Rally for Citizenship Now

media release: Please Join Us! Time is Running Out: Citizenship for Millions Now!

National Day of Action, Madison Event: Thursday, November 4, 3:00 p.m. In Front of Office of Senator Tammy Baldwin,   30 W. Mifflin Street, Suite 700, Madison

As Democrats in Congress continue to negotiate the details of the Build Back Better reconciliation package, immigrants and allies in Madison, WI are planning to join 10 other cities in a "11 Cities for 11 Million" action in front of Democratic offices this week. This national day of action is part of continued escalated pressure on Congressional Democrats and Vice President Harris to keep the $100 billion for immigration reform that President Biden announced in his Build Back Better framework last week and pass a path to citizenship for  millions of undocumented immigrant essential workers, Dreamers, TPS holders and farmworkers.

This action will occur just one week after immigrants and allies blocked rush hour traffic in front of Senator Tammy Baldwin's Milwaukee office, and nearly a month after thousands of immigrants, students and business owners across Wisconsin participated in a "Day Without Immigrants and Latinxs" general strike for citizenship. Immigrant rights organizations have been holding civil disobedience actions, hunger strikes, vigils, phone banks and more across the country to demand that Congressional Democrats and Vice President Harris disregard the biased advice from the Senate Parliamentarian and use their majority power to deliver on their promise to pass a path to citizenship this year.

Other cities participating include New York City, Washington DC, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago and more to be announced.

Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera, said, "If Democrats expect Wisconsin’s Latinxs to turn out in future elections,  they need to show us that they'll have our back when they're in power.  No issue is more fundamental to Latinxs and immigrants in Wisconsin than the need for immigration reform with a path to citizenship. People deserve to live free from the fear of deportation and family separation. Democrats promised to get this done. They have the power to do it, and we will continue to increase pressure until they do."    

The Latinx population in Wisconsin, a key swing state, grew by 33%  in the last ten years and is now the state's largest minority population, with the largest Latinx population growth in Dane County.  

Recently, national polling has shown that Biden's popularity amongst Latinxs has gone down to 23% approval based on his handling of immigration. 

WHAT: "11 Cities for 11 Million" rally and picket to increase pressure on Senator Tammy Baldwin to make a public statement saying she'll disregard the biased advice from the Senate Parliamentarian and work with her Democratic colleagues to use their majority power to pass a path to citizenship this year.

El tiempo se acaba: ¡Ciudadanía Para Millones Ahora!

Jueves, 4 de Noviembre 3:00 p.m., Oficina de la Senadora Tammy Baldwin, 30 West Mifflin Street, Suite 700 Madison, WI 53703

Gracias a la presión del movimiento por los derechos migratorios, el presupuesto de “Build Back Better” de Biden incluye $100 billones para una reforma migratoria con camino a la ciudadanía, pero Demócratas alineados con una agenda racista y corporativista están amenazando con bloquear la aprobación.

Los Senadores Demócratas - incluyendo a Tammy Baldwin - tienen que luchar por la dignidad y las contribuciones de los inmigrantes en este proyecto, ignorando a la Parlamentaria del Senado y usando su poder mayoritario para cumplir su promesa de ciudadanía para millones este año!

Voces de la Frontera en Madison, Wisconsin, la capital de nuestro estado y el condado con el crecimiento más grande de gente Latinx, está uniéndose con diferentes ciudades a través del país en un día nacional de acción llamado “11 ciudades para 11 millones” para demandar que el Presidente Biden, la Vicepresidenta Harris, y los Demócratas en el Senado usen su poder mayoritario para cumplir su promesa de aprobar la ciudadanía este año en el plan “Build Back Better”.

En adición a Madison, Wisconsin, las ciudades que estarán participando en esta acción incluyen a Chicago, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Nueva York, Washington DC, Phoenix, y otras ciudades serán anunciadas.