Oppose this so called "SAFE Act" it proposes to give power to each individual state in regards to immigration issues. It not only re-hashes Arizona's AB 1070 but actually makes it worse! It's a blatant attack on our 14th amendment rights. We need to make our legislators know by September 9th, 2013 ( this is when they return to D.C. from their recess) that their constituents DO NOT support this type of legislation. Take further action and call your own Representative and let them know to oppose the SAFE Act! All the phone numbers to their DC office are located at (http://www.house.gov/representatives/)

I work with undocumented immigrants every week in a free ESL class in Phoenix -- many of them have been in the US since they were children. These are hard-working people who love this country and contribute as much as any solid citizen. They need a champion. The Senate Bill isn't perfect, but it would accomplish the basic structures needed to bring about justice for these immigrants. It just needs a vote in the House of Representatives to make it into law.

The Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill in June providing a roadmap to citizenship for many immigrants, increased border security and a way to fix the broken immigration system. However, since the bill passed the Senate in June, the House had not taken any action to pass a similar Comprehensive Immigration Bill. Speaker John Boehner has insisted since this Spring that the Senate's CIR bill would never make it to the House of Representatives and he and his colleagues have made good on this promise. However, the House could introduce a discharge petition, gain support from fellow members and force a floor vote on the legislation members of the House of Representatives to vote on the Senate's Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill on the floor. Unfortunately, while many House Democrats have voiced support for signing such a discharge petition, none have yet shown the leadership to actually introduce it. We need one brave soul to take the lead. A coalition of progressive and social justice groups including MoveOn.org, America's Voice, 18Million Rising, We Belong Together, and CREDO Action, have committed to mobilizing our combined 15 million members in support of a discharge petition on comprehensive immigration reform. We hope you will join us in urging Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to take the courage and leadership by introducing a discharge petition and making it possible to bring the Senate Immigration legislation to the House floor.

Oscar Perez-Vasquez, (A-093-460-970) is a father of two U.S. citizen children: 10-year old Jazmine and 7-year old Adrian. Oscar has lived in the United States since 1996, and in 2002, Oscar met his now loving wife, Amanda, who has petitioned for Oscar’s legal status, but due to bad legal advice, the Perez family has suffered uncertainty instead of hope. The Perez’ have made Arkansas their home for the past 13 years. Throughout his American journey, Oscar has worked hard to contribute to his community, provide for his family, and be a part of the American dream. He has been actively involved in his community of Rogers, who has embraced him as their own. Oscar was picked-up by ICE in 2008, and has had two appeals, which have been denied twice. The Perez family has gone through two immigration attorneys, and both times have been victims of inaccurate legal advice. The court system also did not offer Oscar due justice, where procedures were not followed, and Oscar’s legal case was not fairly considered. Oscar is now facing deportation and forced family separation, only because of third party negligence. Being separated from his loving wife and children due to the mistakes of others is NOT acceptable. Oscar represents absolutely no threat to his community or to this nation, and needs to be with his family. Amanda, a stay-at-home mom, would have to put Adrian in daycare, where his disabilities would not be addressed, and would be forced to rely on the state to be able to provide for their two children. Jazmine and Adrian need their father here, with them, at home in Arkansas. Amanda needs her husband by her side to be able to watch their children grow and become productive citizens of society. Hear the Perez’, in their own words, express why their father means so much to them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmE3_iUPDJY Please stop the deportation of Oscar Perez-Vasquez (A-093-460-970), and grant him stay of removal, so he can go back to his family and Arkansas community.

If House leaders scheduled a vote on reform with a path to citizenship right now, a bipartisan majority of members in the House would vote for it. There exists a bipartisan majority in the House who support legalization with a path to citizenship, just as there is a bipartisan majority of Americans who want our elected officials to act now. It’s up to House Republican leaders – Speaker Boehner, Majority Leader Cantor, and Majority Whip McCarthy – to give us our vote. Voters want to see immigrants integrated into society, not condemned to a permanent underclass. Faith and law enforcement leaders have spoken out strongly against enacting an Arizona-style “Show me your papers” law nationwide. We won’t stand for any more families being torn apart, or policies that divide members of our communities and charge us as criminals. We’re fighting for fair and just immigration reform for all 11 million aspiring citizens and to keep families together. We want our leaders in Washington to lead. The Senate already passed a strong, bipartisan immigration bill. Now, we need the House to do its job and pass real immigration reform into law. That is why we need Speaker John Boehner and the House Republican leadership to schedule a vote on a path to citizenship when they get back to Washington. Americans are disillusioned with what Congress can achieve because the political parties spend too much time fighting and too little time legislating. Congress has an opportunity to show that they can still get things done, and that requires the House to act. We have an historic opportunity to get it done and get it right, but the House must act. This is the best chance we’ve had in a generation to pass common-sense immigration reform.

Have you heard of Rep. Bob Goodlatte? I’m guessing no. As Chairman of the Judiciary Committee he has a lot of power to shape the immigration proposals that will come out of the House this fall. What is he doing with this power? Some really bad stuff. First, he’s blocking a path to citizenship, even for DREAMers, and second, he wants to make Arizona's horrible "Show Me Your Papers" law the law of the land. This means that instead of promoting what most Americans support -- a path to citizenship -- one of the most powerful voices in the House is joining forces with extremists like Michelle Bachmann to pass a law that would criminalize millions of undocumented Americans. Unfortunately, this is par for the course for Rep. Goodlatte. This summer he voted with Rep. Steve King to reinstate the deportation of DREAMers, recently said he wants to ban DREAMers from ever becoming citizens, and this week told his constituents that he doesn’t mind if immigration fails. "We’ll try, but if we fail, that’s okay," he said. Needless to say, with Rep. Goodlatte in charge, immigration reform will go nowhere! If Republicans are serious about reform, they need to stay away from Rep. Goodlatte and what we like to call the “SAFE to Discriminate” Act. We know the path to citizenship has majority support in the House. With a single action, Speaker Boehner can save his party from irrelevancy by bringing citizenship to a vote. So come September, Speaker Boehner has a decision to make: Will he side with the majority of Americans and let the path to citizenship come to a vote in the House? Or will he side with extremists in the Arizonafication of the country?

But that's not how our current immigration system works. Under our current immigration laws, immigrants currently living in the US without papers have no way to fix their immigration status and pursue the rights obtained through citizenship. These immigrants -- many of whom are American in every way but on paper -- are doomed to a life in shadows. They are prevented from doing things many US citizens take for granted, like driving, working, applying for credit cards, and even from visiting sick family members overseas. The Senate just passed an immigration bill that will would fix this tragedy by creating a pathway to citizenship for these 11 million Americans without papers. Through this pathway, students, workers, family members, and even some immigrants with deportation orders under the previous broken system would finally be allowed to pursue their American dream and eventual citizenship. Advocates have been fighting for these reforms for years, and we have never seen a better chance for making these dreams a reality. But some anti-immigrant members of Congress -- lead by legislators like Rep. Steve King -- are trying to kill reform by destroying the path to citizenship and promoting inhumane policies that would keep these 11 million people in the shadows so they "self-deport." Our movement has reached a tipping point and we need your help to finish the job. We need you to tell Rep. Trent Franks to support immigration reform with the pathway to citizenship, now more than ever. It's time for Congress to pass this bill. Please tell your representative to vote YES on immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million Americans without papers.

In America we believe that everyone is equal, period. But that's not how our current immigration system works. Under our current immigration laws, immigrants currently living in the US without papers have no way to fix their immigration status and pursue the rights obtained through citizenship. These immigrants -- many of whom are American in every way but on paper -- are doomed to a life in shadows. They are prevented from doing things many US citizens take for granted, like driving, working, applying for credit cards, and even from visiting sick family members overseas. The Senate just passed an immigration bill that will would fix this tragedy by creating a pathway to citizenship for these 11 million Americans without papers. Through this pathway, students, workers, family members, and even some immigrants with deportation orders under the previous broken system would finally be allowed to pursue their American dream and eventual citizenship. Advocates have been fighting for these reforms for years, and we have never seen a better chance for making these dreams a reality. But some anti-immigrant members of Congress -- lead by legislators like Rep. Steve King -- are trying to kill reform by destroying the path to citizenship and promoting inhumane policies that would keep these 11 million people in the shadows so they "self-deport." Our movement has reached a tipping point and we need your help to finish the job. We need you to tell Rep. David Schweikert to support immigration reform with the pathway to citizenship, now more than ever. It's time for Congress to pass this bill. Please tell your representative to vote YES on immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million Americans without papers.

In America we believe that everyone is equal, period. But that's not how our current immigration system works. Under our current immigration laws, immigrants currently living in the US without papers have no way to fix their immigration status and pursue the rights obtained through citizenship. These immigrants -- many of whom are American in every way but on paper -- are doomed to a life in shadows. They are prevented from doing things many US citizens take for granted, like driving, working, applying for credit cards, and even from visiting sick family members overseas. The Senate just passed an immigration bill that will would fix this tragedy by creating a pathway to citizenship for these 11 million Americans without papers. Through this pathway, students, workers, family members, and even some immigrants with deportation orders under the previous broken system would finally be allowed to pursue their American dream and eventual citizenship. Advocates have been fighting for these reforms for years, and we have never seen a better chance for making these dreams a reality. But some anti-immigrant members of Congress -- lead by legislators like Rep. Steve King -- are trying to kill reform by destroying the path to citizenship and promoting inhumane policies that would keep these 11 million people in the shadows so they "self-deport." Our movement has reached a tipping point and we need your help to finish the job. We need you to tell Rep. Matt Salmon to support immigration reform with the pathway to citizenship, now more than ever. It's time for Congress to pass this bill. Please tell your representative to vote YES on immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million Americans without papers.

My husband Luis Enrique Arriaga and father of our son was deported April of 2010. Lawyers will not take our case because he faces a permanent bar for claiming to be a US citizen. We may not be able to bring him home unless this bar is removed, please help our family to stay together and make a positive contribution to our country. As a US citizen I should have the right to live with my spouse, in my country of birth, and every boy needs his father.

Blanca Solis is the hard-working, single mom of Valeria (6 years) and Ulises (11 months), both of whom are US-citizens. Yet, on Monday she could be deported and her kids left without their mom. Blanca’s case is like too many we’ve heard before. After being pulled over for a simple traffic violation, Blanca showed the deputy her New Mexico driver’s license and proof of insurance. Still, she was handcuffed and taken to jail. Blanca has lived in in Las Cruces, NM for almost a decade and if deported, her children risk spending the rest of their childhood in foster care away from their mother. This is un-American and another clear sign of our broken immigration system. But it's not too late for Blanca. Just this week, supporters like you helped stop a similar deportation of a father of four in Ohio when we send thousands of petitions. If we raise our voices again, we can do the same for Blanca. Please join us in telling the El Paso Field Office to stop Blanca's deportation. Blanca's entire family is depending on us.

So many good, hardworking people that I know are ready to do whatever it takes to get on a path to citizenship. The senate's bill gives them a path. It give's them a chance to keep their families together, and gives our country the chance to bring millions of our de facto residents out of the shadows and into our larger community.