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Immigration

LWV issues vote recommendation to protect immigrant rights in COVID stimulus talks (Legal Document)

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.

LWV Statement on Immigration Executive Orders (Press Release)

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

LWV calls on Biden administration to stop stripping Americans of their citizenship (Legal Document)

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

League Joins Principles for Immigrant COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution (Legal Document)

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.

LWV calls on President-elect Biden to Reverse Harmful Immigration Executive Orders on Day 1 (Legal Document)

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 US and LWV of California, Florida and Texas File Amicus in SCOTUS Case Challenging Trump Census Order (Press Release)

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.

California Lawsuit Blocking President’s Order Excluding Undocumented Individuals from Census Heads to the US Supreme Court (Press Release)

A federal judge ruled in City of San Jose, California v. Trump that the president’s executive order to block undocumented individuals from being counted in the U.S. Census is unconstitutional.

League Submits Comments Disapproving of DHS’ Intention to Destroy Civil Rights Complaint Records (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined a letter to the National Archives disapproving of the Dept. of Homeland Security's (DHS) proposed request seeking permission to destroy civil rights complaints, sexual abuse records, and civil liberty violations before they could be investigated. 

League of Women Voters Statement on Reports of ICE Human Rights Abuses (Press Release)
League Urges Congress to reject Funding Increases to ICE and CBP (Legal Document)

LWVUS joined immigrant and justice advocacy groups on a Defund Hate letter to House leadership calling for no funding increases for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).