The Virus Does Not Discriminate, but the Government Does

Download the Report & Organize for a #PuebloPrimero COVID-19 Response!

Mijente and LCLAA just published a new report detailing the effects of this pandemic on our Latinx community.

We know we're particularly vulnerable to this crisis. Latinx people are the overwhelming majority of low-wage job earners. We have some of the most dangerous jobs, subject to the highest workplace fatalities. We're considered “essential workers,” holding jobs in farmwork and grocery stores that are keeping the country running, but have the lowest healthcare coverage in the country. Now, we are also dying at the highest rates.
We need to organize now. Understanding these impacts is the first step.
Sign up below to download the report and get involved.
The report, titled “The Virus Does Not Discriminate, but the Government Does,” has personal stories from many Mijente members alongside dozens of statistics about how the Latinx community was doing before this pandemic and how this will affect us going forward.
With this report, we're also demanding a #PuebloPrimero or people-first response to the crisis. Our demands are listed below. Sign up, get involved, and help us mobilize.

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#PuebloPrimero Demands
        1. Cancel and forgo rent and mortgage payments *No exceptions         2. Cancel All Evictions *No exceptions         3. Provide universal income regardless of immigration status and ensure access to nutritional food for everyone.         4. Medicare for all that covers undocumented people and provides access to free reproductive health care services         5. Moratorium on deportations. Cease all surveillance and any ICE enforcement; including the assignment of ankle monitors         6. Immediate release of federal prisoners and people in detention centers by releasing individuals on their own recognisance. Include funding for non-governmental organizations that can provide post release services.         7. Immediate pathway to citizenship for all immigrant people. Those with any temporary status such as DACA, TPS, and all undocumented immigrants.         8. Cancel the Puerto Rico debt. We demand full parity on health and economic federal support. Immediate delivery of more test kits and ventilators.         9. Cancel all student debt. Including debt incurred by undocumented students, DACA, TPS, any holder of temporary immigration status.         10. Create a federal taskforce that ensures that every eligible voter is able to register and cast their vote safely and easily and that every vote is counted.
Reclamos #PuebloPrimero
        1. Cancelar y no imponer pagos de renta y de hipoteca. *Sin excepciones         2. Cancelar todos los desalojos *Sin excepciones         3. Proporcionar un ingreso universal sin importar el estatus migratorio y asegurarle a todo el mundo el acceso a la comida nutritiva         4. Medicare para todo el mundo, con cobertura para las personas indocumentadas y acceso a servicios gratuitos de salud reproductiva.         5. Suspensión de todas las deportaciones. Interrumpir toda vigilancia y operaciones de ICE, incluso la asignación de los grilletes electrónicos.         6. Liberación inmediata de prisioneros federales y personas en centros de detención, poner en libertad a las personas bajo compromiso. Incluir fondos para las organizaciones no gubernamentales que puedan proporcionar servicios post libertad.         7. Vía inmediata a la ciudadanía para todas las personas inmigrantes. Aquellas que tengan estatus temporal, así como DACA, TPS, y todas las personas indocumentadas.         8. Cancelar la deuda de Puerto Rico. Exigimos paridad en cuanto el apoyo federal de salud y economía. Entrega inmediata de más pruebas y ventiladores.         9. Cancelar toda la deuda estudiantil. Incluso deuda contraída por estudiantes indocumentados, con DACA, TPS, todas las personas con estatus migratorio temporal.         10.  Crear un cuerpo especial que asegure que cada votante elegible pueda inscribirse y votar de manera segura y sin impedimento alguno, y que se cuente cada voto.