To: Governor Andrew Cuomo
Protect Dreamers in New York State
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Please call a special session of the NY State legislature to pass the NY Dream Act and the NY Liberty Act. And please publicly call out the eight State Senators who were elected as Democrats but have joined with Republican State Senators to block these bills.
Why is this important?
The NY State Assembly passed these two bills, intended to protect "Dreamers" living in the state of New York, in February 2017. However, when the bills got to the NY Senate, the eight members of the "Independent Democratic Committee" - a bloc of Senators who have turned away from the Democratic voters that elected them to join Republicans on this and many other legislative issues - joined with their Republican colleagues to block these bills. I am asking my Governor, Andrew Cuomo, to act quickly to convene a special session to pass the NY Dream Act and the NY Liberty Act.
I also ask our Governor to denounce the turncoats who call themselves the IDC and to support primary challengers for each of their seats. These Senators, who ran and were elected as Democrats, have abandoned their duty to the voters that elected them to office.
Let's make New York a beacon of progressive values by providing sanctuary to those who did not choose to come here but have since contributed to their communities as New Yorkers. We need a unified Democratic government that truly represents the voters that elected them, and that will stand up for all New Yorkers.
(see "Assembly Dems pass series of immigrant rights and protections," The Legislative Gazette, February 27, 2017, http://legislativegazette.com/assembly-dems-pass-series-of-immigrant-rights-and-protections/)
I also ask our Governor to denounce the turncoats who call themselves the IDC and to support primary challengers for each of their seats. These Senators, who ran and were elected as Democrats, have abandoned their duty to the voters that elected them to office.
Let's make New York a beacon of progressive values by providing sanctuary to those who did not choose to come here but have since contributed to their communities as New Yorkers. We need a unified Democratic government that truly represents the voters that elected them, and that will stand up for all New Yorkers.
(see "Assembly Dems pass series of immigrant rights and protections," The Legislative Gazette, February 27, 2017, http://legislativegazette.com/assembly-dems-pass-series-of-immigrant-rights-and-protections/)