Becerra Advocated For Immigrant Rights Amid Federal Anti-Immigration Policymaking
Becerra Opposed Previous Presidents’ Anti-Immigration Policies And Sentiments As A U.S. Representative And State Attorney General. “Now, as the Los Angeles congressman is on the verge of becoming California’s first Latino attorney general, he is being asked to draw once again on that background as the state’s top lawyer at a time when President-elect Donald Trump is proposing mass deportations and construction of a border wall… Becerra said he would fight to protect California policies that help immigrants in the country illegally to get driver’s licenses, college financial aid and legal assistance in fighting deportation orders.” [LA Times, 1/18/17]
Becerra Celebrated A Federal Judge’s Order To Restore DACA And Vowed To Continue Defending Immigrant Rights As California’s Attorney General.

[Xavier Becerra, Twitter, 12/4/20]
Becerra Called The Trump Administration’s Public Charge Rule Attacking Immigrants Inhumane.

[Xavier Becerra, Twitter, 12/2/20]
Becerra Has A Strong Record Of Defending Reproductive Rights
Becerra Helped Lead A Multistate Amicus Brief Supporting Lawsuits Against The Trump Administration’s Title X Final Rule. “California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford on Friday filed a multistate amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, supporting the City of Baltimore in its lawsuit against the Trump-Pence Administration’s Title X rule.” [State of California Department of Justice, 5/1/20]
Becerra Spoke Out Against The Title X Final Rule. “‘With this rule, the Trump-Pence Administration has upended the Title X program, which provides critical reproductive and preventative health services to low-income women and families across the nation,’ said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. ‘At a time when many Americans are facing uncertainty in both their health and finances due to the coronavirus, programs that provide low-cost healthcare, like Title X, are more critical than ever. Our coalition stands with the millions of women and families across the nation who rely on Title X for healthcare services in urging the court to halt this harmful rule.’” [State of California Department of Justice, 5/1/20]
NARAL Pro-Choice America Deemed Becerra’s Congressional Voting Record “100% Pro-Choice” In 2016.

[NARAL Pro-Choice America, accessed 12/7/20]
Becerra Denounced The Trump Administration’s Hypocrisy Over Fetal Tissue Research
Becerra Urged HHS Secretary Alex Azar And NIH Director Francis Collins To Reject The Trump Administration’s Faulty Recommendations To Withhold Funding For Research Using Fetal Tissue.

[State of California, Office of the Attorney General Letter, Page 1, 10/28/20]