Taxonomy term In the News HomeFor Media The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda names Jessica González-Rojas its new Vice Chair Washington, D.C. —Today, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a coalition of the nation’s leading 45 Latino organizations working towards policy solutions addressing the needs of this nation’s 58 million Latinos, announced Jessica González-Rojas as its new Vice Chair. González-Rojas currently serves as the Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, the only national reproductive justice organization that specifically works to advance reproductive health and rights for Latinas. In the News HomeFor Media Over 250 Reproductive, Civil and Human Rights Organizations Call on ICE to Discontinue Policy on Detaining Pregnant Individuals National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Center for Reproductive Rights, ACLU, Women’s Refugee Commission and Others Urge Administration to Reinstitute a Presumption That Pregnant Individuals Should be Released from Detention In the News HomeFor Media Trump-Pence Administration Released New Rules that Sabotage Stability of the Affordable Care Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the Trump-Pence Administration released its final rules for the 2019 health insurance marketplaces, the Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters for 2019. This rule sets next year’s insurance marketplace and demonstrates a shift in philosophy around the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that prioritizes state flexibility over policies to help individuals covered by insurance. In the News HomeFor Media Congress Votes to Fund Trump Administration’s White Nationalist Agenda WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) today condemns Congress for voting to pass an omnibus spending bill for the 2018 fiscal year that would fund mass detention and deportations, and be detrimental to the health, safety, and well-being of immigrant families. Ann Marie Benitez, senior director of government relations at NLIRH, issued the following statements: This “must-pass” government-funding legislation is another bipartisan failure to protect Dreamers. In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH: “No one should be deceived when they are seeking healthcare – it’s that simple” TALLAHASSEE, FL — This week, Governor Rick Scott signed House Bill 41 into law, which establishes Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) as legitimate wellness centers and permanently funds them with taxpayer dollars. CPCs are fake clinics that judge, shame, and deceive women to continue their pregnancies by providing misleading information against abortion and using coercive and fraudulent tactics. HB 41 also appropriates state funding to support and promote childbirth. In the News HomeFor Media Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice Groups Deliver Quarter of a Million Petitions, Call for Removal of Scott Lloyd as ORR Director Today, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), All Above All,* and twenty-two reproductive health, rights and justice partner organizations delivered over 270,000 petitions that call for the immediate removal of Scott Lloyd as Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), and an end to the cruel policies and practices that allow the ORR to continue interfering with immigrant women’s right to abortion care. The petitions were delivered in a rally held in front of the Department of Health and Human Services. In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Celebrates Victory: Activist Eva Chavez Free from Deportation HARLINGEN, TX — On Wednesday morning, the Texas Latina Advocacy Network (RAL TX) of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), and community partners held a press conference and rallied outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Harlingen, TX to urge the ICE Field Office Director, Daniel Bible, not to deport Eva Chavez. Chavez, longtime border community leader, immigrant rights and reproductive justice advocate, was at risk of deportation after being detained by ICE on February 14th. In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Demands Release of Organizer Alejandra Pablos Steven A. Toledo: Phone: (718) 344-3911: Email: Steven@latinainstitute.org NLIRH Demands Release of Organizer Alejandra Pablos In the News HomeFor Media The Answer is Clear, Put a Clean Dream Act Up for a Vote Washington, DC —Four immigration proposals were up for a vote yesterday in the Senate floor and each failed to garner 60 votes to invoke cloture. One bill that was voted on was a complete reflection of the White House nativist proposal released just a few weeks ago, another proposal attacked sanctuary cities, and two were bipartisan solutions that included the Dream Act alongside increased border enforcement. Ann Marie Benitez, senior director of government relations for the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, issued the following statement: In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH: “It is time for Congress to Defend Dreamers” New York, NY — This week, a federal district court in New York granted Dreamers a nationwide preliminary injunction to block the Trump administration from eliminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This court order allows Dreamers to renew their DACA status on the terms that were in effect before the administration announced the program’s dismantling. However, it does not allow new applicants to apply for DACA protections. This court ruling is the second to determine that the administration’s elimination of DACA was unlawful.
In the News HomeFor Media The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda names Jessica González-Rojas its new Vice Chair Washington, D.C. —Today, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a coalition of the nation’s leading 45 Latino organizations working towards policy solutions addressing the needs of this nation’s 58 million Latinos, announced Jessica González-Rojas as its new Vice Chair. González-Rojas currently serves as the Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, the only national reproductive justice organization that specifically works to advance reproductive health and rights for Latinas.
The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda names Jessica González-Rojas its new Vice Chair Washington, D.C. —Today, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a coalition of the nation’s leading 45 Latino organizations working towards policy solutions addressing the needs of this nation’s 58 million Latinos, announced Jessica González-Rojas as its new Vice Chair. González-Rojas currently serves as the Executive Director of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, the only national reproductive justice organization that specifically works to advance reproductive health and rights for Latinas.
In the News HomeFor Media Over 250 Reproductive, Civil and Human Rights Organizations Call on ICE to Discontinue Policy on Detaining Pregnant Individuals National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Center for Reproductive Rights, ACLU, Women’s Refugee Commission and Others Urge Administration to Reinstitute a Presumption That Pregnant Individuals Should be Released from Detention
Over 250 Reproductive, Civil and Human Rights Organizations Call on ICE to Discontinue Policy on Detaining Pregnant Individuals National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Center for Reproductive Rights, ACLU, Women’s Refugee Commission and Others Urge Administration to Reinstitute a Presumption That Pregnant Individuals Should be Released from Detention
In the News HomeFor Media Trump-Pence Administration Released New Rules that Sabotage Stability of the Affordable Care Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the Trump-Pence Administration released its final rules for the 2019 health insurance marketplaces, the Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters for 2019. This rule sets next year’s insurance marketplace and demonstrates a shift in philosophy around the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that prioritizes state flexibility over policies to help individuals covered by insurance.
Trump-Pence Administration Released New Rules that Sabotage Stability of the Affordable Care Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the Trump-Pence Administration released its final rules for the 2019 health insurance marketplaces, the Notice of Benefits and Payment Parameters for 2019. This rule sets next year’s insurance marketplace and demonstrates a shift in philosophy around the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that prioritizes state flexibility over policies to help individuals covered by insurance.
In the News HomeFor Media Congress Votes to Fund Trump Administration’s White Nationalist Agenda WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) today condemns Congress for voting to pass an omnibus spending bill for the 2018 fiscal year that would fund mass detention and deportations, and be detrimental to the health, safety, and well-being of immigrant families. Ann Marie Benitez, senior director of government relations at NLIRH, issued the following statements: This “must-pass” government-funding legislation is another bipartisan failure to protect Dreamers.
Congress Votes to Fund Trump Administration’s White Nationalist Agenda WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) today condemns Congress for voting to pass an omnibus spending bill for the 2018 fiscal year that would fund mass detention and deportations, and be detrimental to the health, safety, and well-being of immigrant families. Ann Marie Benitez, senior director of government relations at NLIRH, issued the following statements: This “must-pass” government-funding legislation is another bipartisan failure to protect Dreamers.
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH: “No one should be deceived when they are seeking healthcare – it’s that simple” TALLAHASSEE, FL — This week, Governor Rick Scott signed House Bill 41 into law, which establishes Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) as legitimate wellness centers and permanently funds them with taxpayer dollars. CPCs are fake clinics that judge, shame, and deceive women to continue their pregnancies by providing misleading information against abortion and using coercive and fraudulent tactics. HB 41 also appropriates state funding to support and promote childbirth.
NLIRH: “No one should be deceived when they are seeking healthcare – it’s that simple” TALLAHASSEE, FL — This week, Governor Rick Scott signed House Bill 41 into law, which establishes Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) as legitimate wellness centers and permanently funds them with taxpayer dollars. CPCs are fake clinics that judge, shame, and deceive women to continue their pregnancies by providing misleading information against abortion and using coercive and fraudulent tactics. HB 41 also appropriates state funding to support and promote childbirth.
In the News HomeFor Media Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice Groups Deliver Quarter of a Million Petitions, Call for Removal of Scott Lloyd as ORR Director Today, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), All Above All,* and twenty-two reproductive health, rights and justice partner organizations delivered over 270,000 petitions that call for the immediate removal of Scott Lloyd as Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), and an end to the cruel policies and practices that allow the ORR to continue interfering with immigrant women’s right to abortion care. The petitions were delivered in a rally held in front of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice Groups Deliver Quarter of a Million Petitions, Call for Removal of Scott Lloyd as ORR Director Today, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), All Above All,* and twenty-two reproductive health, rights and justice partner organizations delivered over 270,000 petitions that call for the immediate removal of Scott Lloyd as Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), and an end to the cruel policies and practices that allow the ORR to continue interfering with immigrant women’s right to abortion care. The petitions were delivered in a rally held in front of the Department of Health and Human Services.
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Celebrates Victory: Activist Eva Chavez Free from Deportation HARLINGEN, TX — On Wednesday morning, the Texas Latina Advocacy Network (RAL TX) of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), and community partners held a press conference and rallied outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Harlingen, TX to urge the ICE Field Office Director, Daniel Bible, not to deport Eva Chavez. Chavez, longtime border community leader, immigrant rights and reproductive justice advocate, was at risk of deportation after being detained by ICE on February 14th.
NLIRH Celebrates Victory: Activist Eva Chavez Free from Deportation HARLINGEN, TX — On Wednesday morning, the Texas Latina Advocacy Network (RAL TX) of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH), La Unión del Pueblo Entero (LUPE), and community partners held a press conference and rallied outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Harlingen, TX to urge the ICE Field Office Director, Daniel Bible, not to deport Eva Chavez. Chavez, longtime border community leader, immigrant rights and reproductive justice advocate, was at risk of deportation after being detained by ICE on February 14th.
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH Demands Release of Organizer Alejandra Pablos Steven A. Toledo: Phone: (718) 344-3911: Email: Steven@latinainstitute.org NLIRH Demands Release of Organizer Alejandra Pablos
NLIRH Demands Release of Organizer Alejandra Pablos Steven A. Toledo: Phone: (718) 344-3911: Email: Steven@latinainstitute.org NLIRH Demands Release of Organizer Alejandra Pablos
In the News HomeFor Media The Answer is Clear, Put a Clean Dream Act Up for a Vote Washington, DC —Four immigration proposals were up for a vote yesterday in the Senate floor and each failed to garner 60 votes to invoke cloture. One bill that was voted on was a complete reflection of the White House nativist proposal released just a few weeks ago, another proposal attacked sanctuary cities, and two were bipartisan solutions that included the Dream Act alongside increased border enforcement. Ann Marie Benitez, senior director of government relations for the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, issued the following statement:
The Answer is Clear, Put a Clean Dream Act Up for a Vote Washington, DC —Four immigration proposals were up for a vote yesterday in the Senate floor and each failed to garner 60 votes to invoke cloture. One bill that was voted on was a complete reflection of the White House nativist proposal released just a few weeks ago, another proposal attacked sanctuary cities, and two were bipartisan solutions that included the Dream Act alongside increased border enforcement. Ann Marie Benitez, senior director of government relations for the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, issued the following statement:
In the News HomeFor Media NLIRH: “It is time for Congress to Defend Dreamers” New York, NY — This week, a federal district court in New York granted Dreamers a nationwide preliminary injunction to block the Trump administration from eliminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This court order allows Dreamers to renew their DACA status on the terms that were in effect before the administration announced the program’s dismantling. However, it does not allow new applicants to apply for DACA protections. This court ruling is the second to determine that the administration’s elimination of DACA was unlawful.
NLIRH: “It is time for Congress to Defend Dreamers” New York, NY — This week, a federal district court in New York granted Dreamers a nationwide preliminary injunction to block the Trump administration from eliminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This court order allows Dreamers to renew their DACA status on the terms that were in effect before the administration announced the program’s dismantling. However, it does not allow new applicants to apply for DACA protections. This court ruling is the second to determine that the administration’s elimination of DACA was unlawful.
