Don’t let Trump blame hard-working immigrants for his failed leadership
during a health pandemic. Immigrants are on the frontlines of COVID-19
keeping us safe.
[ [link removed] ]16% of healthcare workers are immigrants
Quick signature: Tell Congress and the Trump administration to include
immigrants in relief packages.
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Dear Friend,
Immigrants are putting their lives on the line to keep our health care
system and our economy going [1], and are essential to America’s recovery,
but have largely been left out of COVID-19 relief!
[ [link removed] ]Quick signature: Tell the Trump administration and Congress immigrants
must be included in COVID-19 relief! *When you click, you’ll automatically
sign on if we already have your information.
Immigrants are essential workers on the frontlines of COVID-19. In the
health industry alone immigrants make up 16 percent of healthcare workers,
26 percent of home health care workers for the elderly and 23 percent of
the workers in disinfection in the U.S. (like soap and cleaning
manufacturing). [2] Doctors are working every day across the country to
bring an end to coronavirus, and in the U.S. more than 25 percent of those
doctors were born in another country. [3]
Immigrants don’t just work in the health industry, they contribute as
essential workers taking on many dangerous jobs amid a global pandemic.
For example, 28 percent of janitors and building cleaners are immigrants.
[4]
Immigrants are also helping keep food on the table, making up 31 percent
of agricultural employees and 26 percent of workers in food and beverage
manufacturing. [4] Their hard work every day, during these unprecedented
times, is feeding the nation and fueling our healthcare response.
[ [link removed] ]Click to sign: Support immigrant essential workers by telling Congress
to make sure they are included in the COVID-19 relief package! *When you
click, you’ll automatically sign on if we already have your information.
Our petition reads:
Dear Members of Congress and the Trump Administration:
Immigrants make up 16% of healthcare workers, 26% of home health care
workers for the elderly, and 23% of the workers in disinfection in the
U.S. and are putting their lives on the line to fight COVID. I am writing
to ask you to take action NOW to support immigrant families as part of the
next COVID-19 relief package. This pandemic has highlighted the role that
immigrant health care and essential workers play alongside their
native-born colleagues on the front lines of this fight and how much the
health of our nation depends on the contributions of these workers.
Moreover, effective public health responses require attention to all
community members, as a pandemic response that excludes any members of our
communities will weaken its effectiveness. None of us can be healthy if
any one of us is denied access to testing, care, and economic relief. In
the next COVID relief bill, we ask that you support the following actions
to support immigrant families:
* Provide no-cost testing, treatment, and vaccines for all low income
immigrants through Medicaid.
* Include immigrants and their citizen family members in the stimulus.
* Extend work permits for individuals with DACA or Temporary Protected
Status.
* Release immigrant children and their families from detention together
and ensure access to phones, sanitary conditions, and quality medical
care for anyone in detention.
* Extend eligibility for emergency relief grants to students regardless
of immigration status.
* Do not permit transfer of funds for immigration enforcement and do not
include supplemental funding for ICE or CBP in COVID relief
legislation.
Immigrants are putting their lives on the line to keep our health care
system and our economy going, and are essential to America’s recovery.
Let’s make sure to include immigrants in the next COVID relief
legislation!
[ [link removed] ]Don’t forget to sign! Tell Congress to include immigrants in the next
COVID-19 relief package. *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 our action
link on social
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Together we are a powerful voice for the health of families.
- Claudia, Donna, Kristin, Felicia and the whole MomsRising /
MamásConPoder team
P.S. Are you an immigrant who is on the frontlines of fighting the
COVID-19 pandemic (health care, home health aids, sanitation, and other
essential positions)? Are you an immigrant who does not qualify for
federal COVID-19 relief? Please share your experience with us
here: [ [link removed] ][link removed]
[1] ABC News, [ [link removed] ]Latinos, many with essential jobs, disproportionately
affected by COVID-19
[2] Migration Policy Institute, [ [link removed] ]Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the
United States in 2018
[3] Reuters, [ [link removed] ]U.S. relies heavily on foreign-born healthcare workers
[4] Center for Migration Studies, [ [link removed] ]US Foreign-Born Essential Workers by
Status and State, and the Global Pandemic
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