LETTER SIGN-ONs

LCLAA joined immigrant rights, labor, and advocacy organizations in urging Maryland Governor Wes Moore to sign the Community Trust Act and Data Privacy Act into law. Following extensive on-the-ground advocacy efforts, both bills were signed into law and will strengthen protections for immigrant families by limiting collaboration between local law enforcement and ICE and preventing the misuse of personal data for immigration enforcement. At a time when immigrant workers and families face heightened fear and uncertainty, these measures will help build trust, protect civil rights, and ensure that all Maryland residents can safely access schools, services, and opportunities without fear of family separation or surveillance.

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LCLAA joined immigration, labor, and advocacy organizations in urging the Department of Homeland Security to withdraw a proposed rule that would place harmful new barriers on TPS holders and asylum seekers. The rule threatens workers' ability to maintain work authorization, support their families, and continue contributing to the communities and industries that rely on them. TPS holders and asylum seekers are essential members of our workforce and economy, and they deserve policies that recognize their contributions—not bureaucratic obstacles that put their livelihoods at risk.

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LCLAA alongside organizations in Pennsylvania urge representatives to pass a comprehensive and sustainable paid family and medical leave in the upcoming budget negotiations. Passing a paid leave program would be an extraordinary victory that would support the economic security of millions of families in the Commonwealth and demonstrate de power of bipartisan efforts to better the lives of working families.

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LCLAA joins organizations in Pennsylvania to urge the Governor and Lt. Governor to work with the legislature to pass a comprehensive and sustainable paid family and medical leave program.

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LCLAA joins union leaders, constituency groups, and community leaders in opposing Senator Comyn’s bill 405 which proposes to abolish the Cesar Chavez National Monument. The bill was crafted without consulting the affected communities and is not the appropriate tool for addressing the issue.

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The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) is urging members of Congress to sign U.S. Representative Donald Norcross’s (D-NJ) discharge petition to bring the Faster Labor Contracts Act (H.R. 5408) to a vote. This bipartisan bill comes at a crucial moment, as workers and families across the country, especially Latino workers, face rising costs, retaliation on the job, and unsafe working conditions.

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The letter urges Congress to reject ongoing efforts to spread misinformation about fraud in public benefit programs like Medicaid, SNAP, child care, and rental assistance, which are being used to justify harmful cuts and restrictions. It underscores that fraud rates are extremely low and that these narratives disproportionately harm low-income families and communities of color by creating stigma, limiting access, and scapegoating immigrants. The letter calls on lawmakers to protect and strengthen critical safety net programs, reject policies rooted in false fraud claims, and focus oversight on bad actors who exploit systems for profit rather than targeting vulnerable communities.

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The letter urges Members of Congress to defend taxpayer privacy, uphold the rule of law, and protect the integrity of federal data systems in response to growing efforts to use government databases for immigration enforcement. It highlights how recent data-sharing practices, including but not limited to the disclosure of confidential taxpayer information to immigration authorities, violate federal law, erode public trust, and place both workers and families at risk. The letter calls on Congress to: sign onto a Congressional amicus brief supporting legal challenges to these practices, conduct oversight hearings on data sharing practices, and advance stronger data privacy protections to ensure federal agencies are not weaponized against the communities they are meant to serve. 

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The letter raises serious concerns about proposed language and proposed appropriations bills that would expand H-2 temporary work visa programs (particularly H-2B) without addressing longstanding issues that leave migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. It highlights how the current structure of the program, including tying workers to a single employer, enables wage theft, unsafe conditions, and even trafficking, while also lowering labor standards for U.S. workers. The letter calls on Congress to reject these harmful expansions and provisions, strengthen worker protections and enforcement, and ensure any changes to the program include meaningful reforms such as visa portability, bans on recruitment fees, and equal labor standards. It also urges lawmakers to hold employers accountable by denying access to the program for those who violate labor laws and to prioritize policies that protect both migrant and U.S. workers rather than expanding programs that enable exploitation.

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The comment letter, led by the Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition (PIF), urges the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to withdraw its proposed rule that would deny federally subsidized housing to mixed-status families, including U.S. citizens and lawfully present immigrants. It explains that the policy would break with decades of precedent, increase housing instability, and force families to choose between separation or eviction, risking making tens of thousands of U.S. citizen children homelessness. The letter also raises concerns about the use of flawed verification systems that could wrongly deny eligible individuals assistance. It calls on HUD to abandon the proposal and maintain current policies that already allow eligible families to access stable, affordable housing.

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LCLAA joins more than 200 organizations and experts, as reflected in a recent joint statement coordinated by Amnesty International USA, in raising an urgent alarm about the risks of further escalation and the devastating consequences for global peace, security, and human life. As an organization rooted in the fight for justice, dignity, and the protection of working people, LCLAA views this escalation through the lens of its human and economic toll.

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On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; our Census Task Force co-chairs, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC and NALEO Educational Fund; and the undersigned organizations, we appreciate this opportunity to provide comments on the 2026 Operational Test in Support of the 2030 Census described in the Federal Register Notice Docket Number USBC-2026-0034, “Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2026 Operational Test in Support of the 2030 Census” (“Notice”).  

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LCLAA alongside more than 100 transnational, national, state, and local organizations are urging the newly appointed Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph B. Edlow to take immediate corrective actions to to address longstanding misinformation regarding the correct expiration date of automatically extended Employment Authorization Documents (EAD), for El Salvador Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders. This confusion has resulted in the wrongful termination of thousands of lawfully authorized workers across the United States. 

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The letter expresses strong opposition to S. 1383, the “SAVE America Act,” H.R. 7300, the “Make Elections Great Again Act,” and H.R. 22, the original “SAVE Act.” It calls on the Senate to reject these measures, which if passed, would impose unnecessary proof-of-citizenship requirements and create new barriers to casting one’s ballot. It underscores that these proposals are rooted in misinformation about voter fraud and would exclude millions of eligible voters while burdening election officials. Together, these proposals threaten to undermine our democracy by making it harder for communities of color and working people to exercise their fundamental right to vote.

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LCLAA joined a coalition letter led by the National Women’s Law Center urging Members of Congress to co-sponsor the Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination (BE HEARD) in the Workplace Act, legislation that would strengthen accountability, combat workplace harassment and discrimination, and advance equality, safety, and dignity for millions of workers.

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As part of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, LCLAA joined the comments in response to the Census Bureau’s notice on the American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS).

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LCLAA joined 125 civil rights, immigration, and faith-based organizations in a coalition letter led by UndocuBlack Network, African Communities Together, the National Action Network, and CAIR-MN. The letter highlights how recent federal actions, including terminating TPS for majority-Black countries, imposing sweeping visa bans disproportionately targeting African and Caribbean nations, and detaining vetted Somali refugees through Operation PARRIS have destabilized Black immigrant communities. Therefore, the letter calls on the Congressional Black Caucus to use their leadership and oversight authority to halt discriminatory enforcement targeting Black refugees, reinstate and protect humanitarian programs like TPS, investigate detention conditions, and strengthen support for impacted families.

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LCLAA joined more than 240 national organizations urging the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee to rein in DHS’s dangerous expansion of surveillance powers that fuel racial profiling and civil rights abuses. The letter calls on Congress to stop the weaponization of personal data, restrict invasive surveillance and biometric programs, and impose strong oversight and accountability measures to prevent the creation of a permanent surveillance state that threatens all communities.

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As part of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, LCLAA joined the comments in response to the Department of Education’s notice on the proposed definition of “professional degree” for loan limit purposes. The letter warns that the Department’s proposal to exclude key post-baccalaureate degrees from professional designation would slash federal loan access, disproportionately limiting graduate opportunities for women and students of color, pushing many toward riskier private loans that deepen existing racial and gender wealth gaps. 

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LCLAA, alongside a coalition of over 50 labor, civil rights, faith, and immigrant advocacy organizations, issued a letter calling for the immediate impeachment of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem. Led by Voto Latino, the letter was delivered to Congressional leadership, urging the House of Representatives to advance Representative Robin Kelly’s articles of impeachment. The coalition outlines serious examples of rights violations under Secretary Noem’s leadership, including obstruction of congressional oversight, unlawful use of deadly force and targeting of minors, unlawful raids of U.S. citizens, deprivation of due process, violation of court orders, and the unlawful detention of Tribal citizens.

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LCLAA joined over 430 national, state, and local organizations in a joint letter led by CLASP urging Congress to protect sensitive locations amid DHS funding negotiations. The letter calls on Members of Congress to stand with children and families by codifying long-standing, bipartisan protections for “sensitive locations” by incorporating the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act into DHS spending legislation. This would ensure that schools, child care centers, health care facilities, and places of worship are safe from disruptive and traumatizing enforcement actions. Safeguarding sensitive locations is not only about protecting immigrant children and families; it is essential to the stability of our communities, the strength of our workforce and economy, and the collective wellbeing of communities nationwide.

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On September 4, 2025, 475 workers—175 of whom were Latino—were forcibly separated from their families during the largest single-site immigration enforcement raid at the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) in Ellabell, Georgia. LCLAA, along with seven other Latino organizations and 19 national partners, sent a letter to Hyundai urging the company to honor its stated commitment to Georgia by standing with the workers and families who make its operations and innovation possible. All workers deserve respect, dignity, and protection.

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We, the undersigned civil rights and human rights organizations, call on you to say enough is enough. Congress must rein in the violence and lawlessness endangering our communities. Specifically, we ask that you refuse to increase funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, and that you demand that any appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security restrain and require accountability from immigration enforcement agencies.

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ACLU SIGN-ON LETTER

We the undersigned 1,025 organizations write to express our horror, outrage and deep grief about the news that federal agents have executed a human being in broad daylight on the streets of Minneapolis. How many more people have to die, how many more lies have to be told, and how many more children must be used as bait and abducted, before Congress fulfills its responsibilities and stops these out-of-control agencies from continuing to violently attack our immigrant communities and communities of color, as well as their many allies and supporters?

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DETENTION WATCH NETWORK LETTER

On January 9, 2025, LCLAA joined five immigrant rights and Latino organizations in urging Delaware legislators to support SB 63, a bill that would hold general contractors accountable for misclassifying workers as independent contractors and putting profit over workers’ safety and protections. The bill would help ensure that all workers in Delaware receive the basic protections they deserve for the critical work they do in our communities day in and day out.

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