Celebrate this July 4th by powering our fight for a pathway to citizenship for all immigrants!
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Dear John,
As a restaurant owner, Sarahi knows what long work hours are ([link removed]) . Her 14-hour shifts include her training staff, juggling paperwork, and managing lunch rushes on a daily basis. She is the first in her family to own a business and decided to honor her roots by serving up the Mexican food she grew up eating. However, unlike other entrepreneurs, Sarahi faces an uncertain future as one of the 544,000 ([link removed]) current DACA recipients in the country.
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is at risk of being ruled unconstitutional ([link removed]) by the Supreme Court in the upcoming year, leaving hundreds of thousands of community members, business owners, nurses, lawyers, teachers, and more essential workers without the ability to legally work in the United States or protection from family separation.
DACA recipients, along with the other 11 million undocumented people who have lived and worked here for decades, continue to be left without a pathway to citizenship. This July 4th, as we celebrate our nation’s anniversary, let’s remember our neighbors, friends, and families who are American in every way but legal status.
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This year’s election is one of the most consequential— immigration is on the ballot. There will be a lot of lies, misinformation and scapegoating. But the real truth is we cannot let any candidate use us as pawns for political gain. There is too much at stake for the United States we want and deserve. People like Sarahi have been waiting too long to be fully recognized as the Americans they are.
Our divided Congress continues to be unable to create comprehensive immigration reform. President Biden took matters into his own hands and announced an executive action allowing undocumented spouses of American citizens to be protected against deportation ([link removed]) while they pursue a pathway to permanent status. Yet, this welcomed historic program does not reach the eleven million people who call the United States home and need a pathway to citizenship.
On this July 4th, will you join us to continue fighting until all immigrants have the same liberties and opportunities as the rest of us? ([link removed])
In power,
Denise Bell
Vice President of Advocacy and Programs
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