Freddy 🇸🇻🇺🇸
@FreddyMejiaVA
Salvadoran-American, Liverpool FC & DC Sports, RVA📍Policy Director. Union Member. Views are mine.
👀
🚨 Newcastle United exploring move for Benjamin Sesko of RB Leipzig in case Alexander Isak leaves. 22yo #RBLeipzig forward subject of long-standing #NUFC interest + a top target should Isak depart. Deal challenging from financial perspective @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/60663…
New analysis from @CenterOnBudget finds that 188,000 adults in Virginia could lose health coverage due to new work reporting requirements cbpp.org/research/healt…
NEW: AG Miyares says 2,500 immigrants arrested by Va. task force may have violated immigration law — but offers no evidence they were violent criminals, as Youngkin claimed virginiamercury.com/2025/07/23/miy…
New: The CFO of Virginia's Medicaid agency said the cuts could cause “a macroeconomic financial shock" - an estimate Youngkin’s office and his own agency pushed back on. vpm.org/news/2025-07-2…
The Trump Administration’s immigration policies are deeply unpopular and do not make our communities safe. I joined @OmarJimenez on @CNN to discuss the impact in my district and beyond.
Riverside Regional Jail signed an agreement in May to detain people on behalf of ICE. The agreement includes a secrecy clause: The jail shouldn't mention the deal without ICE approval. richmond.com/news/state-reg…
“I cannot proceed w/ hiring or renewing a contract without knowing when I’m going to have the funds,” said the #EnglishLearners supervisor for Roanoke City district TCI has signed onto a letter to demand funds be restored so that every student can thrive. edweek.org/teaching-learn…
This policy will discourage lawfully present immigrants who are eligible for Medicaid from signing up for Medicaid, or signing their kids up, leaving them without health insurance. That, of course, is a feature, not a bug.
Latest for @AP: ICE officials will have access to all 79 million Medicaid enrollees' personal data, including addresses and ethnicities, according to an extraordinary agreement signed on Monday. w/ @kimberlykindy apnews.com/article/immigr…
Latest for @AP: ICE officials will have access to all 79 million Medicaid enrollees' personal data, including addresses and ethnicities, according to an extraordinary agreement signed on Monday. w/ @kimberlykindy apnews.com/article/immigr…
New summary of key impacts from the reconciliation bill. ⤵️ For #Virginia families who need help accessing health coverage and healthy food, the changes are alarming. But it’s important to remember that most changes won’t take effect right away. thecommonwealthinstitute.org/tci_research/v…
ICE’s courthouse raids in Chesterfield County and beyond do not make our communities safe. I sent a letter to DHS Secretary Noem and ICE Acting Director Lyons to demand answers.
Virginia deportations are up 350% since 2024, with nearly 3,000 Virginians arrested in the first 5 months of Trump’s presidency. 25% had no criminal record. 70% were longtime community members. 50% are parents of U.S. citizens. These aren’t just stats. They’re our neighbors.
INBOX: hearing @ICEgov is back at chesterfield county court today. I’ll try and verify this later (if I can) #valeg
2 million tipped workers--about 40%--could be among those at risk of losing health coverage because of the #Medicaid and #ACA marketplace cuts in One Big Beautiful Bill.
It’s simple: NO tax on tips NO tax on overtime The One Big Beautiful Bill saves millions of hardworking Americans in hourly and tipped jobs an average of $1,500 a year.
🚨💣 EXCL: Liverpool made club to club approach with Newcastle to discuss record bid for Alexander Isak. ❗️👀 If Isak won’t be available, Liverpool can enter Ekitike race. Decision up to Newcastle as they never wanted to sell Isak + offer new deal. 🎥 youtu.be/xEeTig_2bR8
Immigrants account for over a quarter (27%) of physicians at U.S. hospitals. About 1 in 5 physicians (19%) are naturalized citizens & 8% are noncitizen immigrants. Limiting pathways for immigrants to work in the U.S. could exacerbate physician shortages: on.kff.org/4lNZ9jo