Michael Blake

Blake supports expanding My Brother's Keeper and My Sister's Keeper programs, canceling federal student debt, protecting and strengthening the Department of Education, and expanding evidence-based programs in mentoring, literacy, debate, and career pathways.

Jose Vega

Vega advocates for reinstituting classical education, emphasizing its importance in his own political development.

Michael Blake

Blake supports Medicare for All to provide universal, comprehensive coverage with no premiums, no deductibles, and no surprise bills. He also advocates for safe staffing ratios, workplace violence protections, and fair contracts for nurses, and increased federal funding for Black and Latina maternal healthcare including access to doulas and midwives.

Jose Vega

Vega supports a universal single-payer national health insurance system, but argues the U.S. healthcare system must first be rebuilt by increasing hospital beds to meet Hill-Burton Act standards, reducing administrative costs, and increasing medical personnel.

Michael Blake

Blake proposes an Immigrant Bill of Rights that includes prosecuting ICE for crimes, repealing the Laken Riley Act, requiring real accountability in enforcement (enforcing anti-mask law against federal agents, requiring visible identification, establishing Safe Havens), guaranteeing due process and legal representation, protecting family unity, protecting workers with TPS, protecting privacy by banning local data sharing with ICE without a warrant, and guaranteeing access to safety and services regardless of immigration status.

Jose Vega

Vega supports a robust immigration reform that provides residency and temporary work visas for immigrants, particularly from Mexico, and opposes current ICE deportation policies. He advocates for an international program that promotes economic development for all nations.