Like many voters, I fought to elect a pro-immigrant president last November. But here we are a year later, and our elected leaders have not delivered on their promise of enacting a pathway to citizenship. Instead, they are deferring to an unelected advisor – the Senate parliamentarian – who is standing in the way of citizenship for the broadest group possible.
The National Immigration Law Center has fought for decades to secure a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants who are contributing so much to our communities. For decades, we’ve been told that it wasn’t feasible, or the timing wasn’t right. But the time is NOW. With Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress, President Biden can deliver on his promise of a pathway to citizenship.
As we approach the end of the year, everything is at stake. Congress will either make good on their promises or leave us with more excuses about why it couldn’t be done. But at the National Immigration Law Center, we are pushing Congress to deliver a pathway to citizenship before the end of the year.
While we had hoped to already be celebrating a legislative win instead of asking you to fuel our continued fight for citizenship, we need to keep up the pressure and press ahead until the promises made last election are a reality. Give today, so we can fight (and celebrate!) tomorrow.
In solidarity,
Avideh Moussavian,
Director of Federal Advocacy
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