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Leaders to Convene in Washington, D.C. to Urge President Biden and Congress to Hold the Line for Immigrant Communities, Refuse to Fund Deportation Machine

December 16, 2024
Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

The gathering led by the Home is Here coalition will include communities from throughout the U.S.

WASHINGTON DC — On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, MomsRising and other immigrant rights advocates, families, allies and leaders will convene hundreds of supporters in Washington, D.C. to urge President Biden and Congress to take urgent action to protect immigrants ahead of the Trump administration taking office. 

The delegation will meet with key Congressional leaders throughout the day, kicking off their office visits with a press conference at the U.S. Capitol. 

The mobilization, legislative visits with key congressional leaders, and press events are led by the Home is Here (HIH) coalition. Press is welcome to speak with immigrant families and advocates from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., before the group goes through the security checkpoint.

This moment demands urgency from both Congress and President Biden to use every tool at their disposal to protect immigrants. The 118th Congress must take full advantage of this lame duck period to reject President-Elect Trump’s destructive agenda – including funding for mass deportations – and shore up protections for immigrants now and in the future. Additionally, President Biden can immediately designate, redesignate and extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuela, Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador and all other countries that merit protection, as well as ensure all affirmative relief and renewal applications are processed as quickly as possible before Trump takes office. 

Among the speakers at Tuesday’s news conference will be MomsRising member Angelica, a recent college graduate living in Connecticut, who came to the United States as a child with her family. Mercedes, a mom and MomsRising member living in New Jersey who has lived in the country for a decade, is also available for interviews. Both would benefit from TPS for Ecuador.

WHAT: MomsRising joins National Day of Action in Washington, DC, calling on the 118th Congress and the Biden administration to hold the line to protect immigrants and expand protections for as many immigrants as possible.

WHEN: Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Times of actions vary with a press conference beginning at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) at the Senate Swamp, Capitol Hill.

WHERE: U.S. Capitol

WHO: Home is Here (HIH) coalition with hundreds of immigrants, allies, and working-class communities. 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, stop discrimination against women and moms, and build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: www.MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.