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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44) and incoming CHC Chair Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) released the following statement: 

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Leadership issued the following statement in response to the recent decision by a federal judge in Texas that found President Biden’s Parole-in-Place Executive Orders that would protect non-citizen spouses of U.S. citizens and their non-citizen children, exceeded his executive authority.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Chairs of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) issued a statement in response to this week’s reporting by the Wall Street Journal about U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan and her top advisers at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The reporting describes Dr.

"Hateful rhetoric has real-world consequences. When political leaders, influencers, and those with a large social platform choose language that dehumanizes communities, families get hurt, and hate crimes rise.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Newsweek opinion piece published today, the Chairs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) detailed how Trump’s Project 2025 would devastate health care for people of color, rural populations, the LGBTQ+ population, and low-income communities.

The Chairs instead offered the Health Equity and Accountability Act as a path forward to build on the progress Congressional Democrats, in partnership with the Obama-Biden Administration and Biden-Harris Administration, made with the Affordable Care Act and Inflation Reduction Act.

Los Angeles, CA – Today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán (CA-44) issued a statement in response to the Biden-Harris Administration’s announcement of an additional $4.5 billion in student loan debt relief for public service workers. 

This action brings the total approved funds for student loan forgiveness to $175 billion, including $74 billion for over one million borrowers through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Mexico City, Mexico – Yesterday, Congresswoman Nanette Barragán (CA-44), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, attended the inauguration of Her Excellency Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the first woman President of Mexico, as part of a Presidential Delegation led by First Lady Jill Biden. 

"I am deeply honored to have been part of the U.S. Presidential Delegation, led by First Lady Jill Biden, to witness the historic inauguration of President Claudia Sheinbaum—Mexico’s first female president.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Vice Chair of Policy Darren Soto and CHC Chair Nanette Barragán hosted a roundtable with CHC members, Congressional leadership, Biden-Harris Administration officials, and community stakeholders focused on voting rights issues affecting Hispanic communities ahead of the upcoming presidential election.

During the roundtable, attendees spoke about barriers affecting access to the ballot box for Latinos across the country—such as reducing vote-by-mail and early vote options, mis/disinformation, gerrymandering, language barriers, petition drive limitations, and other suppression tactics—and ways Congress and the Executive branch can work in local communities to mitigate issues.