Civil Rights, Housing, and Voting Rights

Washington, D.C. – The CHC submitted a formal letter urging an immediate investigation into the impacts of the Supreme Court’s decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo on Latinos. The high court’s ruling allows federal agents to continue their practice of warrantless stops and detention of individuals simply based on factors like apparent ethnicity, language, or occupation. 

Recently, leaders from the U.S. House received a letter which had been announced by chairs of four congressional groups (the New Democrat Coalition Housing Task Force, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus) urging House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to preserve funding for several federal housing anti-discrimination programs while the FY 2026 appropriations process remains ongoing. 

Junto al Caucus Hispano del Congreso, Nydia Velázquez denunció que se validaran las detenciones basadas en el perfil étnico y racial. Washington D.C. - El Caucus Hispano del Congreso denunció el martes que la mayoría conservadora del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos ha puesto en peligro la seguridad de todos los latinos al validar detenciones y arrestos basados en el perfil étnico y racial de las personas.

"The Supreme Court has sent our country a very clear message: If you are Latino, if you speak Spanish, or if you work hard for a living, your rights are now conditional," said Democratic Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA) at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus news conference. The event was held in response to the Supreme Court's decision to stay a district court injunction that blocked certain immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles. Members of the Caucus expressed strong dissent, accusing the Court of legalizing "racial profiling".

House Democrats have proposed a bill that would allow illegal immigrants who helped clean up ground zero in New York City the chance to become U.S. citizens.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) reintroduced the 9/11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act on Thursday, the 24-year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

Democrats of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are comparing the Supreme Court’s recent order permitting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to enforce federal immigration law in Los Angeles, California, to Plessy v. Ferguson which endorsed racial segregation. In response, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) compared the SCOTUS order to cases that promoted racial discrimination against black Americans, such as Dred Scott v. Sandford and Plessy v. Ferguson.

Education In the States — Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) said the Trump administration’s decision not to defend the HSI program will create an opening for future challenges and leaves other programs vulnerable. The fight over student gender identity, school restrooms and locker rooms is barreling again toward the Supreme Court — and this time tens of millions of government dollars are at stake.

El gobierno de Trump reactivó a partir de junio la aplicación de una regla que exige que los conductores de transporte de carga demuestren dominio del idioma inglés para conducir en Estados Unidos. Más de 3,000 choferes de transporte de carga han perdido su autorización para conducir en el país luego de que entró en vigor la aplicación de una regla ya existente para obligarlos transportes a demostrar dominio del inglés, informó el Departamento de Transporte. Pero otras organizaciones han criticado duramente la medida.