“Our undocumented communities cannot afford to wait any longer or be offered temporary reliefs. The administration needs to deliver on their promises and pass citizenship for all. Programs like DACA and TPS have given people the opportunities and access to higher education, drivers licenses, healthcare, and simple basics everyone deserves the right to have; it is only right and just to pass a pathway for permanent protections for all immigrants.” – Mariana Martinez, Advocacy and Campaigns Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee – Florida.
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We are calling on Senate Democratic leaders to ensure that a path to citizenship for our immigrant family members, neighbors, and friends becomes law this year.
The voices of 850 faith leaders and nearly 150 faith-based organizations will be on record at the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Safety hearing on “The Essential Role of Immigrant Workers in America.”
Leaders from 45 states plus the District Columbia joined a statement from the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, which will be submitted into the hearing record. Constituents of every senator on the subcommittee endorsed the effort.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to create a path to citizenship for farmworkers and people with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) on Thursday. Now, the U.S. Senate has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do its job, and turn these bills into law.
Leaders from the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) welcome House passage of legislation that creates a path to citizenship for farmworkers and people with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Deferred Enforced Departure (DED), among some others. Now, we turn our sights to the Senate, which has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do its part and help these bills become law.