New York, NY (September 14, 2021)–As Congress prepares to vote on the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation infrastructure package, NYIC Action and Make the Road Action are joining several local and national partners on a letter to US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The letter lays out the groups’ demand that Majority Leader Schumer holds firm on the pathway to citizenship offered by the reconciliation package.
The groups signing onto the letter include some of the largest immigrant advocacy and progressive political organizations in NY State, including CPD Action, CUFFH Action, Community Voices Heard Power, FIRM Action, Jews For Racial and Economic Justice, MPower Action Fund, Make The Road Action, Muslim Democratic Club of NY, NAKASEC Action, National Partnership for New Americans, NYIC Action, New York Communities for Change, New York Working Families Party, The Jewish Vote, Until Freedom, and Yalla Brooklyn.
Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director of NYIC Action, issued the following statement:
“Our leaders in Washington have a chance to finally end three decades of broken promises and the partisan gridlock that has hurt immigrant families and now threatens America’s economic recovery. It’s long past time that Democrats make good on their promises to immigrant voters and the American people. Now, Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer must stay the course to seize this historic opportunity and deliver a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrant essential workers. A pathway to citizenship is good for America’s economy, communities and good for millions of hard-working families who have waited long enough for the stability they need to move forward in their lives and thrive.”
Theo Oshiro, Co-Executive Director of Make the Road Action, issued the following statement:
“This is the moment for a path to citizenship for our people, and we’re counting on Senator Schumer to get it done. DACA and TPS recipients, essential workers, and farmworkers have been toiling in the shadows—with the constant fear of being torn from their loved ones—for far too long. It’s time to deliver a reconciliation package that will bring them safety and security while also benefiting a United States economy that relies deeply on their labor.”
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