After months of silence and inaction, Secretary Mayorkas says DHS considering TPS for Haiti, Cameroon, and Mauritania bit.ly/3xKXe6H
"It is well beyond time for the Biden Administration to redesignate Haiti and create new designations for Cameroon and Mauritania for TPS." - @douglasrivlin
"The chorus of Members of Congress, leaders, officials, advocates and TPS holders relentlessly screaming for the Biden administration to take action to protect immigrants and utilize TPS should be taken very seriously." - @douglasrivlin
"Despite Haiti’s fragile conditions, the Biden administration has been actively deporting people back to Haiti since they took office." - @douglasrivlin
"The administration needs to act and act fast in reviewing country conditions and use TPS for what it was created to do: protect immigrants from deportation and help stabilize economies through remittances." - @douglasrivlin
"There are no excuses for the delays, unkept promises to Haitians, or inaction in protecting people from deportation back to Cameroon, Mauritania, and numerous other countries in this hemisphere and around the world." - @douglasrivlin
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Democrats - you have a path to victory on immigration. Use it. bit.ly/3vHyXwA
"Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes, and @JohnCornyn getting to ‘no’ on immigration reform - especially when it counts. Indulging Sen. @JohnCornyn and honoring his timetable is a legislative death sentence." - @FrankSharry
"Americans elected a Democratic President and Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress to do big things, to tackle challenges left unaddressed for too long, and to effect change that people experience in their daily lives." - @FrankSharry
On immigration, Biden begins repairing damage done by Trump: bit.ly/3ufQDiP
"The Trump Administration inflicted deep damage to our immigration system -- at home, at the border, and in Central America. While much remains to be done, the Biden Administration is making progress." - @FrankSharry
"As a nation, we are turning the corner, reversing and undoing the cruelty and chaos of the Trump administration, and making progress toward a modern immigration system that is safe, orderly, and humane." - @FrankSharry
ICYMI: This weekend advocates all across the country rallied in celebration of #MayDay to honor essential workers, DACA recipients, TPS holders, farmworkers, and more, & to demand immigration reform. #WeAreHome
.@RepBarragan: "Now is not the time to score political points... I am encouraged President Biden has committed to restoring humane border policies." #WelcomeWithDignity
.@BennieGThompson: "We do not have to sacrifice border security to treat unaccompanied, vulnerable children with basic decency." #WelcomeWithDignity
.@lorellapraeli: "We are clear that promises are not enough... We are clear that we need to pass legislation this year." #WeAreHome
Vicente Reyes: "My parent migrated from Mexico when I was five years old. They are among the one million farm workers in the U.S. who live with uncertainty about the future." #WeAreHome
Why President Biden should lean in on immigration bit.ly/3sUPiw4
"For Democrats, the immigration debate is not about numbers anchored in fears. It’s about solutions anchored in values. Step back and you’ll get run over. But lean in and you’ll win." - @FrankSharry
"The multiracial majority that elected Joe Biden strongly supports his vision for an orderly and humane approach that modernizes a broken system. They strongly oppose Republican support for re-upping Trump’s cruelty and chaos." - @FrankSharry