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Immigration

LWV  calls upon President Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas to exercise executive authority to designate Mexico for Temporary Protected Status because of their COVID-19 crisis.

The League joined letters in support of the New Deal for New Americans and National Office for New Americans Acts.

The League of Women Voters strongly endorses this common-sense bipartisan legislation, and we stand ready to work with lawmakers to see it become law.

LWV sent a letter to Dream Act sponsor Senator Durbin offering our support and endorsement of the Dream Act, re-introduced last week

The League issued a rare vote recommendation  last week urging them to protect immigrant/mixed-status family access to stimulus checks/vaccines and oppose Youth Amendment and others.

We commend President Biden for prioritizing the reunification of thousands of families separated by the previous administration.

LWV joined Muslim Advocates’ coalition in urging the new Biden Administration to stop the Trump denaturalization regime.

In letters to the CDC and Biden COVID-19 Transition Team, LWV joined allies in laying out clear principles for COVID-19 vaccine distribution to immigrants.

In partnership with the Value our Families and No Muslim Ban Ever Campaigns, LWV advocated for President-elect Biden to rescind every iteration of the Muslim Ban.

LWV of the United States and the Leagues of California, Florida, and Texas filed an amicus brief in New York v. Trump, a case which challenges President Trump’s executive order to block undocumented individuals from being counted in the U.S. Census.