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Latina Teachers and the “BA Challenge:” Impacts and Conditions of Increasing Degree Requirements in Early Childhood Education
(UnidosUS, 2020-01-22)This report is organized into two sections. In Part 1, UnidosUS reports findings from interviews with Affiliate program administrators and ten teacher focus groups. We identify and discuss responses to the BA Challenge ... -
Why Latinos will Lose under the OCC and FDIC’S Proposal to Modernize the Community Reinvestment Act
(UnidosUS, 2020-01-13)This written statement briefly summarizes the history of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and explains how this landmark legislation has been instrumental in expanding access to affordable credit for Latinos and ... -
Latino Jobs Report: U.S. Employers Add 145,000 Jobs in December
(UnidosUS, 2020-01-11)The U.S. Department of Labor reported that employers added 145,000 jobs in December. The Latino unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2%. The retail services sector led job growth. -
Improving Child Care in the United States for Families and Women of Color
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-23)Child care is fundamental to the economic security of women and families, but is out of reach for many. Child care is one of the highest costs in a family’s monthly budget, and is often a larger expense than the cost of ... -
Public Comment Submission: UnidosUS Responds to Proposed Changes to the USCIS Fee Schedule
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-19)UnidosUS submitted a comment letter opposing the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service’s proposal to, among other things, increase naturalization and immigration benefit application fees. This proposed rule frustrates ... -
Opinion Poll: Plurality of Latinos Say GOP Tax Law Increased Their Taxes
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-19)Findings from a national public opinion poll found Latino adults felt little benefit from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, believing it mostly benefited the wealthy and corporations. -
Understanding the Size and Magnitude of the Current Anti-Immigrant Landscape on the Educational Outlooks of Latino Children
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-18)This statement for the record was submitted as part of the December 4, 2019 hearing by the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor entitled, “Growing Up in Fear: How the Trump Administration's Immigration Policies are ... -
Advancing Latino and English Learner Student Success in Arizona
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-17)UnidosUS believes that every child should graduate high school ready for college and career. In order to reach this goal it is essential that there be an elimination of achievement gaps and educational disparities by ... -
Latinos in Pennsylvania: Building a Secure Economic Future
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-16)Despite ongoing inequities where Latinos lag behind other Pennsylvania residents, gains across several economic indicators point to better economic security for Latinos. This fact sheet explores those indicators and ... -
Weakening the Community Reinvestment Act Will Make It Harder for Latino Families to Get Ahead
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-09)This month, the Trump administration is expected to issue a new rule that would significantly weaken the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)—a 1977 historic civil rights law enacted to curb discriminatory practices in lending ... -
Latino Jobs Report: U.S. Employers Add 266,000 Jobs in November
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-06)The U.S. Department of Labor reported that employers added 45,000 jobs in November. The Latino unemployment rate increased to 4.2%. The health care sector led job growth. -
Unaffordable Housing: A Barrier to Latino Asset-Building
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-06)By 2030, Latinos are projected to make up 21% of the population and 37% of new households. As a result, the Latino community will play an increasingly important role in advancing our nation’s economic prosperity. This ... -
Educational Equity: Latino and English Learner Success in Arizona
(UnidosUS, 2019-12-02)Arizona has an opportunity to ensure the state’s future economic success by advancing policies and practices that support the educational achievement of Latino students who represent a large share of the K-12 population ... -
Beyond Wages: Effects of the Latina Wage Gap
(UnidosUS, 2019-11-20)A persistent gender-based wage gap continues to harm women, their families, and the economy—and is particularly damaging for Latinas. -
Latino Non-Standard Work Arrangements in 2018
(UnidosUS, 2019-11-19)Latino Non-Standard Work Arrangements in 2018: A Snapshot of the Federal Reserve Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) One of the many issue areas addressed by the survey is involvement in non-standard ... -
UnidosUS's Comment Submitted on Regulations.gov (ID: DOS-2019-0035-0001)
(UnidosUS, 2019-11-08)UnidosUS submitted a substantive comment opposing the Department of State’s (DOS) companion rule to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) public charge rule. Like the DHS rule, the DOS rule would create a de facto ... -
The State of the Latino Vote
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Observations from the 2018 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data
(UnidosUS, 2019-11-06)Using home loan data from the 2018 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), UnidosUS identified key indicators that illustrate how Latinos fared in the mortgage market, in particular their access to a mortgage for a home ... -
Latinos in California: Building a Secure Economic Future
(UnidosUS, 2019-11-05)Despite ongoing inequities where Latinos lag behind other California residents, gains across several economic indicators point to better economic security for Latinos. Given the size of the Latino population in California, ...
