PRESS CALL HAPPENING NOW: "California Senator Alex Padilla, Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro, Advocates Call for a Fast Track to Citizenship for Essential Workers Who Are Undocumented Immigrants"

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.@lorellapraeli: "We are essential in a country that treats us like we're expendable." #WeAreHome
.@AlexPadilla4CA: "We have weathered the most anti-immigrant policies our country has ever seen... But there is light at the end of the tunnel. The Biden and Harris Administration will help us turn the tide."
.@AlexPadilla4CA: "We must keep essential workers safe and recognize their role of keeping us safe through the pandemic."
.@JoaquinCastrotx: "Latino and immigrant workers are contracting COVID-19 and dying at disproportionately high rates because many cannot work from home, they get no sick days, and cannot take time off."
.@JoaquinCastrotx: "It's time for essential workers to no longer be treated as disposable... If your labor builds, works, and cares for our nation, you have earned the right to be here."
Angelica Salas: "Immigrant essential workers are everywhere on the frontlines keeping us safe and helping us survive this pandemic... Many of these essential workers are risking their lives and far too many lost their lives as they took care of ours."
Mary Kay Henry: "We know this pandemic has only surfaced issues our members and immigrant workers have been contending with since the beginning of this country."
Mary Kay Henry: "We can't beat the virus and have economic recovery when millions of immigrant workers are left out."

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14 Jan
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Find out more about this campaign and if politicians in your district are using coded racist ads to get elected with our tracker: 2020adwatch.com
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[3/10] The ad begins with a dubious and coded xenophobic boast about Trump’s swift action on COVID, referencing the travel ban from China.

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