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Also joining the show is Democratic Congressman Adriano Espaillat with his take on redistricting. He also talks about the race for New York City mayor.
Como presidente del Caucus Hispano del Congreso, no voy a tolerar esta falta de transparencia, especialmente cuando las vidas de inmigrantes detenidos están en juego. El MDC de Brooklyn tiene un historial de abusos ya documentado", sostuvo Espaillat.
El Caucus Hispano del Congreso (CHC) recordó el sexto aniversario del tiroteo en El Paso, Texas, donde murieron 23 personas, la mayoría hispanos.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) accused Texas Republicans of silencing Latino voters with their proposed redistricting plan in a letter first obtained by The Hill on Friday. In a letter addressed to Cody Vasut, chair of the Texas Committee on Redistricting, and vice chair Jon Rosenthal, Espaillat described the new congressional map proposed by Texas Republicans as “a blatant power grab that undermines democracy and silences Latino voters.”
A dozen Democratic members of Congress who have been blocked from making oversight visits at immigration detention centers filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Trump administration that seeks to ensure they are granted entry into the facilities, even without prior notice. The lawsuit, filed in the District of Columbia’s federal court, said the Department of Homeland Security and U.S.
President Trump’s proposed 2026 budget, which is currently under congressional review, could halt plans for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino to expand on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The president’s budget would not provide funding for the long-awaited Latino museum, which was signed into law by Trump during his first term. News of the 2026 budget proposal came after he issued a March executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” which alleges a “divisive, race-centered ideology” at the core of the Smithsonian Institution.
Un grupo de 12 congresistas demócratas, en su mayoría latinos, ha interpuesto este miércoles una demanda contra la Administración Trump por impedir el acceso a los centros de detención del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés)... “La obstrucción de la supervisión por parte del Congreso no es solo una afrenta a nuestra Constitución, es una amenaza en contra de la democracia,” declaró en un comunicado Adriano Espaillat, presidente del Caucus Hispano del Congreso, uno de los representantes que firma la demanda.
The massive tax and spending cuts package signed into law by President Donald Trump earlier this month will affect not only Latinos using federal safety net programs but also those living in communities vulnerable to environmental pollution, Democrats and advocates said during a Tuesday virtual press conference.
Videos sent to a New York assemblywoman and an immigration advocate group shows an alleged ICE detention facility on the 10th floor of a federal immigration court in Lower Manhattan. According to the New York Immigration Coalition, individuals detained at the facility have been there for days and weeks at a time without showers, medication or a change of clothes, sleeping on the floor, and with minimal food and outside contact.
New York Democratic Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Adriano Espaillat are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to investigate a New York City facility that’s become pivotal in the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.
The House Democrats’ call for an investigation — and for DHS to stop using 26 Federal Plaza as a detention site — comes after Velázquez and Espaillat (who is the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus) were denied access to the facility over two visits in June and July.