PRESS CONFERENCE: Chicago City Council Latino Caucus resolution calls on Congress, Biden to protect immigrants this year

Demands include a pathway to citizenship in budget reconciliation, cut immigration enforcement spending, and new guidance reduce deportations

MEDIA ADVISORY
July 21, 2021

CHICAGO -- After last week’s court ruling that strikes down DACA for new applicants, the urgency to create a pathway to citizenship at the federal level has increased. Congress has an opportunity right now to pass a pathway to citizenship for DACA recipients, TPS holders, and essential workers this year through the budget reconciliation process. Additionally, President Biden and the Department of Homeland Security can cut spending on immigration enforcement, and issue new guidance to reduce deportations nationwide.

Members of the Chicago City Council Latino Caucus will discuss a City Council resolution calling on the Illinois delegation to pass a pathway to citizenship this year, and for the President and DHS to reduce deportations. Leaders with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights will provide expertise and share a personal testimony.

• WHAT: Press conference with the Chicago City Council Latino Caucus and ICIRR

• WHEN: Thursday, July 22 at 10:00am

• WHERE: Virtual, over Zoom

• REGISTER: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82536191736

• WHO: Members of the Chicago City Council Latino Caucus, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and Brighton Park Neighborhood Council

Reporters who wish to ask questions may register for the Zoom (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82536191736) or watch on Facebook at Facebook.com/ICIRR