Why a modern immigration policy is good for the economy and the country: bit.ly/3oBHCzB
"America needs a modern immigration policy that welcomes new immigrants and legalizes undocumented workers." - @douglasrivlin
"In their own voices, editorial pages and commentators on the left and the right acknowledge that more immigration helps our economy hum and our country thrive." - @douglasrivlin
"It’s lamentable that Republicans continue to put nativism and ugly anti-immigrant politics ahead of America’s interests and economic prosperity." - @douglasrivlin
"From higher food prices and inflation to supply chain disruptions and shortages, Americans are paying a price for nativism’s increasingly tight grip on the Republican Party and far-right politics. To get our economy right, we need to get immigration right." - @douglasrivlin
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"Jim Lamon’s ad is not funny, it’s dangerous. Lamon’s ad has the Arizona Republican candidate for Senator firing a gun at characters depicting President Biden, Speaker Pelosi and Senator Mark Kelly." - @FrankSharry
"The ad depicts violence against elected leaders and should be taken down immediately. It should be denounced by one and all, especially by his fellow Republicans." - @FrankSharry
"To add insult to injury, the ad shows a shot fired at @SenMarkKelly, whose wife @GabbyGiffords nearly died after being shot while performing her duties as an elected representative in Arizona. Disgusting." - @FrankSharry
HAPPENING NOW: Impacted Cameroonians and advocates will gather on a call to highlight the serious harm and human rights abuses experienced by Cameroonians denied asylum and deported by the United States.
This is happening at a time when asylum policies and the treatment of Black immigrants are in the news and the U.S. is reportedly considering Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for Cameroon and other nations.
Daniel Tse, Cameroonian community member and leader of the @CamAdvocacy:
"Human rights conditions have deteriorated in Cameroon... We've seen how the United States has responded by drastically reducing the rates that they were accepting asylums."
"Every few years, Republicans from purple districts introduce immigration bills that are designed for politics and optics, not as a good faith effort to broker a bipartisan breakthrough." - @vcardenasDC
"Their goal is always to muddy the waters about who’s to blame for the failure to enact long overdue reform legislation that is wildly popular among the American people but despised inside the Republican Party." - @vcardenasDC
"Forgive us for not jumping up and down at this 'news'." - @vcardenasDC in response to South Florida Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar's introduction of “The Dignity Act"
"Two problems: First, her bill is full of bad ideas based on Republican messaging: like build-the-wall, gut asylum and more border patrol." - @vcardenasDC
"Moreover, insisting that the border is declared 'fully secure' before pursuing overdue legalization measures when many Republicans have demonstrated that they will never declare the border is secure, is a recipe for enforcement without legalization." - @vcardenasDC
Immigration reform is back in the news. The demand for legislative action this year continues to grow. It’s up to Democrats to use their majority to deliver for people who are Americans in all but paperwork. bit.ly/3jDazsD
"Undocumented immigrants strengthen our communities, have risked their lives to keep us safe and fed during the pandemic, and are our friends, family and neighbors. But our outdated and dysfunctional immigration system hasn’t been updated in 35 years." - @FrankSharry
"Democrats have made promises election cycle after election cycle, but in crunch moments have expended little political capital to make progress. This is the year they need to deliver. They have 51 Senate votes and 220 House votes, everything they need." - @FrankSharry
The deadly consequences of normalizing the racist “Replacement” theory: bit.ly/3b5xSql
"Conservative media figures and a growing number of Republican elected officials are normalizing and advancing a radical and racist conspiracy theory that has motivated unhinged followers to kill innocent people." - @FrankSharry
"As the trial in Charlottesville and the anniversary of the Tree of Life massacre remind us this week, there is a real world body count associated with the ‘replacement theory’ and ‘invasion’ language." - @FrankSharry