01/27/2026
A CALL TO ACTION: Your participation is essential.
* We encourage you to Call your Senators’ offices,
* Send a letter or email expressing your concerns.
* Make clear that civil rights protections must come first! (See details below)
This is a critical moment for our communities and for the future of civil rights in our country. Across the nation, actions taken by the Department of Homeland Security and its enforcement agencies have raised serious concerns about civil rights, due process, and accountability.
Latino communities and other communities of color continue to bear the brunt of these policies, with real and lasting consequences for families and neighborhoods.
LULAC was founded to defend civil rights and equal justice under the law. When those principles are threatened, we have a responsibility to speak up and to act.
We are calling on all community members to contact your U.S. Senators and urge them to withhold further funding for DHS unless clear and enforceable protections are put in place to safeguard civil rights and prevent abuses of authority.
Congress has the power to demand accountability. Federal funding must be used to ensure that government agencies operate with transparency, respect constitutional rights, and treat all communities with dignity.
TAKE ACTION:
Your participation is essential. We encourage you to:
Call your Senators’ offices
Send a letter or email expressing your concerns
Make clear that civil rights protections must come first

[SAMPLE LETTER] To support your outreach a sample letter will be provided so that you can download and use when contacting your Senators: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DiY5tBxlHfLtG-f3If9j5HO3BM2uYpIx/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118011812787002806784&rtpof=true&sd=true
[CALL/EMAIL] Senator Alex Padilla / Contact Information:
331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-3553
Click Here to Email Sen. Padilla (* You can copy and paste the sample letter) https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/
Local Office Numbers:
(310)231-4494| Los Angeles, CA
(415)981-9369| San Francisco, CA
(916)448-2787 | Sacramento, CA
(619)239-3884 | San Diego, CA
(559)497-5109 | Fresno, CA
[CALL/EMAIL] Senator Adam Schiff / Contact Information:
112 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-3841
Click Here to Email Sen. Schiff (*You can copy and paste the sample letter)
https://www.schiff.senate.gov/contact/get-in-touch/
Local Office Numbers:
(818)303-3841 | Burbank, CA
(415)393-0707 | San Francisco, CA
(619)231-9712 | San Diego, CA
(559)485-7430 | Fresno, CA
LULAC has always led with courage and unity in moments like this. By taking action together, we can push for accountability and protect the rights of our communities.
Thank you for standing up for civil rights.