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December 8, 2021

Immigrants Rights Activists Demand Path to Citizenship in Build Back Better Package
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In Washington D.C., immigrant justice advocates were joined by
progressive lawmakers as they rallied to demand Congress and President
Biden include a path to citizenship in the Build Back Better
reconciliation bill. This is Hwangchan Yu with the Hana Center in
Chicago, who immigrated to the U.S. as a child.

Hwangchan Yu: "In this rare moment, we can use the [political] process
to take a step forward for the needs of people. We need our whole
humanity, we need our whole lives, and that means fighting for
citizenship through registry, and that means disregarding the [Senate]
parliamentarian. Immigrants are essential and we make this country exist
in the first place. We ain't here for a parole and we aren't
compromising our lives and that's the bottom line."



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