I was just arrested in the latest chapter in the battle over fair immigration reform.
I was arrested for joining others in a campaign to win a new immigration process that includes a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants.
I was arrested while protesting the Republican leadership leaving for an undeserved five-week vacation without introducing a comprehensive immigration reform bill with a path to citizenship. Instead, the GOP leaders are allowing a vote on the racist immigration policy proposals from U.S. Rep. Steve King.
- Stand with me and my fellow immigration reform advocates who were arrested today on Capitol Hill by calling 866-930-3396 NOW to be connected to your Member of Congress. Tell her or him that we need an immigration bill that includes a pathway to citizenship.
- Also if you have not yet e-mailed Speaker of the House John Boehner and Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte asking that Rep. King be removed from the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, please click here to take action
- In partnership with America’s Voice and United We Dream, I also helped deliver sweet American-grown cantaloupes, harvested by immigrants in California, to 224 members of the House of Representatives who voted in favor of Rep. Steve King's hateful proposal to end the Deferred Action program for DREAMers and to stop other uses of prosecutorial discretion in deportation cases. The cantaloupes were affixed with a crystal clear message:
"This cantaloupe was picked by immigrants in California.
You gave Steve King a vote. Give us a vote for citizenship."
