Add your name: COVID-19 resources must be available to immigrants

In this crisis, everyone's health and well-being is connected. Care and relief must be available to all.

Dear MoveOn member,

As the coronavirus continues to spread and cause harm, undocumented families face harsh risks as they seek to care for their loved ones and seek access to health care. Currently, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) continue to target undocumented people in our communities. As a result of fearmongering and misinformation, Asian American and Pacific Island individuals in our communities have been harassed, racially profiled, and physically attacked.

Now is the time for unity and protection for all people, regardless of immigration status. We join together to reject xenophobia and racism, which only worsen the effects of the pandemic and put immigrants at risk. Together, we demand that this administration and government at all levels respond swiftly and universally to protect and support everyone, including undocumented immigrants.

We demand that the health and safety of every person in the United States, regardless of their immigration status, be prioritized over this administration's xenophobic, white supremacist agenda.

We must take up solutions that center public health needs and that would immediately have a positive impact on immigrants thereby extending to the health of our nation, as we pursue a course of action to "flatten the curve." The following demands are likely to expand as we get new information.

Please join with us to demand that President Trump:

• Suspend ALL immigration enforcement activities and operations. The Department of Homeland Security must suspend deportations, immigration arrests, mass raids, detentions and enforcement in sensitive locations.
• Provide free COVID-19 testing, treatment, and services for ALL, regardless of immigration status. Black, brown, undocumented, and low-income communities are more vulnerable to health and economic crises. Additional supports and/or stimuli that shore up the safety net and the economic security of those most in need—from food stamps to rent/housing assistance to unemployment insurance to paid leave, among others—should be universally accessible without triggering any immigration penalties.
• Guarantee safe conditions and provide health care, testing, and support to protect those in detention and prisons.

Add your name now to ensure all people, regardless of immigration status, have access to care and support to face the COVID-19 pandemic!

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks for all you do. 

–Nestor Ruiz. United We Dream

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