Leaders of 10 immigration reform groups on Wednesday will kick off a new, “politically savvy” national campaign to try to force legislative action on comprehensive immigration reform this year.
The new coalition, which includes the AFL-CIO, the National Council of La Raza and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is launching the effort to coincide with a White House immigration meeting with Congressional leaders on June 8.
The coalition is also kicking off the campaign as part of a weeklong series of events aimed at sparking action on the issue. Other events include more than 30 local campaign press events in 20 states, a national summit with 700 grass-roots advocates and a national town hall meeting on Capitol Hill on immigration reform.
“The Reuniting Families Act should be at the heart of comprehensive immigration reform, seeking to fix our broken immigration system while taking into account the current economic climate. Our family-based immigration system has not been updated in 20 years, separating spouses, children and their parents, who have played by the rules, for years, often decades,” Honda said in a statement.
Groups Up Pressure for Immigration Reform
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