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ABOUT
I didn’t plan to run for Congress. A son of working-class immigrants, my goals were far less lofty: emulate my parents’ values of caring for your community and to try to make them proud.
For over twenty years, I’ve been chasing these goals. I've been working to support people everyday, building institutions that keep families together and people in their homes. It started at The Bronx Defenders, where I advocated for community members confronting housing instability, job insecurity, loss of public benefits and healthcare barriers. Every day I worked to undo the harm they were facing, every night I went to law school.
On their worst days, at their most vulnerable, I showed up and fought to ease their burden. I had a simple plan: do good work, navigate broken systems, and make life a little less difficult for the families who came through our doors.
And it worked. We kept countless families together and people in homes. We helped them access employment, food assistance, Medicaid, and other essential support.
Twenty years of building institutions, proving that innovative systems can serve people instead of grinding them down.
THESE AREN'T POLICY DEBATES TO ME.
THEY IMPACT MY CLIENTS.
MY NEIGHBORS. MY COMMUNITY.
THE ISSUES
VICHAL'S CORE AGENDA IS ROOTED IN TWO DECADES OF FRONTLINE WORK
RESHAPING SYSTEMS THAT FAIL WORKING PEOPLE
DISMANTLE ICE.
WE ARE A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS,
TERROR HAS NO PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
WORKERS BUILD OUR SOCIETY AND DESERVE STABILITY, RESPECT, AND REAL POWER
EMPOWER WORKERS.
GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE.
EVERYONE DESERVES UNIVERSAL, AFFORDABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE, WITHOUT BARRIERS
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