John — Immigrant workers were the foundation that got the U.S. through the worst of the pandemic. Cities, states, and Congress deemed them essential. Our families depended on their care for our elderly and disabled loved ones, our kids and our homes.
It is outrageous that yesterday we said these incredible workers are essential, and tomorrow they *still* face the uncertainty, cruelty, and fear of deportation.
It is being decided right now what will be included in the jobs and economic recovery package and we want to ensure that immigrant workers are not left behind — and we’re pulling out all the stops to ensure that plan includes a pathway to citizenship for essential workers.
The next few weeks are key. So we’re helping lead a huge advocacy effort on the Hill, movement-wide mobilizations across the country, and pin-point congressional pressure campaigns to win. It’s an enormous lift, and that has financial implications, which is why I need to ask:
Can you donate $20 today to help us win a pathway to citizenship for essential workers?
In the face of unsafe working conditions, denied stimulus checks, school shut-downs, and Trump’s ICE deportation squads, undocumented essential workers never stopped caring for our grandparents, homes, and kids. They are an integral part of our communities that make all other work possible.
It is deeply immoral to call immigrant workers “essential” while then excluding them from being part of the recovery process.
The Citizenship for Essential Workers Act would provide immigrant workers with the security to ensure their rights are respected, they are paid fairly, and have meaningful access to justice if they face labor abuses that are only heightened because they are undocumented.
We are doing everything we can to push Congress and the Biden administration to meet this historic and urgent moment and ensure a pathway to citizenship for domestic workers and other essential workers and their families is a part of a just job recovery plan, and we need your support.
Can you donate $20 to help us win a pathway to citizenship for essential workers?
Thanks for all you do,
Rosa Lozano
Affiliate Member Engagement Manager, National Domestic Workers Alliance
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