CHC Chair Statement on the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection
For Immediate Release
Friday, June 10, 2022
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CHC Chair Statement on the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection
Washington, D.C. – In a letter sent last week, CHC Members asked that the Administration secure key commitments from leaders of the Western Hemisphere to protect the safety and human dignity of vulnerable populations migrating across the Americas. The Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection released today will mobilize the entire region around bold actions that will transform our approach to managing migration in the Americas, which is a step in the right direction.
CHC Chair Dr. Raul Ruiz released the following statement:
"The Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection will mobilize our Western Hemisphere region to carry out bold actions that will transform our approach to managing migration in the Americas. It will ensure we build a more humane, regional approach to migration that recognizes the importance of addressing both the root causes of migration and expands legal pathways and humanitarian programs for vulnerable communities desperately seeking stability," said Chair Dr. Ruiz. "The Congressional Hispanic Caucus will remain laser-focused on ensuring that our partners in the Western Hemisphere protect the safety and human dignity of vulnerable populations migrating across the Americas."
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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), founded in December 1976, is organized as a Congressional Member organization, governed under met with the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives. The CHC is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Territories