We're so thankful to announce that
@United
is jumping in & helping to reunite families. This partnership with United allows us to be able to provide travel to reunited families to get to their next destination with dignity. Thanks for your generosity United!
#FlightsforFamilies
Dalia is a Dreamer and guest for
#SOTU
w/
@RepLujanGrisham
. Dalia recently obtained her Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work and is a proud Dreamer from New Mexico.
#ProtectDreamers
It is an honor to host
@giselefetterman
, a formerly undocumented person, who shared her story with 100
#DACA
recipients to a roaring applause. Thank you for your support as we call on Congress to deliver permanent protections for Dreamers before the end of this year.
#HomeIsHere
NEW: "I want us to see us finally, finally provide Dreamers, TPS recipients, farm workers, essential workers, a pathway to citizenship" -
@POTUS
at White House today
#WeAreHome
NEW: 150 Dreamers from 20 states are in DC this week to urge Congress to act to
#ProtectDreamers
by Jan 19th. Consequences of their inaction mean an additional 1,200 Dreamers losing protections every single day. To find out how to get involved, visit
#DACA
Congress should pass the Keeping Our Promise Act to protect tens of thousands of diversity visa winners from losing their once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S.
@RepRitchie
and
@EddieATaveras
explain:
Congress should pass the Keeping Our Promise Act to protect tens of thousands of diversity visa winners from losing their once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S.
@RepRitchie
and
@EddieATaveras
explain:
Congress should pass the Keeping Our Promise Act to protect tens of thousands of diversity visa winners from losing their once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S.
@RepRitchie
and
@EddieATaveras
explain:
Today 6
#DACA
recipients will meet w/ Pres Biden to talk about the importance of passing a path to citizenship
This meeting is a testament to the courage of countless Dreamers, their families, & allies across the country who fought to bring us to this historic moment.
#WeAreHome
Marissa has lived in the US since she was nine years old. She's a teacher, advocate, daughter and
#DACA
recipient. Marissa will be at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as
#SCOTUS
hears oral arguments on the DACA cases. Support Marissa and her family, watch their story.
#HomeIsHere
BREAKING: Documents made public by new
@HouseJudiciary
report confirm the Trump Administration had no plan to reunify separated parents with their children. Family separation must end in 2020
#ForOurFamilies
. Read full report here:
#RestoreAsylumNow
MUST-WATCH: Ivonne, New Mexico Teacher of the Year, is attending tonight's
#SOTU
as a guest of Sen
@MartinHeinrich
. When her
#DACA
expires, she faces the risk of deportation. On
@CBSEveningNews
she talked about what this uncertainty means for her & the students in her classroom.
What’s at stake today? For over 700,000 immigrants,
#DACA
provides work authorization and protection from deportation in the only home they’ve ever known. The Supreme Court will now decide their future. Meet the people fighting for a more inclusive America. Their
#HomeIsHere
.
Congress should pass the Keeping Our Promise Act to protect tens of thousands of diversity visa winners from losing their once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S.
@RepRitchie
and
@EddieATaveras
explain:
“I believe we must pass immigration reform legislation before the end of the year and the members of this Senate shouldn’t leave home for the holidays until we take a vote…”
Thank you
@senatordurbin
for your commitment to get this done this year!
#HomeisHere
*NEW*
@FWDus
Blog: Diversity Visas Lost to Travel Bans—Priority Bill Spotlight
Congress should pass the Keeping Our Promise Act to protect tens of thousands of diversity visa winners from losing their once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S.
"It's egregious. It's immoral. This should not be a political argument at all." - Coalitions and Policy Director
@leedsgarcia
on
@MSNBC
w/
@SRuhle
discussing the Administration's new policy of separating families at the border
BREAKING: The Supreme Court decision on
#DACA
is here — and it’s a huge victory for DACA recipients, their families, and communities across America!
Thank you for fighting with us! DACA recipients will continue to live and work in the country they know as home!
#HomeIsHere
Alejandra Juarez is a Florida mother of two US citizen children & the wife of a Marine Corps veteran. On June 21 Alejandra is set to be deported because our immigration system is broken. Call ICE to urge them to grant her stay of removal
#KeepAlejandraHere
Happening now: Thousands of people across America are marching to Defend Our Immigrant Communities in Washington, DC. Join them as they demand a solution for Dreamers before the holidays and call Congress to pass a
#DreamActNow
:
The time the incarceration crisis takes from America’s families cannot be replaced. Whether it’s one night or a lifetime, a missed holiday meal or a missed childhood, every family impacted by the incarceration crisis feels its negative effects.
👉 👈
BREAKING: The New York Senate erupts in applause the moment
#GreenLightNY
passes! This is a historic step forward in supporting immigrant families in New York by expanding driver’s licenses for all New Yorkers, regardless of
#immigration
status.
Immigration can take a LIFETIME for many highly-skilled workers, due to outdated laws & arbitrary caps. It only makes sense that they be allowed to work, pay taxes, provide for their families, and set their roots in America while they wait.
We must
#SaveH4EAD
and end
#GCBacklog
The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act is a bipartisan effort to eliminate decades-long green card backlogs and make our legal immigration process more fair and efficient.
Congress should pass
#HR1044
immediately.
#S386
#gcbacklog
Without DACA, Leticia will not be able to contribute to the only community she has ever known. She is a student at California State University, San Bernardino & a guest w/
@RepPeteAguilar
for
#SOTU
.
Congress must act to protect Leticia and 800,000 other Dreamers.
#WithDreamers
"The kids would lose a person they’ve know for a third of their life. We need to make our voices heard."
Eric K. is a
#DACA
recipient and devoted Head Start teacher working in Illinois. Watch his story and take action to
#ProtectDreamers
:
Without DACA, Hector can't drive & participate in his community. His DACA expires TOMORROW. Congress must act to
#ProtectDreamers
& stand w/ the 86% of Americans that support Dreamers. Go to to learn more about those impacted and how you can get involved.
“Those of us who want to live in a world where Jordan Neely is not only alive but was not hungry, was not unhoused, should be very focused on demanding the types of policies we know make us all safer.” See full interview of
@FWDus
’
@ReenNahMean
on
@MehdiHasanShow
Thank you
@SenKamalaHarris
for pressing for clarity from DHS on ICE Acting Director Matt Albence's prior statement that ICE is preparing to effectuate orders of removal of
#DACA
recipients.
#HomeIsHere
BREAKING: The New York Dream Act has been signed into law! This legislation will allow undocumented students to become eligible for state financial aid AND give New York more tax revenue from a more highly skilled workforce.
#immigration
Join Jesus, an essential worker fighting
#COVID19
, in urging President-elect
@JoeBiden
to create a pathway to citizenship
#ForOurFamilies
.
“President-elect Biden, our families are counting on you to protect immigrants and to protect the country."
Thank you to
@RepRitchie
and
@RepJudyChu
for your leadership on this critical legislation, and
@RepGraceMeng
for helping move it through Congress. There is no time to lose.
*NEW*
@FWDus
Blog: Diversity Visas Lost to Travel Bans—Priority Bill Spotlight
Congress should pass the Keeping Our Promise Act to protect tens of thousands of diversity visa winners from losing their once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S.
Did you know
#H4EADholders
(spouses of
#H1B
skilled workers) are perfect candidates for the high number of unfilled jobs? A recent survey found that 88.6% of H-4 EAD holders are prime working age (between 20-39 yrs old) and over 50% have a Master’s degree.
#LaborDay
Thank you
@RepZoeLofgren
for championing a pathway to citizenship in the House Judiciary Committee.
We must ensure this pathway
#ForOurFamilies
remains in the reconciliation bill. This is the year.
#WeAreHome
Roxana is a mother of three US citizen children, a Ph.D. nursing candidate, and teacher. She also has Temporary Protected Status or
#TPS
.
She has lived and worked here for 32 years. This is the only home she’s ever known.
This is her story. It’s time to
#ProtectTheDream
.
Due to the uncertainty surrounding
#DACA
, we urge all Dreamers who have DACA or have had DACA in the past to speak to a lawyer & consider renewing. Watch this video from
@FWDus
's
@JuanSaaa
&
@fpjuarez079
then go to for support!
#DACARenewalsNow
"For the first time in 35 years we say to immigrant you are essential...we will protect Dreamers, TPS holders, essential workers and farmworkers" -
@RepJayapal
during floor debate on
#BuildBackBetter
Act
#ForOurFamilies
"Let's reject those who say there is no crisis, who say this is not an emergency. Let's understand that for these
#Dreamers
who cannot concentrate at school or at work and who are terrified of that midnight knock – this is an emergency" - Calif Sen
@KamalaHarris
#DreamActNow
Dr. Alur, a doctor with a H-1B visa, on the challenges immigration physicians face now: “There were an estimated 15,000 physicians like me that were restricted from being on the frontlines, providing lifesaving services.”
Thank you
@WhiteHouse
senior officials for meeting with
#DACA
recipients from across the country about the urgent need to pass permanent protections before the end of this year, in the lame duck session. Momentum is building.
#HomeIsHere
Professor Stephen H. Legomsky: “It has been 32 years since Congress last meaningfully updated our system of legal immigration. Since then, massive backlogs have accumulated. Millions of immigrants who qualify for admission continue to wait for years.”
“Dreamers have known no other country but the United States as their home. Let’s pass
#HR6
, let’s ensure Dreamers are treated that way they should be — as Americans.” —
@RepJoeNeguse
#WeAreHome
#HR6
"We can do all this while keeping lit the torch of liberty that has led generations of immigrants to this land...provide a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, those on temporary status, farm workers, and essential workers.
Let's get it done once and for all." -
@POTUS
#SOTU
Alejandra, a military wife who was separated from her family nearly 3 yrs ago, reunites with her two daughters and husband for the first time in Orlando today
TY Rep
@DarrenSoto
and Pres Biden for granting humanitarian parole. It is time to fix our long failed immigration system
Albertina was separated from her daughter, Yakelin, for almost two months as a result of the Trump Administration’s cruel family separation policies. They were reunited in July and today, they are
#SOTU
guests of
@SenJeffMerkley
.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
Just met with Albertina Contreras Teletor, her daughter Yakelin Garcia Contreras and
@SenJeffMerkley
.
Yakelin and her mom were separated for months by the Trump administration, today they’re going to the
#SOTU
and will see Trump in the flesh.
Yakelin’s 12th birthday is today.
BREAKING: The 5th Circuit has ruled that
#DACA
is unlawful — impacting the lives of millions of people across the country & harming communities & the economy. Congress must urgently deliver permanent protections for DACA recipients & Dreamers this year. There's no time to waste.
#H4EAD
is a crucial lifeline for thousands of families who have already been approved for green cards but are waiting decades, simply because of the country they are from.
#H4
dependents should be allowed to keep working.
Many of these women have graduate degrees from American universities and are already contributing to our workforce every single day. Now the Trump Administration wants to bar these women from working and keep them trapped at home.
Help protect H-4 visa holders.
#SaveH4EAD
THREAD
Instead of welcoming and taking care of asylum-seeking children — as required by law — the Trump Administration is holding them hostage at undisclosed locations and expelling them without due process.
#FreeTheFamilies
Watch & share:
Thank you
@SenKamalaHarris
@SenGillibrand
for speaking out on proposal to revoke work authorization for spouses of high-skilled workers, 93% of whom are women. EAD is essential to their ability to support their families & communities.
#SAVEH4EAD
“We cannot in good conscience praise immigrant essential workers in one breath while denying them essential human dignity with the next.” —
@SenAlexPadilla
Lawmakers must prioritize a path to citizenship for all immigrant essential workers in the second
#COVID19
relief package.
We agree
@SenAlexPadilla
— Congress must act during the lame duck session and give “Dreamers the stability that they need...” Tell Congress to pass protections for Dreamers this year!
BREAKING NEWS: The House took a critical next step to modernize our outdated immigration system with a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, farmworkers, and other essential workers.
This is the year.
#ForOurFamilies
#WeAreHome
.
@CongressmanRaja
at a recent
@committeeonccp
hearing: “We have got to double on our legal
#immigration
system. This is a no-brainer…Pioneers and innovators disproportionately come from foreign talent that comes here, and we've got to take advantage of that.”
"By providing a path to permanent residency for America's Dreamers, TPS holders, farmworkers, & other essential workers who keep our country running, there is no doubt that we will benefit from the resulting economic gains for decades to come" -
@RepJerryNadler
#WeAreHome
“We can protect [Dreamers], and the same time strengthen border security. We can do both...We can get it done by the end of this year.” Thank you
@SenCortezMasto
for working to pass permanent protections for Dreamers and
#DACA
recipients this year.
#HomeIsHere
Roughly 80% of
#H4
visa holders are women. This successful program has kept families together, and allowed for bright, innovative individuals to contribute to competitive industries across the nation.
#SAVEH4EAD
.
@JinNotJim
is the first
#DACA
recipient to become a Rhodes Scholar. He’s here today to testify to the
@HouseJudiciary
on the urgent need for permanent protections. Here’s why: “No matter how hard I work or how hard I achieve, I’ll never know if I have a place in America.” —->
Dreamers are doing their jobs every day in the face of this urgent crisis. It is time for Congress to step up and do theirs. Call your member of Congress RIGHT NOW & urge them to
#ProtectDreamers
.
The Trump Admin separated families with no intention to reunite them.
The results: Over 5,000 children separated from their families, & at least 545 who still have had no contact w/ their parents yrs later. Here are 5 things you can do to help children & families at the border:
BREAKING: Documents made public by new
@HouseJudiciary
report confirm the Trump Administration had no plan to reunify separated parents with their children. Family separation must end in 2020
#ForOurFamilies
. Read full report here:
#RestoreAsylumNow
Dreamers like Javier, a
#JointAddress
guest, serve on the frontlines of the
#COVID19
crisis and continue to protect our communities every day.
Thank you President Biden for your leadership in calling on Congress to provide a path to citizenship
#ForOurFamilies
. Now is the time.
"I am never going to compromise when it comes to our Dreamers. Not when their lives are literally hanging in the balance. Time is desperately running out. So I urge my colleagues to do what is right. We must protect the Dreamers." –
@SenGillibrand
With the urgent threat facing
#Dreamers
, it is critical that lawmakers co-sponsor the
#DreamAct
, and that the Senate moves to pass this bill with the utmost speed. Dreamers need a pathway to citizenship.
#ForOurFamilies
"This is the year. This is the time." —
@SenatorDurbin
“My brother wasn’t able to attend the football games. He wasn’t there when I graduated from high school. He wasn’t there when I graduated from law school.”
#1in2
adults in America—like Carlton—has had a family member incarcerated. Watch his story.
Important piece from
@voiceofsandiego
on the work authorization that has helped tens of thousands of spouses of skilled workers contribute and integrate to their communities and the distressing consequences of revoking it.
#SAVEH4EAD
The H-4 rule is common sense: it lets the spouses of highly-skilled immigrants work once they have begun their wait for legal permanent residence. There is no evidence to show that the H-4 rule harms American workers in any way. Read more here>>
#SaveH4EAD