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UnidosUS denounces the newly signed federal budget, which slashes health care access, nutrition programs, and immigrant protections while ramping up militarized ICE enforcement actions across the country — disproportionately harming Latino and working families. View the talking points for more on what’s at stake.
As mentioned in our recent briefing with UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murguía, this congressional recess is a critical moment to make your voices heard — the sample outreach letter provides guidance for inviting your elected officials to see your work firsthand.
UnidosUS has updated its Know Your Rights and Immigration Rapid Response Resource Guide to equip immigrant communities with vital tools to respond to enforcement actions, access legal support, and protect their families.
This resource to integrate in your organization's communication channels. Messaging covers recent enforcement actions seen in Los Angeles and across the country, impacts to children and families, harm to the economy, and abuse of of power. Download Immigration Enforcement Talking Points here.
UnidosUS has launched a Resource Hub to centralize the sharing of tools, information, and support useful to Affiliates across the Network. Whether it's guides, educational materials, services, or actionable tools, we aim to curate resources that empower, inform, and connect our organizations, helping drive our work forward. By contributing to the hub, you’re helping create a richer, more accessible knowledge base for everyone.
All submissions will be reviewed by our team to ensure they align with our mission and standards. Resources will be shared in the hub at our discretion to maintain quality and relevance for our community.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Affiliate Engagement at AE@unidosus.org.
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Learn directly from attorneys who have handled over 1,000 I-9 audits, as they walk you through how to protect your business, avoid costly mistakes, and respond if ICE or other agencies come to your door. This webinar was hosted on April 3rd by UnidosUS, Chicanos Por La Causa, Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, PSGM Law and Mi Familia en Acción. Click on the link to view the recording.
Holding Congress Accountable-Effectively, Strategically, and within IRS rules for 501c3s. Download this tip sheet developed for UnidosUS Affiliates to learn how your organization can engage in our congressional accountability campaign.
List of resources UnidosUS designed to help immigrant communities protect their rights including resources on legal assistance, fraud reporting, family preparedness, and responses to immigration enforcement actions. Spanish materials found in the same link below.
This series of webinars, held in 2024, was designed to support UnidosUS Affiliate nonprofit organizations in exploring financing, planning, and fundraising strategies for physical infrastructure and capital growth.
Webinar Recordings:
- New Market Tax Credits
- Real Estate Planning for Nonprofits – Series with IFF:
- Capital Campaign Planning with IU School of Fundraising:
This toolkit was created to empower legal service providers to design and implement rapid response immigration legal clinics that will help migrants and asylum-seekers prepare for challenges and protect their rights in an unpredictable and ever-changing legal landscape.
Created by the Oregon Law Center and Latino Network, this packet is a practical resource to help families prepare for unexpected emergencies, including those related to immigration enforcement. It provides planning tools, checklists, and key guidance to help families stay organized and informed in times of crisis.
Please note: This guide is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.
Download the packet:
What to Watch and Do as We Enter a Chaotic 2025 (video + slides): Strategies to navigate funding uncertainty and political targeting and practical approaches for resilience. Particular emphasis on slides, 3-33, 37-43, 46, and 47 of the presentation slides.
UnidosUS Affiliate Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, is sharing the following flyers with clients to learn how to protect their assets in the face of deportation. Download the flyers as templates for your own and view the planning guide to circulate in your community.
On June 2nd, an emergency webinar was hosted for Affiliates covering the mobilization campaign to oppose the Budget Reconciliation Bill. Click download below to access the power point presentation.
A template to draft a letter to your congressional member can be found here.
New Guidance from the National Immigration Law Center: This resource acknowledges that the nonprofits that administer these programs have not previously been required to verify individuals’ immigration statuses, but provides no suggestions on how organizations should implement verification requirements.
Education Leaders' Guide is an immigration-specific resource that focuses largely on student privacy and information-sharing with ICE and provides information to education professionals that can be helpful insetting proactive policies and practices around requests or visits from ICE at school.
This collection of previously recorded webinars offers practical strategies for supporting mental health in early childhood settings. Topics include building resilience in young children, promoting self-regulation, and managing stress as a childcare provider—ideal for educators and caregivers looking to strengthen their emotional support practices.
Listen to the Education Gadfly Show podcast featuring UnidosUS Alum, Delia Pompa, Senior Fellow for Education Policy at MPI’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy as she discusses how the potential threat of immigration agents at school doors is affecting students—and what can be done to keep them coming to class.
Sudden or prolonged separation from a caregiver can be deeply distressing for children of all ages, especially when it’s unexpected or layered with other stressors. This site contain a variety of resources that support professionals working with immigrant children and families navigating traumatic separation or the fear of it.
Healing Circles offered through the Latinx Therapists Action Network aims to create a team of Healing Circle keepers among their members and immigrant leaders to support building community care within the movement for immigrant rights. Sign ups for English and Spanish speaking circles are listed at the link.
List of resources UnidosUS curated to support the mental health and wellbeing of Latino and immigrant communities including caring for your mental health and coping with trauma, and how to support the mental health and wellbeing of children, especially during challenging or uncertain times.
The Latinx Therapists Action Network have published a Care Practices Guide—a resource to support resiliency, mental health, and collective care for people organizing and communities building power and movements together to endure through the most challenging times and in current political conditions. Access the guide in Spanish here!
Feeding America is the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization, partnering with a network of over 200 food banks and 60,000 partner agencies. This FY25 overview outlines their mission, impact, and strategies to address food insecurity, reduce food waste, and promote equitable access to nutritious food across the U.S., particularly in communities of color and low-income households.
To help individuals connect with nearby resources, partners are encouraged to share Feeding America’s Find Your Local Food Bank tool, which allows anyone to locate food assistance by ZIP code.
A toolkit designed to help healthcare leaders and organizations address burnout, trauma, and workforce wellbeing through a trauma-informed lens. It explores the balance between personal and organizational responsibility in managing stress, offering strategies to build resilience, improve workplace conditions, and support long-term employee wellness.
One of a series of fact sheets that highlight community-based approaches and case studies of programs and policies that seek to solve disparities and advance health equity in key health issue areas in the Latino community.
Download a National Factsheet on Medicaid to learn the impact that it will have from the current budget resolution proposed. For state specific factsheets click on your state and district below:
Pennsylvania - District 7, District 8
New Jersey - District 7
Nebraska - District 2
Texas - District 15
Arizona - District 1, District 6
Colorado - District 8
California - District 22, District 41
The Congressional Republican majority plans to make significant cuts to federal public benefit programs as part of so-called "Budget Reconciliation" legislation that can pass without any bipartisan support. To provide you with reliable information about proposed changes to programs that are important to Hispanic families across the country, we will post updated fact sheets here. Download the latest presentation deck from the Affiliate Monthly call.
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