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14 Nov 2023
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HLF Launches Multi-State Bilingual Digital Audio Ad Campaign Encouraging U.S. Senators to Support Reducing Credit Card Swipe Fees

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Hispanic Leadership Fund (HLF), a public policy advocacy organization that promotes liberty, opportunity, and prosperity, launched a bilingual streaming radio advertising campaign in multiple states encouraging constituents to contact U.S. Senators in support of the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA).  The month-long campaign features ads in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, Nevada and New York. The CCCA seeks to reduce hidden Swipe Fees, the charges that are passed on to consumers every time they use a credit card to pay for goods and services. In 2022 alone Swipe Fees cost the average American family more...

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31 Jan 2023
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Federal Reserve Analysis Confirms HLF Study on Swipe Fees and Credit Card Rewards

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System recently released an economic analysis focused on credit card fees and reward programs.  The paper, in part, confirms independent analysis done in an HLF report last year that found that lower income households effectively subsidize higher income households when it comes to the fees they carry and related credit card rewards. The Fed economists wrote that “in aggregate terms, we find an annualized redistribution of $15.1 billion induced by credit card rewards.” Credit card companies charge interchange or “swipe” fees to retailers.  Because they are a business expense incurred by merchants,...

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27 Dec 2021
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OAN Interview Regarding the Department of Labor’s ‘Fiduciary Rule’

Today One America News interviewed HLF’s president about the harm to minority communities that would result from a reinstatement of the so-called “fiduciary rule” that is being strongly considered by the U.S. Department of Labor.  HLF has a recent report that breaks down the rule’s effects, which would reduce the retirement savings of 2.7 million individuals with incomes below $100,000 by $140 billion over 10 years. And it would increase the wealth gap by a staggering 20 percent for Hispanic and Black Americans. Watch:

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17 Dec 2021
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Build Back Better Bill Hurts Low-Income Students at Career Colleges

Education policy should be geared towards providing all Americans with the opportunity to empower themselves intellectually and economically. Online learning, flexible scheduling, and vocational skills training are examples of options that empower individuals and help them participate as fully as possible in the American economy.  Unfortunately, there are provisions in the Build Back Better bill that would politicize Pell Grants—federal loans students rely on to pursue the education that best suits them.  Pell grants currently provide millions of low-income students’ access to the secondary education of their choice. The current bill increases Pell Grants by $550 dollars, but politicians with...

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06 Oct 2021
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HLF Ad Campaign Encouraging Members of Congress to Support Small Business

HLF just finished a two week online ad campaign encouraging some of the Democrats in Congress who have shown a willingness to support small business.  Congress is currently considering a myriad of extreme progressive bills and proposals that would raise taxes and drastically increase cumbersome regulations on small businesses, including a new ‘investment tax.’ Small business issues remain vital in the Latino community, with Latinos starting them at a rate three times that of the general population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.  The ad ran online, targeting constituents in key states and districts, garnering a total of 1,374,600 impressions...

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30 Sep 2021
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A panel discussion on Hispanic Heritage Month, The Hill newspaper’s Changing America series

The Hill, a Washington, DC publication with in depth coverage of government, policy, and politics, invited HLF’s president to participate in a virtual panel discussion for their Changing America series.  The discussion was in commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month. “Changing America invites you to join us for a special virtual event,” reads the Hill’s introductory announcement, “to celebrate the accomplishments of Hispanic Americans. Our speakers will share their own experiences and role models and discuss urgent topics such as immigration reform, employment, and healthcare.” Watch the discussion here (starts at 26:12):

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12 Aug 2021
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Modernizing Our Immigration System. Interview with the George W. Bush Presidential Center

HLF’s president sits down for an interview with Holly Kuzmich, Executive Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, discussing how to incentivize legal immigration to the U.S., the volume of misinformation around the issue, and more. Watch:

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09 Aug 2021
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HLF in the Media: Radio Interview, Orlando. STEP Act, Other Topics

Below is a recent radio interview from the Matt Buff Radio Show in Orlando.  Matt asks HLF president Mario H. Lopez about the role of HLF, communicating to audiences of recent immigrants and its relation to policy, and the recently introduced STEP Act, which would hurt the ability to create inter-generational wealth in underserved communities.  .

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