Civil Rights, Housing, and Voting Rights

Washington, D.C. – This afternoon, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) joined CHC Members for a press conference to highlight the threat Judge Kavanaugh would pose to Hispanic families and urge the Senate to defeat his nomination for the Supreme Court of the United States.

Below are the CHC Chair's remarks as prepared:

"Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court of the United States directly threatens equality and freedom not just for the Hispanic community, but for all Americans.

"His past decisions and opinions, denying women and immigrants basic services and rolling back workplace protections demonstrate he would lend strong support to President Trump's anti-immigrant agenda.

"It's clear that Judge Kavanaugh doesn't believe in promoting fairness for minority and immigrant families.

WASHINGTON—Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Permanent Select Committee, and First Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), led members of the Hispanic Caucus in asking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen about the conditions at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas that led to the death of 18 month-old Mariee.

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Democratic Whip Steny H.

Washington, D.C. -Today, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) issued the following statement after U.S. District Court Judge Hanen declined to issue a preliminary injunction in the Texas lawsuit to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program:

"Today's ruling simply continues the uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients, which began as a result of Trump's reckless decision to end the program and Congressional Republicans' refusal to join us in working toward a permanent and bipartisan solution.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) led by Congressman Darren Soto, Chair of the CHC Taskforce on Voting and Civil Rights, sent a letter to the Department of Commerce expressing strong opposition to the addition of the citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Today's letter was submitted as part of the Department of the Commerce's U.S. Census Bureau public comment period, which ends August 7, 2018.

Washington, DC – Today, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) issued the following statement following two separate federal court orders regarding DACA and family separation.

"Today, we saw two federal judges call out the Trump Administration for its cruel policies that have targeted Dreamers and resulted in the separation of families. I am heartened to see the federal courts uphold the law and protect immigrant and Hispanic families from the Trump Administration's unlawful policies.

Washington, DC – Today, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-01) issued the following statement following a federal judge's decision to appoint a special monitor to oversee conditions for detained migrant children:

"U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee's decision to appoint an independent monitor is a step in the right direction in holding the government accountable and ensuring detention facilities and shelters are as safe as possible. An independent monitor's oversight will provide unbiased reports on how children are being treated in detention facilities along the southern border and reassure the American public that the government is meeting its responsibilities.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus – composed of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus – released the following joint statement in response to a test of Amazon's facial recognition platform that misidentified 28 members of Congress, a disproportionate number of whom were people of color, as people who have been arrested for a crime.