A diverse group of faith leaders, job creators and activists launched a new coalition this week to push President Biden and Congress to pass immigration reforms they say are common-sense solutions and are long overdue.
Nearly 30 groups, ranging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the National Association of Evangelicals, banded together to form the Alliance for a New Immigration Consensus . They kicked off their advocacy campaign with a letter to congressional leaders urging them to act this year on popular reforms to protect certain undocumented immigrants from deportation threats.
"At no other point in recent history has the need for immigration reform been greater than it is today. Simply put, the system is broken," the membersto Congress."Millions of workers, many of whom were indispensable to the nation’s COVID-19 response, are living in legal jeopardy. Apprehensions at the southern border are at historic highs. And employers are struggling to find workers to fill jobs in many industries.
Immigration problems"have only gotten worse this year," said Jon Baselice, Vice President of Immigration Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce."And the longer these problems don't get addressed, the tougher they're going to be to solve. So that's what that's why we need to push now."Immigration reforms have stalled in Congress for years.
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