Janet Murguía visits Los Angeles

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In July UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murguía traveled to Los Angeles to meet with elected officials, Affiliate leaders and community partners and learn more about the impact of the devastating and abusive enforcement actions taken by the Trump administration.

While on the ground, she emphasized UnidosUS’s commitment to amplify what is happening and engage our sister civil rights organizations to defend Latinos against increasing attacks, educate philanthropy and business leaders, and elevate the economic impacts of the administration’s abuse of power.  

This government overreach has real consequences. Collective strength is how we protect one another and drive change. Watch the video series from Los Angeles below.

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U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) discusses the ongoing government overreach and abuse of power and its impact on the community and economy.

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Rudy Espinoza, UnidosUS Board Member and CEO of Inclusive Action for the City, shares his perspective as a local leader championing Hispanic small businesses and street vendors.

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Maria Salinas, President & CEO of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and former UnidosUS Board Chair, gives a firsthand look at the impact the raids are having on the economy and for her members.

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Luis Sandoval, executive director of UnidosUS Affiliate Building Skills Partnership, speaks about how the raids are not focused on violent criminals — as the administration promised — but are instead targeting janitors, gardeners, maids, day laborers, street vendors and farmworkers.

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Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), speaks with UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murguía about the immigration raids in Los Angeles and how these warrantless attacks directly target Hispanic communities, along with Latino leadership, business owners and U.S. citizens who are “picked up first and questioned later.”

In response to these disappearances, CHIRLA has filed a lawsuit calling out the bigoted profiling at the heart of this federal overreach.

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