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Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, the Miami Herald published an article highlighting the constant fear some Venezuelans are forced to endure because of the Trump administration and Republicans refusal to provide Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to those who’ve fled the Maduro regime and are asylum in the United States. Latino Victory Fund Vice President Mayra Macías […]

Washington, D.C. — Latino Victory Fund interim president Melissa Mark-Viverito issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s racist attacks against Democratic members of Congress and the Republican leadership’s silence in the face of these unacceptable comments: “President Trump’s racist attacks are yet another reminder of the inherent hatred that he harbors for communities of color.

Members of the group also made disturbing jokes about U.S. Representatives Veronica Escobar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  Washington, D.C. — In light of the news that Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost reportedly belonged to the secret Facebook group of thousands of current and former Border Patrol agents, where sick jokes about dead immigrants, disturbing sexist remarks

Washington, D.C. — After weeks of uncertainty over adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, President Trump announced that he is finally backing down from his obsession to include the question in the form. The Supreme Court handed Trump a massive defeat when they ruled to block the racist question. Melissa Mark-Viverito, Latino Victory

Washington, D.C. — This morning, ProPublica published an article that exposed a private Facebook group, including 9,500 current and former Border Patrol agents, where sick jokes about dead immigrants, disturbing sexist remarks and disgusting images are freely shared. U.S. Representatives Veronica Escobar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were among the many targets of the secret group’s disturbing

Washington, D.C.– Responding to the breaking news that the United States Supreme Court will take up Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) next term, Latino Victory Project interim president Melissa Mark-Viverito issued the following statement: “Because of DACA, more than 800,000 DREAMers were given the freedom to come out of the shadows and were allowed

Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the government does not have the authority to add the citizenship question in the 2020 Census form. Latino Victory Project Interim President Melissa Mark-Viverito issued the following statement in response: “By ruling to block the citizenship question, the Supreme Court has put a brake on

Our nation’s core has been shocked once again by the Trump administration’s horrifying anti-immigrant policies. After learning about the mistreatment and abuse of migrant children in detention centers, we thought things could not get any worse. We were wrong. Just yesterday, the AP reported that a young father and his 2 year-old daughter, who were

On the day the Trump campaign is launching “Latinos for Trump,” polls show a resounding rejection of President Donald Trump. Washington, D.C.—  Today, while the Trump campaign launches “Latinos for Trump,” recent polls conducted by Univision and Telemundo, measuring Latino voters’ preference for 2020 presidential candidates, show an overwhelming majority do not want to see

Washington, D.C. — Responding to President Trump’s re-election speech in Orlando tonight, Latino Victory Fund Interim President Melissa Mark-Viverito issued the following statement: “We thought Trump couldn’t go any lower than when he launched his 2016 campaign by calling Mexicans rapists and criminals, but tonight’s speech proved us wrong. Trump has somehow managed to dig