**B Stands for Brighter**

Good afternoon,

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all segments of our communities,
including immigrants.

For immigrants with limited English language proficiency, accessing
information about COVID-19 in their native language has been difficult.
Concerns about presenting government identification at vaccination sites
has been a barrier

preventing some immigrants from receiving vaccines. Like other small
business owners, immigrant business owners

and entrepreneurs have been hit hard by the pandemic, with many making
the difficult decision to close their doors. 

Yet immigrants have been essential to our country during the pandemic.
For example
,
28% of all physicians and 73% of the agricultural labor force are
immigrant workers. These heroes worked alongside other essential workers
to keep the American public healthy and safe while also taking care of
their own families. Some - like a cohort of Whole Foods Market
employees enrolled in the National Immigration Forum's English at Work

program - did all this while learning English virtually. Even in the
face of unprecedented challenges, immigrants want to excel and
contribute to our communities.

As more people become vaccinated and we enter a "new normal," immigrants
will continue to play a critical role in our country's recovery. As
the Forum's President & CEO Ali Noorani put it
:

To overcome this pandemic, all of us must work together and realize the
promise of America; live up to the spirit of our founding ideals, the
spirit of a more perfect union, the spirit of America.

Join us in thanking immigrant essential workers
for their contributions throughout the COVID-19 pandemic response and
recovery. By working together and advocating for sensible immigration
reforms, we can build a brighter future for all of us.

Stay healthy and hopeful,

Adam

**Adam Estle**
Vice President of Field and Constituencies
National Immigration Forum 

P.S. Join us tomorrow (Friday, July 16) at 11:45 AM ET for our monthly
BBB National Conversation. This month, we'll provide an update on the
Biden administration's efforts to relocate our Afghan allies who are
in immediate danger as U.S. troops leave Afghanistan. Register for the
webinar here
. 

**NEWS CLIPS TO NOTE:**

**BLOOMBERG:** Immigration Faces Challenging Path to Spending Package
Inclusion

**ASSOCIATED PRESS:**US says order coming this week on border asylum
restrictions

**NBC NEWS:**Biden administration still debating internally how to
evacuate Afghan interpreters

**CBS NEWS:**Homeland Security chief says U.S. will not give refuge to
those fleeing Cuba and Haiti by boat

**LOS ANGELES TIMES:**Immigrant victims of rape or gang violence now
have a better shot at getting asylum

 

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