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Dear Friend,

It’s officially time to celebrate the nine-year anniversary since Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) came to life! This program has helped
thousands of Dreamers who came here as children and have grown up in our
communities remain in the U.S. lawfully. With DACA, young people have been
able to go to school, get drivers licenses, work, and continue to
contribute to communities across the nation. Many DACA recipients don’t
know any home but here. However, the DACA program is only a temporary
bandaid and it’s been a political rollercoaster to keep it in place! 

[ [link removed] ]Celebrate the nine-year anniversary of DACA by telling Congress to give
Dreamers a real pathway to citizenship! *When you click, you’ll
automatically sign on if we already have your information.

What’s happening? Right now, the DACA program is being harmfully
challenged in Texas’ federal courts, which could impact the program
nationwide. So Congress must take action now to protect DACA recipients,
essential workers, and TPS holders by providing them with a pathway to
citizenship in the next infrastructure and recovery package. 

[ [link removed] ]Sign on! Tell every member of Congress to include a pathway to
citizenship in the next infrastructure & recovery package! *When you
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Immigrants have made up nearly 23 million essential workers [1] on the
frontlines during COVID, and 5.2 million are undocumented. One million of
those essential workers working to save us throughout the pandemic are
Dreamers. 

Immigrants are a vital part of our country’s essential workforce and have
done heroic work throughout the pandemic, keeping children and families
healthy and saving lives. We rely on our immigrant families, friends, and
neighbors every day, including for child care, health care, long-term
care, and to keep our food supply chain and our entire economy running.
For example, immigrants are 28 percent of our physicians, and 38 percent
of our home health aides. [2]

The skills, talents and contributions of immigrants are needed to keep our
country functioning, and to build the care infrastructure that our
families, communities and our economy so urgently need for parents to
return to work. But without a path to citizenship, we cannot create good
jobs in the care economy, which has a workforce dominated by women. That’s
why Congress must create a clear path to citizenship for essential
workers, Dreamers and TPS holders in the next infrastructure and recovery
package. We know immigrants make our country stronger and more prosperous.

[ [link removed] ]Don’t forget to add your name! When you click, you’ll automatically
sign on to our letter that reads: 

Members of Congress: 

We have put our immigrant community through enough political
rollercoasters. As we celebrate the ninth year of Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA), it is time Congress take action. We must give
DACA recipients, essential workers, and TPS holders a pathway to
citizenship in the next infrastructure and recovery package. 

Immigrants are such a vital part of our essential workforce every day, as
well as of our communities, and this has become especially apparent during
the COVID-19 pandemic. Immigrants are putting their lives on the line to
keep our health care system and our economy going, and are essential not
only to our communities and families, but also to America’s recovery. The
roles of immigrants in our communities are critical to building a strong
care infrastructure, and supporting families and mothers trying to return
to work.

Dreamers make up nearly one million of those who have served on the
frontlines of this pandemic and they need a pathway to citizenship.
Leaving the immigrant community to wait through uncertainty is harmful for
all of our communities and our economy. Immigrants are essential to our
country, communities, and economy and Americans know this. Roughly 75
percent of Americans believe all immigrants should have a path to stay in
the U.S. legally.

Including a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients, essential workers,
and TPS holders in the next infrastructure and recovery package is
necessary to offer stability to those who have worked so hard to keep our
country afloat and to build the care infrastructure that our families,
communities and our economy so urgently need for parents to return to
work. 

[ [link removed] ]**Make sure to sign our letter now calling on Congress to include a
path to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, and other essential workers
in the next infrastructure and recovery package. *When you click, you’ll
automatically sign on if we already have your information. 

Together we are a powerful voice for the well-being of immigrant children
and parents. 

- Claudia, Donna, Xochitl and the whole MomsRising / MamásConPoder team

 

[1] [ [link removed] ]FWD.us: Estimates Show Immigrant Essential Workers are Crucial to
America’s COVID-19 Recovery 

[2] [ [link removed] ]Migration Policy Institute: Immigrant Health-Care Workers in the
United States 


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