Leo is NOT A CRIMINAL but ICE wants to deport him. Leandro Jose Frageri Carlos has lived in the United States and New Jersey for over 8 years. His fiance and their US citizen daughters would be devastated if he left. Leo's sister is a US Citizen and his mother a legal resident. Please help them keep their family together!

We may soon achieve immigration reform that is long overdue. The bill Congress is seeking to pass would bring millions who call the US 'home' out of the shadows and fully into society. However, for 1,100 people who are continuing to be deported every day, the bill will come too late. My husband Roger is one of those people. One day in February we were driving to the store when a state policeman pulled us over. He claimed he had a warrant related to the car we were driving, the car that I own. Instead of letting us go, they asked for our identification and told me that they'd be taking my husband to immigration. After three months in detention, my husband was deported back to Honduras, the country he escaped for his own safety. Roger was a loving step-father for my son and a dedicated partner with me. Now we are separated because of a trip to the store for toothpaste and my family is torn apart. We had high hopes that immigration reform could help with his status and keep us together but now we don't know what to do. I don't want what my family is going through to happen to anyone else. Why is the President still deporting people who even some Republicans in Congress say belong here, with us, with their families? It doesn't make sense and it should stop immediately so that those who qualify for reform are still here when and if it passes. - Carmen Yvette Martinez

The US, State and County governments cannot afford to support them financially.

This petition is based on the extraordinary lengths that Senator Cruz will go to to advance his radical right-wing agenda. Many members of Congress understand that there are certain steps that need to be taken to create a bill that will bring closure to this issue facing this country. He does not favor any path to citizenship for undocumented workers, and now, to hedge his bets against approval of a bill, wishes to restrict implementation of any law to the completion of the fence and wants to prohibit any assistance to "amnestied illegals" should such a law go into effect.

As Congress seeks to pass immigration reform, more than 1,100 people who could be included in reform are continuing to be deported each day. People who came to the US looking for a better life, to provide for their families, and who call it home are pursuing political equality but may be taken away before a path to citizenship opens. Right now, the government is spending $18 billion dollars each year, just on immigration enforcement. It's more than all other federal law enforcement agencies' budgets, combined. That wasteful spending isn't just destroying families. It hurts our communities, divides families,removes hard-working people who contribute to our neighborhoods and our civic life, and ultimately undermines our democracy. Stopping deportations is sensible and humane. It resolves a crisis thousands are facing instead of prolonging it. It makes sense to cease the removals today of the people that Congress could make citizens tomorrow. The President brought relief to Dreamers and has the ability to extend that same relief to their parents, neighbors, and all who could become citizens under immigration reform.

Requesting The President signs an executive order putting a moratorium on deportations except convicted criminals

My mom taught me that everyone deserves fairness and the same level of respect. She taught me about kindness, decency, and hard work. Above all, she taught me to do what is right. That’s why this Mother’s Day, I’m asking you to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee that immigration reform must give moms the respect they deserve. The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin voting on amendments to the immigration reform bill this week, in preparation to take it to the floor for a vote. This is a huge step forward—but we need your help today. Send a message to the Committee and the "Gang of Eight" Senators who wrote the bill. Ask them to protect the bill from attacks that would weaken it, and strengthen it by supporting amendments that give women, caregivers, and family the respect they deserve by: • Honoring the family immigration system—which has been the main channel for women to America for centuries • Letting all undocumented women in the country today reach their dream of citizenship • Honoring the work that women do as caregivers and domestic workers This Mother’s Day, tell Congress we need an immigration process that honors mothers and families—not just for one day but every day of the year. // Mi mamá me enseñó que todas/os merecemos la equidad y el mismo nivel de respeto. Me enseñó la bondad, la decencia y a trabajar duro. Sobre todo, me enseñó a hacer siempre lo correcto. Por eso hoy en el Día de la Madre, yo te pido que le digas al Comité Judicial del Senado que la reforma migratoria tiene que darles a las mamás el respeto que merecen. En esta semana el Comité Judicial del Senado comienza a votar sobre las enmiendas a la propuesta de ley sobre la reforma migratoria, antes del proceder al voto general. Este es un paso enorme—pero necesitamos tu ayuda hoy. Mande un mensaje al Comité y a la “Banda de los Ocho” Senadores que redactaron la propuesta de ley. Pide que protejan la propuesta de los ataques que la debilitarían y que la refuercen con las enmiendas que les darían el respeto que merecen las mujeres, las cuidadoras/es y las familias al: • Honrar el sistema de migración familiar— el cual ha sido la vía principal desde hace siglos para que las mujeres ingresen a los Estados Unidos • Permitir que todas las mujeres indocumentadas que hoy radican en el país alcancen su sueño de ciudadanía • Honrar el trabajo que hacen las mujeres como cuidadoras y trabajadoras de hogar dentro de la economía informal Este Día de la Madre, diles al Congreso que necesitamos un proceso migratorio que honre a las madres y a las familias—no solo por un día sino en todos los días del año.

The Obama administration so far has deported over ONE MILLION non-criminal, otherwise law-abiding, undocumented immigrants: family women and men contributing to Society and pursuing their American Dream. That is an order of magnitude larger than the forced relocation of American Indians from their homelands in the Southeast to the Southwest, in what came to be called "The Trail of Tears." In this, its XXI century version, however, it could be argued the pain is even worse, and the tears more abundant. Families, where the dearest and most important human bonds reside, are broken apart by senseless and needless actions of the Government - and at great expense to the taxpayers, may we add.

I am not affected personally, but as I consider all people to be my brethren and sisters I stand by their side in all ways. The term "illegal" also tends to destroy families. My support will always be for families also.

Senator Dianne Feinstein is a sponsor of the bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. But she's remained silent on whether she'll vote to protect LGBTQ immigrant families when the Uniting American Families Act is introduced next week! We need her to take a stand!

Senator Richard Blumenthal CT is asking to be including the "Little Dreamers" as an amendment of S.744. But there are a group of dreamers who also must be included.

The Associated Press recently stopped labeling immigrants whose legal status is in doubt as "illegals," but individual news outlets still use the label. Labels expressing verdicts for groups of humans close our minds to further investigation of how we should understand those people. Verdicts before trials, in which evidence is presented and we hear from the accused, are a national embarrassment, especially in the case of immigration policy where there is so much ignorance and so little discussion.