USCIS Policy Changes Threaten VAWA Survivor Protections

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contact: Laura Trask Director, Development and [email protected]  January 12, 2026 (Washington, D.C.) — Ayuda expresses serious concern regarding the December 22 USCIS Policy Manual...

Ayuda Statement on the Tragic Death Caused by ICE in Minneapolis

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contact: Laura Trask Director, Development and [email protected]  January 8, 2026 (Washington, D.C.) — Ayuda is deeply saddened and outraged by the killing of a woman by ICE during an enforcement operation in...

Ayuda Applauds Council Leadership on Immigrant Safety, Supports Strengthening Protections

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contact: Sandra BenaventeAdvocacy Manager [email protected]  January 6, 2026 (Washington, D.C.) — Today, Ayuda applauded District of Columbia Councilmember Janeese Lewis George (Ward 4) for...

“Lives Are on the Line”: Ayuda’s Testimony to the DC Council

On December 3, Ayuda staff testified before the DC Council Committee on Health during its Budget Oversight hearing, urging Council Members to reverse harmful cuts to the DC Healthcare Alliance program. Grounded in decades of service and the lived experiences of their...

Violence Has No Place Here — Neither Does Islamophobia

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contact: Laura Trask Director, Development and [email protected]  December 1, 2025 (Washington, D.C.)— Ayuda grieves the loss of the National Guard service member killed in the shooting on Wednesday, November 26,...

Ayuda Calls on Councilmember Pinto to Hold a Public Hearing on MPD’s Cooperation with Federal Agencies 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Contact: Sandra BenaventeAdvocacy Manager [email protected]  Washington, D.C. (October 30, 2025) – Today, Ayuda called on D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto to hold a public hearing on the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) cooperation...