Representative Barbara Lee: Please start a discharge petition and demand an up-or-down vote on the House immigration bill, H.R. 15.
Why is this important?
Our immigration policy is unfair and often devastating to the families of undocumented immigrants! My son's friend Ernesto, for instance, is now growing up in Oakland without his deported father in his life. But now we finally have a strong bipartisan supported bill that will strengthen our economy, keep families together, and offer a clear road-map to citizenship for nearly 11 million tax-paying, aspiring Americans! All we need now is for Democrats to start a discharge petition and introduce the bill for an up-or-down vote. As an American citizen, and the child of immigrant parents, I want legislators to stand up on the right side of history, and side with the majority of Americans, and finally make fair and just comprehensive immigration reform a reality!
