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You’ve met Jessica Cisneros,
immigration lawyer, champion for workers, and one of our PAC’s first
endorsees in the primaries.
Now meet her opponent, Rep. Henry
Cuellar (TX-28) — a “pro-gun, anti-abortion, anti-union deficit
hawk who has rarely met a regulation he wouldn’t gut or a Republican
he wouldn’t work with.”1
Learn
about the race and get inspired by Jessica’s moving campaign
video.
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a part of our PAC by clicking!
Friend —
Jessica Cisneros (TX-28) is the kind of leader we need in
Congress.
But there’s something else you should know about her race:
If Jessica doesn't unseat Rep. Henry Cuellar, he will
likely be the senior Democrat in charge of the House appropriations
subcommittee that sets funding levels for our country’s inhumane
system of immigrant detention and deportation.
These are life-or-death decisions for Black and Brown immigrants
and border communities, but Cuellar has so far used his position on
the committee to continue to expand the cruel machinery that
separates, detains, and deports immigrant families.
As Jews and allies, we have a moral imperative to fight for
immigrant justice. That’s why we just delivered a petition urging
President Biden to stop funding cruel immigration
enforcement.2 And it’s why we’re fighting to get
Jessica to Congress.
You'll also become
a part of our PAC by clicking!
This race is going to be close. Jessica and Rep.
Cuellar are in a run-off after their neck-and-neck results in the
March primary.
Congress will be better without Henry Cuellar, who helped water
down the Build Back Better Act and is the only House Democrat to vote
against the Women's Health Protection Act and the Protecting the Right
to Organize Act.
That’s why Bend the Arc’s PAC supports progressive
champions like Jessica Cisneros, who is running a grassroots,
people-powered campaign and is not accepting any corporate PAC money
or contributions from lobbyists.
Watch
this video about the inspiring 28-year old immigration lawyer running
for TX-28: Jessica Cisneros — and become a part of our PAC.
Onwards,
Derek Pugh, Director
Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC
Sources:
1. The Texas Observer, The
Party Pariah: How Henry Cuellar rose to power—and how he intends to
stay there.
2. Bend the Arc, Tell
President Biden: Stop funding cruel, racist immigration
policies
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