Immigration
For too long, undocumented immigrants have been villianized, despite the integral role they play in our communities and our economy. The IRS estimates that undocumented people pay over $9 billion in taxes annually. It is beyond time for a path to citizenship for all undocumented people in our country, including DREAMers. Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez is fighting for a just U.S. immigration policy, where immigrants are treated with humanity and dignity. For more on the Congresswoman’s work on this issue, please read on below.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) led their colleagues in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging them to prioritize public hou |
QUEENS, N.Y. - Ahead of today's Judiciary Committee mark-up of the reconciliation package, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez released a statement emphasizing the importance of providing pathways to citizenship for those residents with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) through the reconciliation process. The full statement follows.
THE BRONX, NY - On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman urged Congress to provide nearly $400,000 to Jacobi Hospital's youth violence reduction program - ‘Stand Up to Violence.' This press conference followed a violent Memorial Day, in which more than a dozen were shot and a 15-year-old Bronxite was killed in shootings across all five boroughs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thirty-four members of Congress led by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sent a letter to the Biden Administration urging them to reform their policies regarding immigration enforcement. The full letter can be read here.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib released a statement urging House Leadership to significantly reduce the budget for Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) in the upcoming Appropriations bills. This call follows a recentreport from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which found that the additional funds appropriated by Congress to CBP in 2019, which the four Congresswomen voted against, were misused.