From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org):
Immigrants are essential, and we must create a viable pathway to citizenship for people who are living, working and raising families in our country.
During the pandemic, roughly 23 million immigrants—including 5 million undocumented people—served as health care workers, public health and safety workers, food system workers and farmworkers. Some are Dreamers, brought here as children. Others are here legally due to war or natural disasters in their home countries. At the very least, these essential workers, Dreamers, and those fleeing disasters should be provided a pathway to citizenship without more delay.
All 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. should have a pathway to citizenship.
Join CHN and our national coalition at https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-a-pathway-to-citizenship-is-human-infrastructure to demand Congress include a pathway to citizenship in the infrastructure bill.
The pandemic shined a spotlight on the essential work millions of immigrants do throughout our economy: delivering our mail, educating our children, working as first-responders, keeping the shelves of our grocery stores stocked, harvesting our country’s food, caring for the elderly, and much more.
Each one of these people are Americans. Period. And they must be given the opportunity to become U.S. citizens.
Lawmakers now have the rare opportunity to transform our nation’s immigration policies. We must act decisively. Add your name! Tell Congress that a pathway to citizenship is human infrastructure, and it must be included in the package being considered by Congress right now.
As more and more Americans become vaccinated and states continue to re-open, one thing is clear: there is no recovery without immigrants.
Thank you for all you do to hold members of Congress accountable and to fight for marginalized people and communities.
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