Texas – Texans were asked twice in July to conserve energy in their homes as record heat strained the power grid. Texans have been under excessive heat warnings this summer. Last month alone, temperatures reached 115 degrees.  Before the summer started, Governor Greg Abbott promised in a statewide televised speech

Houston, Texas – In an effort to further their anti-immigrant agenda and embolden white supremacist rhetoric, last week Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas organized a group of Republican Senators as well as Texas state leaders on a tour of the southern border this week.  Juan José Martinez-Guevara,

WASHINGTON — This past Saturday, United We Dream Action (UWDA) executive director and immigrant rights leader, Greisa Martinez Rosas, went on American Voices with Alicia Menendez to discuss Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s latest anti-immigrant order to empower law enforcement in the state to target immigrants. To view the full interview,

Washington, D.C.— Today, in their ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, leaving abortion access up to individual states. The Court’s ruling goes against decades of legal precedent and devastates reproductive protections including abortion access to satisfy draconian reproductive laws

Washington, D.C. – Today is the historic 10-year anniversary of the announcement of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This marks a decade since the launch of the program that has shielded over 800,000 immigrant youth nationwide from deportations and provided work authorizations. Last year, a federal judge

New York – Today, United We Dream Action (UWDA) announced the endorsement of an unflinching pro-immigrant champion, Ana María Archila, for Lieutenant Governor of New York. With over 20 years of progressive grassroots advocacy experience and as a directly-impacted Colombian immigrant herself, UWDA is confident in Ana María’s ability to

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, an initial majority draft opinion circulated within the U.S. Supreme Court and obtained by POLITICO revealed the Supreme Court is planning to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision which guarantees federal constitutional protections of abortion rights. Greisa Martinez Rosas, Executive Director of United We

Washington, D.C. – This past Saturday, United We Dream Action (UWDA) senior marketing and creative director, Juanita Monsalve, joined MSNBC’s The Cross Connection to discuss pervasive anti-immigrant and anti-Black disinformation campaigns and their effects on Latinx communities. UWDA recently teamed up with Harmony labs to analyze television and online consumption

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, The New York Times covered a revealing analysis by United We Dream Action in partnership with Harmony Labs on young Latinx media consumption aimed at learning more about how young Latinx people encountered stories about immigration in U.S. media.  The analysis looks at the television and

Washington, D.C. – Following the Biden administration’s recent announcement that it will end the evil Trump-era Title 42 policy that has denied approximately 1.7 million people their right to seek asylum, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that state troopers would immediately bus asylum seekers to Washington D.C. Today, the first