NEW AD: More than 75 Artists, Activists, Community and Business Leaders Urge Congress to Pass a Pathway to Citizenship – “This is the Year”
NEW AD: More than 75 Artists, Activists, Community and Business Leaders Urge Congress to Pass a Pathway to Citizenship – “This is the Year”
Full Page Washington Post Ad Highlights Crucial Contributions from Immigrant Communities, Calls For Urgent Action from Congress
WASHINGTON, DC – More than 75 artists and activists, entrepreneurs and business executives, community and grassroots organizers, and civic leaders today released an open letter to Congress with a full page ad in the Washington Post, calling for members to pass a pathway to citizenship that would protect millions of undocumented individuals, including DACA recipients, essential workers, TPS holders, and farmworkers, and to welcome our Haitian neighbors at the southern border with dignity.
The letter urges members of Congress to help America “build back better” by ensuring that millions of undocumented immigrants are able to stay safe and together with their families and in their communities. The letter highlights the countless contributions that immigrants have made and continue to make to the U.S., and urges Members to “deliver… on this once-in-a-generation opportunity” to do right by millions of American families.
Signatories include artists like America Ferrera, Dascha Polanco, Demi Lovato, Don Cheadle, Eva Longoria, Jameela Jamil, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ramy Youssef, Rosario Dawson, Rosie Perez, Stephanie Beatriz, Wilmer Valderrama, Wyclef Jean, and more than 60 others.
The full text of the letter is below:
Dear Members of the 117th United States Congress,
We, the undersigned, a collective of artists and activists, entrepreneurs and business executives, community and grassroots organizers, faith and civic leaders, representing the beautiful and unique diversity of our nation, call on you to deliver a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS Holders, and Essential Workers and fight to welcome our Haitian neighbors at the southern border with dignity.
We Build Back Better as a nation when we stand with
the Dreamers and TPS holders who fight at the front-lines of this pandemic in hospitals and schools,
the farm workers who make sure we keep food on our tables,
the domestic workers who help working parents survive the pandemic,
the home-care workers who put their lives at risk everyday to keep others alive,
and our Haitian neighbors seeking protection and refuge.
We honor and recognize that while immigrants’ economic contributions are vast, they are more than work. Immigrants are our families, our communities, and contribute to our cultural vibrancy as a nation.
After decades of inaction you have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to finally get this right. We cannot wait any longer to Build Back Better by standing firmly with immigrants.
This is the year.
Signed,
ADEPERO ODUYE
AIMEE CARRERO
ALIDA GARCIA
ALYSSA MASTROMONACO
ALYSSA MILANO
AMERICA FERRERA
AMY ANDERSON
ANA BRETÓN
ANA ORTIZ
ANA VILLAFAÑE
ANIKA NONI ROSE
AUBREY ANDERSON-EMMONS
BAMBADJAN BAMBA
BOJANA NOVAKOVIC
BYRON GOMEZ
CARA SANTANA
CARLOS SANTOS
CAROLINA SANDOVAL
CRISTELA ALONZO
DANNY WOLF
DASCHA POLANCO
DAVIDA WILLIAMS
DAWN-LYEN GARDNER
DEAN OBEIDALLAH
DEBRA MESSING
DEMI LOVATO
DON CHEADLE
ESTELLE
EVA LONGORIA
GEENA ROCERO
GINA TORRES
GLORIA KELLETT
GUILLERMO DÍAZ
HAILEY SANI
HARI KONDABOLU
ISABELLA GOMEZ
JAIME CAMIL
JAMEELA JAMIL
JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER
JAVIER MUÑOZ
JENNA USHKOWITZ
JENNY YANG
JESSEY LEE
JESSICA MARIE GARCIA
JOANNA HAUSMANN
JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS
JUAN ESCALANTE
JULIE PLEC
JULISSA ARCE
JULISSA CALDERON
LALO ALCARAZ
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
LIZ GARBUS
MAX JOSEPH
MICHAEL SKOLNIK
MINNIE DRIVER
MISHEL PRADA
MONIQUE GABRIELA CURNEN
MORGAN J. FREEMAN
NATALIE MORALES
NIKO GUARDADO
PAOLA MENDOZA
PIPER PERABO
RAFAEL CASAL
RAMY YOUSSEF
REZA ASLAN
RONNY CHIENG
ROSARIO DAWSON
ROSIE PEREZ
SAMANTHA RAMIREZ HERRERA
SARAH SOPHIE FLICKER
SAVANNAH PALACIO
STEPHANIE BEATRIZ
TALA ASHE
TANYA SARACHO
TATYANA ALI
TODD SCHULTE
WHITNEY MEYER
WILMER VALDERRAMA
WYCLEF JEAN
About the I Stand With Immigrants Initiative: The I Stand With Immigrants Initiative, powered by FWD.us, leads narrative campaigns that empower immigrants and their allies to share stories and drive action that demonstrate immigration is good for our communities, economy, and country. We do this with the goal of encouraging everyone to explore their individual heritage and celebrate both our distinct and shared experiences. For more information, visit https://www.iamanimmigrant.
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