Washington, D.C. — In response to congressional votes on a partisan anti-environmental and anti-immigrant funding bill, Chispa released the following statement from Chispa Senior Director Estefany Carrasco-González:
“This Continuing Resolution is not a real funding solution for our nation, and it will further harm our Latine and communities of color, overall, by proceeding with the Trump and Musk chaos and program cuts to essential services and protections that improve our lives. The extreme funding cuts and handing congressional power to Trump will only lead to increased job losses, rising energy costs, more pollution, and bad air in our neighborhoods, resulting in devastating health outcomes for our frontline families and communities. Cutting environmental protections and services while increasing funding for inhumane immigration enforcement and militarization of our communities places a target on our backs from our government. Instead of sloppily moving heaven and earth to cut essential services to justify tax breaks to the wealthy, Congress must focus on their job of passing funding bills thoughtfully that strengthen our economy, create jobs, and protect all the people.”
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Chispa LCV also joined the below letter along with over 90 organizations who oppose the partisan Republican-led funding bill:
March 10, 2025
Dear Member of Congress,
The undersigned organizations represent millions of constituents across the country and a diverse slate of interests and sectors. Across these various perspectives, we are united in our ask: we strongly urge you to vote NO on the Republican-drafted continuing resolution (“CR”).
Instead of a bipartisan government funding bill that adequately services the needs of everyday people, this CR poses grave threats to us all. By gutting billions of dollars in critically-needed human needs benefits, health care, affordable housing, clean water and more, this CR will be devastating to many, including veterans, people with disabilities, families, and seniors.
Further, this CR does nothing to address this administration’s actions, particularly those led by Elon Musk’s DOGE, that ignore Congressional directives on how to spend appropriated funds and slash and dismantle the federal government in ways that hurt everyday people while benefiting corporations and the wealthiest.
We urge you to reject this partisan CR that President Trump and Elon Musk will treat as a slush fund to enable and entrench their harmful agenda.
Sincerely,
National Organizations
20/20 Vision
All* Above All
Americans for Financial Reform
Americans for Tax Fairness
Association of University Centers on Disabilities
AVAC
Blue Future
Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research (CLEAR)
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)
Children’s Defense Fund
Clean Water Action
Climate Action Campaign
Climate Justice Alliance
Community Change Action
Climate Crisis Policy
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
Coalition on Human Needs
Consumer Action
Earthjustice Action
Earthworks
Economic Security Project Action
Elevate
Equal Rights Advocates
Endangered Species Coalition
Evergreen Action
Food & Water Watch
Friends of the Earth Action
Green America
GreenLatinos
Health Care Without Harm
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Indivisible
Institute for Policy Studies’ Poverty Project
League of Conservation Voters
Muslim Advocates
National Association of Social Workers
National Health Law Program
National Immigration Law Center
National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
NextGen America
Oceana
P Street
Patriotic Millionaires
People For the American Way
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Popular Democracy
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
PrEP4All
Public Citizen
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
Sierra Club
The Advocates for Human Rights
The Earth Bill Network
Unrig Our Economy
United Church of Christ
United Steelworkers (USW)
Voices of Health Care Action
Washington Office on Latin America
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Western Watersheds Project
Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights
State and Local Organizations
350Kishwaukee
California Environmental Voters
Change the Chamber
Chispa, a Program of LCV
Chispa Arizona
Citizen Action of New York
Conservation Colorado
Conservation Voters of PA
CTR
Earth Ethics, Inc.
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project
For Love of Water
Michigan League of Conservation Voters
National Immigrant Justice Center
New Jersey LCV
National Health Law Program
North Carolina League of Conservation Voters
Oasis Legal Services
Oregon League of Conservation Voters
Oregon Wild
Pennsylvania Sustainable Business Network
PICO California
San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council
Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)
Strong Economy For All Coalition
The Legal Clinic
The Sidewalk School
The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans
Virginia League of Conservation Voters
Washington Conservation Action
Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center
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