Hispanic Federation

Good for her.

"Safe Platforms Act endorsed by Consumer Federation of America, Hispanic Federation, Oregon Consumer Justice, and Public Citizen." It says, "As, uh, concerns grow regarding the future dangers ..." Go back up, please.

Well, this is-

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Es un activista y líder político en el buen sentido de la palabra.

Eh, es un líder cívico, eh, y es el fundador de el Hispanic Federation.

Hispanic Federation.

Él ha trabajado muchísimos años, él tiene un libro sobre su vida, él ha trabajado muchísimos años con, eh, los grupos de inmigrantes [se sorbe].

Eh, ha trabajado muchísimos años temas de, eh, de derechos civiles, de inmigración.

It truly means a lot to have had you there.

And we had, of course, a chance to sit down with Luis Miranda, who's the founding president of the Hispanic Federation and the author of Relentless.

And of course, a million other things in between, as he's always been supporting Latino and Puerto Ricans all over the country.

This specific episode was recorded live in New York City at the Silicon Valley Bank offices in Manhattan.

And at three o'clock in the morning, you call and he's gonna be giving you tasks of things that he forgot to tell you earlier on.

So I just had to spend some time building the relationships with people to the degree that when I left City Hall, I wanted to spend some time in the nonprofit sector, and United Way called me.

I had worked with them from my position at City Hall and said, hey, we have this concept paper to develop a Hispanic federation.

We have some money that we have allocated will you wanna take a crack at it? I said, sounds good.

Totally wild.

So one more thing, and our fourth thing really, civil rights organizations such as the Legal Defense Fund, LatinoJustice, Hispanic Federation, and Black Voters Matter sent letters to all 50 governors, secretaries of states, and hundreds of mayors flagging what they see as the biggest threats to Black and Latino voters this specific election.

Namely, new voter ID requirements, limits on mail-in voting, and the real fear of federal agents, including ICE, showing up near polling places.

To be clear, it is illegal for federal law enforcement or the military to station themselves at polls to intimidate voters, but the fact that civil rights group feel the need to put that in writing to every governor and mayor in the country right now tells you how real that fear is.

Luis Miranda is father of Lin-Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame.

He's also a longtime New York political operative, founding president of the Hispanic Federation and the past board chairman of the Latino Victory Fund.

I believe that there are enough Latino elected officials out there, but it's an entire new young generation.

And within that generation, some of them will surface and go to the top and go into citywide or statewide offices.