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The League of Women Voters of Minnesota and the League of Women Voters of the United States issued a joint statement in response to the federal immigration enforcement and escalation of federal military activity in Minnesota.

The nation's oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization, joined by the League of Women Voters and Common Cause, issues a historic call for oversight, adherence to the Constitution, and public accountability

The League of Women Voters (LWV) and five state and local Leagues (the League) filed a lawsuit against the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other federal officials for enacting—abruptly and without following required process—a new rule that bars nonpartisan civic engagement groups from providing voter registration and promoting civic engagement to new US citizens at administrative naturalization ceremonies. The League is represented by Campaign Legal Center (CLC).

The League of Women Voters Education Fund has been awarded a $1 million philanthropic grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to expand youth civic education and engagement programs nationwide.

A federal court issued a decisive ruling in League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump, permanently blocking a provision of President Trump’s March voting executive order that sought to add a requirement to show a passport or similar document proving citizenship when registering to vote with the federal voter registration form that would disproportionately impact voters of color.

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