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Statement

Moms Tell U.S. Senate: Provide a Path to Citizenship for Immigrant Youth Now

July 20, 2021
Immigration

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of Donna Norton, Executive Vice President of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on the imperative for the U.S. Senate to provide a path to citizenship for immigrant youth, farmworkers, essential workers and TPS (Temporary Protected Status) holders, following the ruling in Texas vs. United States that partially ends DACA (the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program):

“Home is here for the hundreds of thousands of immigrant youth whose lives and futures were upended, yet again, when a federal judge partially ended DACA Friday evening. These young people are parents to more than a quarter of a million U.S.-citizen children and pay millions of dollars in taxes each year. Many are serving on the frontlines during the pandemic, keeping us safe by providing health care and doing other essential work. Now, once again, they are at risk for deportation and being separated from their families. 

“It is shameful that so many immigrants have been forced to live with uncertainty for years and it is well past time for it to end. America’s moms want the U.S. Senate to use the reconciliation process to provide a path to citizenship for immigrant youth, essential workers, farmworkers and TPS holders. The country needs them and they deserve the permanent protections that citizenship provides.”

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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.