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Expanding Pathways to Citizenship Vigil
October 27, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
At Senator Schumer’s Office, 130 South Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo 14202. Join the New York Immigration Coalition, Justice for Migrant Families, ACCESS of WNY and allies – including the Immigrant & Refugee Justice (IRJ) Taskforce the WNY Peace Center – for a vigil demanding that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer keep his promises to our communities and deliver on a pathway to citizenship!
For decades, immigrants have relentlessly organized and fought for permanent protections from forced separation from their loved ones and displacement from a country where they live. This vigil, one of many across upstate New York, will hold space for the pain and suffering that our communities face every day without a road to citizenship. Immigrants have been on the front lines of getting our country through the pandemic and we can not #BuildBackBetter without inclusion of citizenship in reconciliation.
Immigrants, advocates and allies have rallied across the country for the past few months to demand that citizenship for essential workers is included in the infrastructure package. The Senate Parliamentarian, an unelected bureaucrat, advised against the inclusion of a pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants.
Now it’s up to us to ensure that Majority Leader Schumer and Democrats in power keep their promise to us. We will not stop fighting until we create history and opportunity for our immigrant essential workers, Dreamers and TPS holders.
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Tags: economic justice, immigrant refugee justice, racial justice