Let your member of Congress know you want to celebrate immigrant
caregivers, now and always!
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Dear Friend,
“My mother died a few months ago of cancer and we would have not made it
as a family without the daily care from immigrant caregivers. This country
needs immigrants from all walks of life and we are lucky to have them.”
– MomsRising member from Pennsylvania
[ [link removed] ]Quick Signature: Tell Congress to support immigrant caregivers, and
their families, with permanent protections! *When you click, you’ll
automatically sign on if we already have your information.
Despite the terrible things we hear that some members of Congress and
others are saying about immigrants, we know the reality: Immigrants are
our nation’s strength. And as National Caregivers Day approaches on
February 16th, we want to use this opportunity to make sure members of
Congress know how critical immigrant caregivers are in our communities!
Across the country immigrants make up more than 18% of the nation's
healthcare workers and 27% of direct care workforce - including home
health aides, personal health aides, and nursing assistants. [1] [ [link removed] ]
“My mom was in and out of the nursing home for the last two years of her
life. Her favorite Certified Nursing Assistant (and mine too) was Lidia,
who was a Registered Nurse in Nigeria before she came here. Lidia had a
way about her, and she could get my mom to go along with the program
better than me sometimes.”
– MomsRising member from Indiana
[2]→ Can we count on you to speak up for immigrant caregivers, and their
communities in honor of National Caregivers Day? Sign on to let your
members of Congress know you want permanent protections for immigrant
families! *When you click, you’ll automatically sign on if we already have
your information.
What’s happening? For several weeks now Republicans have been using
immigration as a bargaining chip by proposing extreme immigration and
asylum policies that are cruel, ineffective, and out of touch with
American families and only ramping up anti-immigrant rhetoric. We need to
remind our members of Congress of the critical role immigrants play in our
communities and economy, such as doctors, nurses, home care workers,
teachers, and childcare workers, and urge them to propose common-sense
reform that improves the asylum and immigration system.
[ [link removed] ]Don’t forget to add your name! When you click, you’ll automatically
sign on to our letter that reads:
Dear Congress,
We urge you to support immigrant parents and families. Immigrants are
critical to our communities and our nation. For example, our care
infrastructure would crumble without the incredible work of immigrants,
who make up more than 18% of the nation's healthcare workers, 18% of
childcare workers, 27% of the direct care workforce, and 12% of the
education workforce! Moms are so thankful for the countless contributions
immigrants make to keep families and kids healthy, educated, and safe!
We need you to find a way forward and fix the broken immigration system,
provide permanent protections, build a pathway to citizenship, expand work
permit authorizations, improve access to healthcare and social programs,
and fund agencies that will help reduce the processing backlogs in
immigration.
We also urge you to defend the right to seek asylum at our border,
treating all with dignity and respect, and unequivocally reject proposed
legislation, or amendments to proposed legislation, that would endanger
immigrant parents and children in any way or separate families.
Immigrants are our nation’s strength. Indeed, our economy, and
particularly our care infrastructure, are struggling with labor shortages
and the demographic challenges of our aging population. Immigrants are key
to our nation’s continued economic and cultural vibrancy. We urge you to
lift up the contributions of immigrants in our communities, workforce, and
our history.
[ [link removed] ]**Make sure to sign our letter now calling on Congress to protect
immigrant parents and children! *When you click, you’ll automatically sign
on if we already have your information.
The more people who speak out, the bigger our impact. Please take a moment
to forward our action link to your friends and family and share it on
social
media: [ [link removed] ][link removed]
Together we are a powerful voice for the wellbeing of immigrant children
and parents.
- Claudia, Felicia, Tasmiha, Donna, Xochitl, Kristin and the whole
MomsRising / MamásConPoder team
P.S. Do you have an incredible immigrant caregiver in your life that you’d
like to spotlight? [ [link removed] ]Share your story with us! (Anonymous contributions
are also welcomed.)
References:
[1] [ [link removed] ]MPI: Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the United States
[2] [ [link removed] ]Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Support for Immigrant Direct Care
Workers[ [link removed] ]
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