Dear John,

With so many attacks on our community’s pathway to immigration, there is no way we would be taking a break the day after the Muslim ban hearing. Today, NIAC Action organized and sent a letter to U.S Senators concerning our opposition to H.R. 1044/S. 386 along with 15 organizations representing impacted Chinese, Korean, Italian, South Asian, and Arab communities.

>>Read the letter.

This legislation, disingenuously named the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, would effectively close the path to green cards for Iranian nationals as well as for virtually every other nationality. It would add years of delay to the green card process for Iranians already subject to single-entry visas and the Muslim Ban. The best remedy for the green card backlog is to increase the number of green cards available, not pit groups of immigrants against each other, forcing them to fight for the meager amount of green cards currently available. 

We have secured commitments from multiple U.S. Senators to block passage of H.R.1044 by unanimous consent. In addition to organizing this coalition letter, we will continue to work tirelessly with our allies in the House and Senate to ensure the bill does not become law and explore every possible avenue to ensure only a solution that is truly fair to all immigrants can move forward. 

This work requires resources and our community faces political challenges that we need YOUR help to overcome. You can contribute to this effort by calling your Senators and by making a donation to ensure we continue to have the resources to stop this bill.

Iranian nationals and Iranian Americans are currently being attacked from all sides. Accompanying the U.S. failed maximum pressure in Iran is the maximum restrictions on Iranians and Iranian Americans in the United States. So we stayed committed in this ongoing fight to protect the rights of our community. 

In solidarity,

Jamal Abdi
Executive Director