Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Cristóbal J. Alex, President of Latino Victory Fund, issued the following statement before today’s meeting between Latino leaders and Trump administration officials. “As Latino leaders meet today with Trump administration officials, we call on them to represent the community they serve, and demand that the Trump administration guarantee that DREAMers will be safe from deportation […]

Washington DC — This week, President-elect Trump’s transition team confirmed that U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Javier Palomarez would be joining its national diversity coalition as an advisor. Please see below for a statement from Cristóbal J. Alex, President of Latino Victory Project. “Javier and the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce had always been

Washington, D.C. – Today Tom Perez announced his bid for Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Please see below a statement from Cristóbal J. Alex, President of Latino Victory Fund: “Tom Perez is the son of Dominican immigrants who came to this country in search for a better life, and he has devoted his

Washington, D.C. – Today President-elect Donald Trump announced climate change denier Rick Perry as his pick to lead the Department of Energy. As Governor of Texas, Perry saddled up to big polluters at the expense of the residents of the Lone Star state. He appointed fellow climate skeptic Dr. Bryan Shaw to manage a $350 million

Washington, D.C. – Today Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced The Bridge Act, bipartisan legislation to provide legislative relief to nearly 800,000 DREAMers with DACA. Please see below a statement from Cristóbal J. Alex, President of Latino Victory Fund: “We applaud Senator Durbin and Senator Graham for coming together to bring

Washington, DC –  President-elect Trump has nominated CEO of CKE Restaurants, Andy Puzder, for the position of Labor Secretary.  Please see below for a statement from Cristóbal J. Alex, President of Latino Victory Fund. “We are appalled, but not surprised, by Trump’s pick for Secretary of the Department of Labor. Regardless of his campaign rhetoric,

 Washington, D.C. – Today President Trump nominated Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ‪Read Latino Victory Fund President Cristobal J. Alex’s statement in response below: “The EPA’s mission is to protect our communities’ health and our environment, unfortunately Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has a record of fighting

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday Congressman Tony Cárdenas was elected to a newly created position in the Democratic Caucus for Members who have been in office for less than five terms. “Latino Victory Fund congratulates Rep. Tony Cárdenas on his recent election to House Democratic leadership. It’s clear that his peers in Congress see what we

“We want to congratulate Representative Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) on being elected to serve his second term as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Under Rep. Luján’s leadership, we’ve elected a strong class of Latino Members of Congress who are ready to get to work on issues that matter to our community, and we

Washington, DC – Yesterday, Donald Trump announced Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) as his pick for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. “Rep. Tom Price repeatedly voted to gut the Affordable Care Act (ACA), to take away access to birth control from women in need, and to defund Planned Parenthood – which provides preventative