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A look at Cosecha in the last decade...
2013: Comprehensive immigration fails in Congress, again. A group of immigrant rights & labor organizers come together to figure out why we *still* can't win reform for the 11 million undocumented immigrants. washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/w…
2013: Comprehensive immigration fails in Congress, again. A group of immigrant rights & labor organizers come together to figure out why we *still* can't win reform for the 11 million undocumented immigrants. washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/w…
2015: After over a yr of strategizing, Cosecha launches with its first training.
Our biggest insight: electing Dems and lobbying for CIR isn't working bc we just don't have the leverage. But there was a time when we did have it...the mega marches of 2006. npr.org/templates/stor…
Our biggest insight: electing Dems and lobbying for CIR isn't working bc we just don't have the leverage. But there was a time when we did have it...the mega marches of 2006. npr.org/templates/stor…
So Cosecha launches with a vision: What if undocumented immigrants recreated the mega marches, at the time were the largest protests in US history? What if millions of immigrant workers went on strike and took to the streets, not just for a day, but for an entire week? 
HEY EVERYONE STILL ON TWITTER: TWEET HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND URGE THEM TO STAY STRONG #NoDreamNoDeal!
Literally, they're milling around, they might be at the Capitol all night, they're checking their phones—this is a moment your tweets can make a genuinely huge difference.
Literally, they're milling around, they might be at the Capitol all night, they're checking their phones—this is a moment your tweets can make a genuinely huge difference.
Check this list for the House Democrats. Tweet at them individually and thank them for standing strong for Dreamers: twitter.com/TheDemocrats/l…
Write tweets like this. Easy! Fun! Takes two seconds!
So, here's what's going on on the Hill right now.
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By way of background: when the shutdown ended last month, McConnell promised an open Senate floor debate on DACA protections after Feb 8 *if the government is still open by then.*
Rs really don't like the idea of voting on Dreamer protections, because they divide their caucus and unite ours. If a vote must happen, R strategy is to pair DACA with nasty xenophobic provisions that can bring some of their right flank on board.
