to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement that requires the federal government to not detain immigrant children for a period greater than 20 days.

Mi Familia Vota proudly announces and welcomes Carlos Duarte as Chief Development Officer. Duarte has been with the organization in key roles for over 10 years, providing him immeasurable institutional knowledge and a clear vision for expanding a revenue stream to fund robust programs nationwide that are building Latino political power.

The Trump administration is acting quickly to dismantle the few and fragile protections that keep migrants from being completely abased. This administration would seek to manipulate laws that would further deny children and migrant adults any human rights protections.

NHLA, a coalition of 45 of the nation’s preeminent Latino advocacy organizations, calls on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) within the Department of Homeland Security to withdraw the final regulation in its entirety. The Trump administration announced that it will move forward to add more life-saving public benefit programs to the public charge list, thereby expanding the number of people who would be ineligible for lawful permanent residence.

The Trump administration published new rules that greatly restricts eligibility for lawful permanent residence and citizenship based on immigrants’ use of government services, household income, education, and other criteria.

The pervasive, hateful rhetoric specifically demonizing and targeting immigrants and Latinos – labeling them criminal, accusing them of invasion -  has emboldened far-right extremists and white supremacists to become violent. Mi Familia Vota’s goal has been and continues to be to build resilience against that type of hate within the Latino community by deliberately reaching out to its members to build their own wall - one of civic participation.

In preparation for the 2020 Census and the presidential elections, Mi Familia Vota is excited to announce the roll-out of its new strategic engagement plan to advance Latino civic participation and immigrant rights in Florida and at the national level.