UnidosUS FY2027 Appropriations Letters
Explore UnidosUS letters to Congress outlining FY2027 appropriations priorities across economic opportunity, education and workforce, housing, and immigration. Together, these priorities reflect a forward-looking agenda to expand opportunity, protect civil rights, and ensure federal investments deliver for Latino communities and working families.
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Calls for a $1 billion investment in the Title III English Language Acquisition program and sustained funding for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs.
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Supports the nation’s 5.7 million English learners, most of whom are U.S.-born, by ensuring access to high-quality education.
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Strengthens pathways to good-paying jobs and addresses long-standing underinvestment in workforce training.
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Supports Latino workers who are driving the nation’s labor force growth.
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Calls for robust funding for the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund – no less than $324 million – to expand access to capital for small businesses and underserved communities.
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Urges Congress to block a harmful SBA citizenship rule that would restrict access to financing and stifle entrepreneurship.
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Supports a $100 million federal financial coaching program to help working families build savings, improve credit, reduce debt, and strengthen long-term financial stability.
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Calls for $60 million in funding for HUD’s Housing Counseling Program to help families access homeownership, avoid foreclosure, and build long-term financial stability.
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Opposes HUD’s proposed mixed-status rule, which would deny housing assistance to entire families if one member lacks legal status.
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Highlights the risk of displacement for families, including U.S. citizen children, and the broader threat to housing stability in communities across the country.
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Calls on Congress to pair any FY2027 DHS funding with enforceable guardrails so immigration enforcement is accountable, constitutional, and non-discriminatory.
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Supports strengthening oversight offices and increasing transparency in enforcement data.
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Calls for body-worn cameras, visible identification for officers, and protection of sensitive locations such as schools, places of worship, and hospitals.
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Seeks to curb harmful practices like roving patrols and warrantless searches and ensure humane detention conditions with meaningful due process protections.
FY2027_UUS-Appropriations-Letter_Labor-HHS-Ed.pdf
FY2027-UUS-Appropriations-Letter_Financial-Services.pdf
