Hispanic slammed Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz for blocking President Biden’s nomination of Leopoldo Martínez Nucete as United States executive director of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) because of alleged past associations with the Venezuelan regime. “Senator Ted Cruz’s mischaracterization of Leopoldo Martinez is nothing but an outright lie. As a Venezuelan-American, I am deeply…
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Hispanic Caucus reserves ad slots for Oregon House race
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus campaign arm on Monday announced it’s buying up airtime for the House race in Oregon’s newest district, supporting Democratic nominee Andrea Salinas. Bold PAC, the Hispanic Caucus’s political arm, has made Salinas’s election a priority, after an expensive primary where the group outmuscled a coalition between Democratic leadership and a cryptocurrency…
More than 100 groups call on Biden to drop support for Haitian prime minister
A broad coalition of faith and advocacy groups is calling on the Biden administration to cut support for de facto Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, whose party they say is at the center of Haiti’s deepening political and humanitarian crisis. In a letter sent on Thursday to President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and…
Biden sings ‘Happy Birthday,’ hits GOP over immigration at Latino gala
President Biden scored winners and losers of a recent legislative action, took aim at the GOP over immigration and sang “Happy Birthday” to a member of Congress in his address to Washington’s Hispanic establishment Thursday. Biden delivered the keynote speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) gala, the first such live event since 2019,…
Famous Latina mothers team up for climate voter mobilization
The Latino Victory Project is investing $5 million in a climate voter mobilization campaign led by famous Latina mothers. “Vote Like a Madre,” the campaign, features artists, celebrities and influencers calling on other Latina mothers to vote with climate change in mind. In one ad featuring actress and activist Eva Longoria, the “Desperate Housewives” stars lists…
Department of Education announces grants for bomb-threatened HBCUs
The Department of Education on Thursday is announcing grants for two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that have received bomb threats this year. The Department will award $420,000 in Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) funds to Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., and $80,000 to Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, N.C. “As…
Progressive groups call on Democrats to lean in on immigration
Four top progressive advocacy groups are calling on Democrats to campaign affirmatively on immigration, countering Republican rhetoric on the issue rather than pivoting away from it. In a memo released Tuesday by Community Change Action, Mi Familia Vota, SEIU and United We Dream Action, the groups shared internal message testing they hope will encourage Democrats…
Biden to attend premier Hispanic Heritage Month event
President Biden is scheduled to attend the keystone event celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in Washington, The Hill has learned. Organized by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), the Annual Awards Gala hosts a who’s who of Latinos in politics, culture and advocacy. Biden’s attendance at the 45th annual gala is the first by a president…
DC, Chicago, NY lawmakers call for $50 million for bused migrants
A group of House Democrats on Friday called on Congress to provide $50 million in federal funding to house and feed migrants bused to northern cities from Texas and Arizona. In a letter led by Reps. Jesús García (D-Ill.) and Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) and District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), 23 Democrats called on heads…
Record number of migrants die at southern border
Fiscal 2022 is on track to become the deadliest year on record for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a report by CNN. Since Oct. 1 of last year, when fiscal 2022 started, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials have registered 748 migrant deaths at the border, according to the report. That’s on track…