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Washington, DC- Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chairman Rubén Hinojosa (TX-15) and Members of the CHC released the following statements following today's press conference on the unaccompanied minors situation.
CHC Chairman Rubén Hinojosa: "The Congressional Hispanic Caucus stands up in defense of the unaccompanied minors from Central America. This is an issue that is especially concerning to us because these are our kids. The children coming from our neighboring Latin American countries could be our nieces, nephews, grandkids. As a Caucus, we continue to fight for immigration reform and now, we join together to stand up for these unaccompanied children. We must ensure these children are protected under the law and that we find solutions to this humanitarian issue at hand."
CHC, CBC, CAPAC, CPC, Sen. Cardin, and Rep. Conyers to Hold Press Conference on Profiling
WASHINGTON— Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH), Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Judy Chu (D-CA.), and Co-Chairs of the Progressive Caucus (CPC) Reps. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ.) and Reps. Keith Ellison (D-MN.) will join Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) to hold a press conference on Wednesday, June 25th to call on the Obama Administration to issue improved profiling guidance for federal law enforcement that closes current loopholes.