Immigration and Border Issues

26 de sus miembros firmaron una carta pública en la que señalan que la decisión viola la Cuarta Enmienda de la Constitución. 

Nueva York – Con una referencia directa al “inequívoco” mensaje de la jueza del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor, miembros del Caucus Hispano del Congreso (CHC) rechazaron la decisión de la mayoría en ese foro que le permite a las autoridades migratorias federales proceder contra personas con base en el perfil racial.

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".

The Trump administration is on the defensive as educators demand action to protect students from immigration police. 

As litigation over the administration’s crackdown continues, advocates say immigrants — and people who are perceived as immigrants — are at risk of being disappeared into remote immigration jails without due process, as viral videos of masked agents making violent arrests fuel fears. 

CHC Leadership’s Amicus Brief Assisted D.C. District Court in Blocking IRS Disclosure of Taxpayer Information to ICE

This week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia sided with concerns raised by Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and advocates, moving to restrict the unprecedented data sharing and temporarily blocking the IRS from disclosing taxpayer information to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without providing the court and plaintiffs with 24-hour notice.

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.

Washington — The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is pushing a slate of immigration-related amendments as the House takes up the annual defense authorization bill, staking out opposition to what they describe as the militarization of immigration enforcement.

Nueva York – Múltiples organizaciones que defienden los derechos de los migrantes y otras partes interesadas, algunas de las que tienen presencia en Puerto Rico, tronaron contra la decisión de la Corte Suprema que facilita que se realicen arrestos migratorios en Los Ángeles, California, con base en perfil racial o sin causa razonable. El director del Caucus Hispano del Congreso (CHC), Adriano Espaillat, tildó la movida como un retroceso histórico.