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Support Immigrant and Refugee Essential Workers!
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Dear JFI Members,
Refugees and immigrants are currently employed in thousands of jobs that are critical
to keeping our country functioning during the current pandemic. Many of the refugees
and immigrants in the United States fled conflict, disaster and danger in their
home countries to find safe haven here and are now contributing to the effort to
manage and overcome the national health crisis by working - often at great risk
to their own health and lives - to keep Americans safe, healthy, fed and poised
for economic recovery.
Today, in the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship,
there is a hearing, Immigrants as Essential Workers During COVID-19, which will
discuss the vital contributions immigrants and refugees are making. We invite you
to:

* Read our Testimony [[link removed]];
* Watch [[link removed]]
the Hearing at 2 PM ET;
* Learn More About the Essential Work of Immigrant and Refugees (English [[link removed]]/Spanish
[[link removed]]).
In his written testimony that was submitted for the hearing today, Bishop Mario
Dorsonville, auxiliary bishop of Washington and chairman of the USCCB Committee
on Migration, said, "Immigrants and refugees are a blessing to our country. The
Church teaches that every human being is created in God's image and deserves dignity
and respect and that human labor has an inherent dignity, allowing all to share
in the ongoing work of creation, while providing the resources to build and sustain
families.

The contributions of essential workers have become undoubtedly more important during
COVID-19. While many essential workers are U.S. citizens, many are also immigrants
and refugees. In addition to be highly vulnerable to COVID 19, immigrant and refugee
essential workers are less likely to have access to medical care and thus far have
been completely left out of any federal COVID-19 relief or assis-tance. We urge
Congress to include immigrant and refugee families in any future COVID-19 relief
as well as be made eligible for past relief efforts. Additionally, we continue
to advocate Congress for a path to citizenship for undocu- mented workers who have
been living, working and contributing to our country. As Pope Francis states: No
one must be left behind."

We invite JFI members to join in the advocacy effort to support refugees and other
deserving immigrants and their families. Please send the action alert asking your
Senators to include refugees and immigrants in any COVID-19 relief package. You
can access it on our action alert [[link removed]]
page. Please take a moment to fill it out and send to your elected officials.
Learn more about COVID-19 advocacy on our COVID-19 Resource page [[link removed]].
In Solidarity,
Tony Cube
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3211 Fourth Street, NE Washington, DC 20017
Phone: (202) 541-3064
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