Our elected leaders have promised for years to secure a pathway to citizenship

[Freddy]

A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups on Friday released a memo outlining the steps for congressional Democrats to use the budget reconciliation process to provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

The 19-page memo calls on Democrats to proactively use the Senate's complex rules in their favor to thread a comprehensive immigrant protection program into President Biden's Build Back Better bill.

"Our elected leaders have promised for years to secure a pathway to citizenship, and this memo demonstrates how Senate Democrats can use their existing authority under Senate rules to make good on that promise," said Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), one of the groups that published the memo.

Immigrant advocates release ‘Pathway to Citizenship in Five Steps’

A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups on Friday released a memo outlining the steps for congressional Democrats to use the budget reconciliation process to provide a path to citizenship for undo…

thehill.com

 

[David]

At this point we are just a political football for them. they promise but never deliver.

 

[AMY]

Democrats want our votes, and Republicans don't want us because they believe the white utopia they imagined is disappearing.