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Episode Synopsis
We are coming to you at the end of a busy news week, in part, courtesy of the Supreme Court.
LGBT rights advocates had a big win at the Supreme Court Monday, winning a sweeping decision from the justices that protects gay, lesbian and transgender employees in the workplace from being fired, demoted or paid less based on their sexual orientation -- a 6-3 victory to those arguing for anti-discrimination protections.
This Thursday, June 18, the Supreme Court also blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants. Immigrants who are part of the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program will retain their protection from deportation and authorization to work in the United States. The decision was a 5-4 outcome, with Chief Justice John Roberts and the four liberal justices were in the majority.
On this episode, we speak about what these decisions mean for how companies will respond to the LGBT decision and what the DACA decision means for Latinos and their contributions to the economy. We invited Moe Vela, the first Latino and LGBT to serve twice in The White House in a senior executive role, to speak to this on this episode.
Vela was born and raised in the Southern tip of Texas on the Mexican border and proudly Mexican American. He was CFO and Senior Advisor on Latino and LGBT matters to Vice President Al Gore. He was also most recently Director of Management and Administration and Senior Advisor on Latino and LGBT Affairs to Vice President Joe Biden. He is an attorney and ownsVela Group, a global business development consulting firm with clients in the United States and Latin America.
We get his take on these decisions and commentary on business trends he’s noticing from Latino clients and what the future could hold for the next generation of Latinos powering the American economy.
LGBT rights advocates had a big win at the Supreme Court Monday, winning a sweeping decision from the justices that protects gay, lesbian and transgender employees in the workplace from being fired, demoted or paid less based on their sexual orientation -- a 6-3 victory to those arguing for anti-discrimination protections.
This Thursday, June 18, the Supreme Court also blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants. Immigrants who are part of the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program will retain their protection from deportation and authorization to work in the United States. The decision was a 5-4 outcome, with Chief Justice John Roberts and the four liberal justices were in the majority.
On this episode, we speak about what these decisions mean for how companies will respond to the LGBT decision and what the DACA decision means for Latinos and their contributions to the economy. We invited Moe Vela, the first Latino and LGBT to serve twice in The White House in a senior executive role, to speak to this on this episode.
Vela was born and raised in the Southern tip of Texas on the Mexican border and proudly Mexican American. He was CFO and Senior Advisor on Latino and LGBT matters to Vice President Al Gore. He was also most recently Director of Management and Administration and Senior Advisor on Latino and LGBT Affairs to Vice President Joe Biden. He is an attorney and ownsVela Group, a global business development consulting firm with clients in the United States and Latin America.
We get his take on these decisions and commentary on business trends he’s noticing from Latino clients and what the future could hold for the next generation of Latinos powering the American economy.
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