LWVUS Submits Comments to USCIS Opposing Immigration Application Fee Increases (Legal Document) 3/13/2023 LWVUS submitted public comment to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the proposed…
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging the Administration not to Issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on an Asylum Ban (Legal Document) 1/18/2023 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined nearly 300 civil, human rights, and immigrant rights organizations on a letter to President…
League Calls on Congress to Protect Dreamers in Lame Duck Session (Press Release) 11/21/2022 WASHINGTON – Today, the League of Women Voters CEO Virginia Kase Solomón released the following statement in support of the legislation to protect…
LWVUS Urges Congress to Protect Dreamers (Legal Document) 11/18/2022 Senate and House leadership announced that protecting Dreamers is a high priority in the remaining time of the 117th Congress, leading the League to…
How The Roe Decision Mobilized a First-Time Voter (News Clips) 11/7/2022 This interview was originally published by TheSkimm. College freshman Cassidy Recio Brenes is excited to vote for the first time. Like, really…
Reproductive Rights Are on the Ballot (Blog) 11/1/2022 In June 2022, the US Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and…, Which States Have Reproductive Rights on the Ballot? Kansas Unlike the other five ballot measures, Kansas voters already voted on a…, Montana Montana voters will vote on a legislatively referred state statute (LR-131), known as the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act. Adoption…, Michigan’s Constitution currently protects the rights to equal protection and due process. A Michigan court pointed to these rights to block the…
LWVUS Urges the US Department of Health and Human Services to Allow DACA Recipients to Enroll in Health Insurance Programs (Legal Document) 10/25/2022 The League signed onto a letter to Secretary Becerra of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), urging HHS to allow recipients of the…
LWVUS Joins Public Statement of Concerns Related to the Impact of Police Funding Bills in the Wake of Dobbs (Legal Document) 9/21/2022 The League of Women Voters of the United States joined a public statement urging Congress not to enact laws that expand federal resources for…
DC Reproductive Rights Depend on Statehood (Blog) 8/18/2022 This blog was written by Anne Anderson and Kathy Chiron of the LWV of DC. In August 2022, Kansans came out in droves to reject a proposed amendment…, Abortion Justice in DC In fact, Congress recently passed a budget bill that prevents DC from using locally raised taxes to help low-income…
LWVUS Urges USAID and the State Department to Demonstrate Their Commitment to Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice (Legal Document) 8/10/2022 The League signed onto a letter urging the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Department of State to take…