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Statement

America’s Moms Want Congress to Pass the Dream Act, Which Will Help Us Heal from Trump’s Racist, Destructive War on Immigrants

February 4, 2021
Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of leaders of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the introduction of the Dream Act in the U.S. Senate today:

“Today’s introduction of the Dream Act in the U.S. Senate is an important step toward restoring our values and recognizing the tremendous contribution immigrants make to our health and prosperity. America’s moms strongly support this bipartisan legislation, which will help create a roadmap to citizenship for nearly 2 million undocumented young people in the only country most have ever called home. We applaud the young immigrant activists who have fought so passionately, for so long, for this bill, and thank the bi-partisan U.S. Senators who are introducing and championing it. There is no excuse for delay. Senate leaders should prioritize its passage.”

-Statement of Donna Norton, Executive Vice President, MomsRising

“It is unacceptable that DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients have had to live with uncertainty for so long. This legislation, which has overwhelming bipartisan public support, will end the uncertainty and provide the path to citizenship they deserve. Every day during the pandemic, immigrants demonstrate the many ways they make our country stronger by doing the essential work we need, even as Black and Brown immigrant communities have suffered disproportionately from COVID-19 and been denied pandemic relief. It’s time for the delays and discrimination to end. Immigrants are vital to our country’s success. Lawmakers must enact the Dream Act, as written and without weakening amendments, very soon, and the cruelty and racism that have pervaded our immigration system must end.”

-Statement of Xochitl Oseguera, Vice President, MamásConPoder

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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, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to 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: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.