Tags: "law"

20 Sep
0

Lopez Discusses the Immigration Process and Border Security on Comcast Newsmakers

WATCH: HLF President Mario H. Lopez appears on a Comcast Newsmakers segment to discuss the legal immigration process.  Lopez makes the point that making legal immigration extraordinarily difficult has increased illegal immigration.  Streamlining and modernizing this process will help both ...

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18 Sep
0

Foreign “Sugar Dumps” Continue to Hurt Our Economy

It is easy for most Americans to not fully realize the effects of the sugar market on our economy. Sugar is an essential component to our agriculture industry that involves jobs, revenues, and affects the price of many other products. ...

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06 Aug
0

HHS Drug Importation Plan is Not the Right Remedy for Prescription Costs

The Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a “Safe Importation Action Plan” to address the high costs of prescription medicines. The proposed plan would set up a system which would channel drugs from Canada, outside of the scope ...

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04 Jun
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Statement on U.S. House Bill Affecting Dreamers and those Under Temporary Protected Status

WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Hispanic Leadership Fund has released the following statement regarding the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, immigration legislation scheduled for a floor vote today in the U.S. House of Representatives. “Just like the solid majorities of voters ...

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11 Mar
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Protecting Consumer Privacy in the Digital Age Can Also be Good for Business

Engaging others in the digital age is likely to mean sharing personal information through the internet with the rest of the world.  Tens of millions of consumers share extraordinary amounts of information–family pictures on social media, financial data from online ...

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04 Feb
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Authorities Move to Address Robocall Scams that Hurt Consumers

There is an excellent chance that you’ve received a robocall recently.  These recorded messages have become a regular, unwanted presence of unsolicited sales calls and over the phone identity theft and other schemes that now total into the billions each ...

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10 Oct
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Activist Policies by Financial Institutions on Lawful Gun Sales Spur Proposed Federal Legislation

Last week, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the “No Red and Blue Banks” Act, legislation that would prevent banks from turning away businesses based on their company’s policies on social issues. Sen. Kennedy’s proposed legislation comes just a few months ...

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27 Jul
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Letter to Members of U.S. House on Bill Addressing Puerto Rico’s Status

This week HLF sent a letter to U.S. Representatives in support of H.R. 6246, a bill introduced by Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress (officially known as the Resident Commissioner), that would move the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico ...

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