Support the immigrant women whose labor brings food to our tables

United States Congress

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There are migrant women who move across international borders, state and county lines to work along the food supply chain and provide for their families. Some of these migrant women are among the 2.1 million immigrant community members who work in jobs growing, harvesting, processing, and selling food in the US, serving an essential role.

Despite the fact that they were named "essential workers" by government officials of all political backgrounds, companies and consumers during the global pandemic, many of these community members are denied basic rights and face unimaginable challenges. They are also often invisible to the people and the communities where they work and live.

Add your voice to the growing list of people calling on Congress to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented individuals who worked in essential sectors during the pandemic. Call on Congress to support the Citizenship for Essential Workers Act.

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To: United States Congress
From: [Your Name]

Migrant women move across international borders, state and county lines to work along the food supply chain and provide for their families. Some of them are among the 2.1 million immigrants who work in jobs growing, harvesting, processing, and selling food in the US, serving an essential role in bringing food to our tables. Millions of individuals work across the food supply chain, from harvesting, to meat packing, to transporting, to selling and serving us food, and in all sorts of industries. Yet, many of these community members are denied basic rights and face unimaginable challenges. Such challenges are greater for immigrants in low paid jobs who many times lack access to physical, mental and legal support. Very often most of them are invisible to the people and the communities where they work and live.

Migrant women and all immigrants across the food supply chain should have the right to live and work with dignity and respect. They are our mothers, friends and neighbors. They should be afforded protections that enable them to be safe, secure and to thrive.

It is past time for Congress to pass a pathway to citizenship for individuals who worked in essential sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic. We all depend on the humans who feed us. They should be able to depend on the nation that they sustain.

The undersigned names from across the country urge you to support H.R. 3043 and S.1392.