The Movement for Citizenship for All (“Movimiento de Papeles Para Todos”)—a movement led by and for undocumented immigrants—urgently writes the below letter to the Biden administration and top Democrats in Congress demanding (1) that they override the Senate parliamentarian’s advisory opinion to exclude undocumented immigrants from the budget reconciliation package and (2) that the Democratic Party stop excluding and criminalizing millions in our community and provide a pathway to citizenship for all 11 million undocumented immigrants.

As the Biden administration rounds up Haitian migrants in an open display of White Supremacy, we stand with Haitian refugees and call on the immigrant rights’ movement to stand united and independently of the Democratic Party to win legal protections for all, not just a few. We cannot allow the Democratic Party to hide behind an unelected parliamentarian to wash its hands clean of our demand for citizenship for all. We cannot wait another 20 years of failed promises!

This is why our undocumented families risked deportation by occupying the Golden Gate Bridge on September 30th to demand that Vice President Harris override the Senate parliamentarian and that Congress enact citizenship for all, now!

But our fight is far from over. We urge all immigrant rights’ organizations, social and racial justice organizations, and individuals to join the Movement for Citizenship for All and endorse this letter to President Biden and top Democrats in Congress to demand that they override the Senate parliamentarian and enact a pathway to citizenship for all 11 million undocumented immigrants. Join us as we launch a national call to action to mobilize in cities across the country the weeks of October 18 and October 25. We must return to the fighting spirit of the 10 million undocumented immigrants that paralyzed the entire country in the Spring of 2006. The time is now. Congress has until October 31 to enact citizenship for all.

Submit organizational endorsements below to get involved.

The letter can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17TQDd9QuSZEt35LXbRjnkKgXZGFNEucPB7VG9oYvZR0/edit?usp=sharing 

In struggle,

The Movement for Citizenship for All (Papeles Para Todos)