One Senator, .@Sen_JoeManchin, shouldn't be able to wantonly crush those dreams. .@SenateDems and .@POTUS must push forward and find a way to pass the bill.
Build Back Better is the path to relief for countless individuals, including diversity visa recipients unjustly barred from their once-in-a-life chance for a visa.
#BuildBackBetter
"If he doesn't have the courage to do the right thing for the working families of West Virginia and America, let him vote no in front of the whole world." Sen. Bernie Sanders reacts to Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin saying "no" to Biden's Build Back Better Act. #CNNSOTU
Manchin’s comments today on Fox News Sunday that he’s a no on Build Back Better are gutting to immigration advocates who’ve worked through months of negotiations, redrafting to meet Senate rules, reworking to satisfy House Dem factions, more redrafting/strategizing
Asian Americans Advancing Justice is extremely disheartened by the Parliamentarian guidance further blocking relief for millions of undocumented community members. We will not stop fighting until Congress delivers a permanent pathway to citizenship.
https://t.co/YG0mqmUrps
It’s pretty straightforward: @SenateDems can use their power within Senate rules to deliver citizenship for millions of immigrants in the #BuildBackBetter Act.
How? Read on🧵⬇️
Many diversity visa winners lost a likely once-in-a-lifetime chance to immigrate to the U.S. because of Trump’s travel ban and the U.S.’s COVID-19 policies. My article for @UPI: https://t.co/dGXFS4GoIH
The Keeping Our Promise Act #HR3548, which ends the discriminatory Trump Muslim Ban, now has 100 cosponsors! Let’s push it for a vote on the House floor. Thank you @RepJudyChu for your partnership on this important bill.
https://t.co/zjv03a0oS7
Our immigration policy associate, @DaishiMT, spoke to the @nytimes last week about how strengthening family immigration and clearing the visa backlog through the #BuildBackBetter Act would help reunite his family. #ValueOurFamilies
Share his story: https://t.co/5PIptN9b4R
.@NYTimes featured coalition member @DaishiMT and his fight to reunite with his family.
The message to @SenSchumer is simple: Will you commit to clearing the immigration backlog and include key Visa Provisions in the Build Back Better Act??
https://t.co/uCXiTZE4Z0
Today, I submitted testimony to @HouseJudiciary on several pieces of legislation I’m fighting to pass that would help #immigrants, #refugees and #NewAmericans. Must ensure that all immigrants have their shot at the American Dream.