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Congress and President-elect @JoeBiden must act urgently to create a pathway to citizenship for all 11M undocumented individuals, INCLUDING more than 5M of whom are essential workers.
This new @FWDus report explains: https://www.fwd.us/news/immigrant-essential-workers/ #WeAreHome #ImmigrantsAreEssential
This new @FWDus report explains: https://www.fwd.us/news/immigrant-essential-workers/ #WeAreHome #ImmigrantsAreEssential
This is what we mean when we say 5 MILLION ESSENTIAL WORKERS are immigrants:
Dreamers (+ #DACA recipients) —> .09 MILLION
OTHER Undocumented Immigrants —> 4.3M
A further breakdown below. #immigrantsareessential #wearehome
Dreamers (+ #DACA recipients) —> .09 MILLION
OTHER Undocumented Immigrants —> 4.3M
A further breakdown below. #immigrantsareessential #wearehome
Undocumented immigrants are one of the largest groups among the immigrant essential workforce.
They make up 5.2M essential workers (COLLECTIVELY) of which nearly 1M are Dreamers part of the 2019 American Dream & Promise Act who entered
as children. #immigrantsareessential
They make up 5.2M essential workers (COLLECTIVELY) of which nearly 1M are Dreamers part of the 2019 American Dream & Promise Act who entered
as children. #immigrantsareessential
With relatively low unemployment in many essential sectors, the loss of the undocumented immigrant essential workforce would be particularly crippling for future #COVID19 economic recovery. #immigrantsareessential #wearehome
Its a moral failure to call undocumented immigrants “essential” while failing to provide them with legal status, as they could endanger their lives, as well as the health and lives of Americans who rely on these essential workers as #COVID19 pandemic continues.
Undocumented immigrant workers fill critical job openings that arent always filled by U.S.-born workers.
In particular, undocumented immigrants make up more than 1 in 20 of America’s combined agricultural, housing + facilities, food services, and health essential workforce.
In particular, undocumented immigrants make up more than 1 in 20 of America’s combined agricultural, housing + facilities, food services, and health essential workforce.
Undocumented immigrant #essentialworkers, including Dreamers, are well established in U.S. communities, with most (71%) living in the for +10yrs.
They've built their lives here, and their communities have come to rely on them.
Learn more via @FWDus https://www.fwd.us/news/immigrant-essential-workers/
for +10yrs. They've built their lives here, and their communities have come to rely on them.
Learn more via @FWDus https://www.fwd.us/news/immigrant-essential-workers/
