As an Arkansan, I believe that Arkansas needs comprehensive, just and humane immigration reform this year because immigration reform is first and foremost about families and the moral crisis that our broken immigration system has had every day on Arkansas communities. Arkansas immigrant families have a significant positive impact on our economy – for every dollar Arkansas state and local governments spend on immigrants, our state economy gains seven in return – and both as their co-workers, employers and consumers, we want to retain these contributions and foster Arkansas’ economic future. As an Arkansas, I also believe that real immigration reform must include: • A path to citizenship for all members of our community • Reuniting families and reducing immigration backlogs • Opportunities for safe, future migration and worker protections • Border policies that respect border and immigrant communities • Fair enforcement policies that respect the safety and security of all • Fundamental due process • Opportunities to recognize immigrants’ full potential I stand with other Arkansans to assert that we will not forget or forgive those who stand for policies that delay immediate action to end the destruction of our families or protect our economy.

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 will soon vote on 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 senators -- lead by Sen. Jeff Sessions -- are trying to kill the bill 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 your senators to support the immigration bill with the pathway to citizenship, now more than ever. It's time for Congress to pass this bill. Please tell your senator to vote YES on immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million Americans without papers.

We all know many immigrant workers who work on jobs where conditions are often harsh and wages are low. Their work is valuable to our economy. They deserve a chance to come out of the shadows. We need to make sure that we pass immigration reform that will give these hard working, law abiding workers and their families the chance to get on a path to citizenship.

We are at the brink of a historic moment. The issue of immigration reform emerged as a national issue during the 2012 election, and Washington is finally listening. Let’s make sure they hear us. This is our chance to fix this broken immigration system, keep our families together, and keep our communities intact. Join us as we tell Senator Moran: “It’s time for a legal pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented Americans."

Every day, families are torn apart and workers are abused with impunity by perpetrators who would use our antiquated immigration system in order to sanction these, and other, abuses. The time for action is now!

The stigma of the term "illegal"

There are many people in Arkansas that cannot get a driver's license or apply for Social Security benefits because they have no proof of citizenship. Many have joined the military and have served our country honorably yet cannot enjoy the same protections under the law.

As a teacher of many students who were learning English as a second language, I have witnessed the suffering of their families, many of whom have struggled for a decade or two to become full-fledged contributors to our society. America needs to provide a timely path to citizenship for all aspiring Americans.

Tell Washington to STOP and REWORK the Immigration Bill!! It discriminates against certain immigrants while helping others!!

WE NEED TO LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY NOT A CAPITALIST COUNTRY!

This is a massive violation of American rights and Liberties. Regardless of where you sit in the political spectrum both sides have massively abused power from 9/11 to the recent IRS scandal. If we give the government the ability to to track our every move in the name of immigration can we trust that they won't target people and track people for political reasons? Even if this was run on the up and up it will cause massive TSA experiences from applying job to getting medicine. The cost of freedom is too high. Just say no.

Fellow Americans: Please join me in expressing the need for Members of Congress to use terms such as “undocumented” and “undocumented workers” in describing foreign nationals and immigrants, rather than offensive references like “illegals”, “illegal aliens”, or “illegal immigrants”. By standing together against the use of these latter terms publicly elected Representatives can avoid unproductive debates and discussions, which are extremely offensive to those who have not been born in the U.S. The United States of America is home to nearly 40 million immigrants, which is more people than makes up the total population of California. Nearly 16% of the U.S. labor force is foreign-born and, as of 2010, nearly one-fifth of all Fortune 500 companies had at least one founder who was an immigrant. Clearly, foreign nationals and immigrants have made significant contributions and sacrifices that add measurably to America’s prosperity and the sustenance of our way-of-life. The words and labels that America selects to describe and refer to non-citizens and to those not born in the U.S. are supremely important. Your support of this movement will promote a way forward on merits and produce a comprehensive and sensible immigration reform legislative package. I grew up in a time where people of color were given numerous labels and called horrific names. I have worked though my youth into the present to fight against all of those negative labels. Because of this, I cannot stand aside while other groups are marginalized by the labels placed on them by others, so I will join with them to prevent such atrocities from continuing. Please follow the link below for facts about immigration in your state: http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/economic-and-political-impact-immigrants-latinos-and-asians-all-50-states Respectfully, BOBBY L. RUSH Member of Congress