In reaction to Trump’s speech about his shutdown and immigration this afternoon, Working Families United issued the following: “The President should end his shutdown and reopen the government so that he is not forcing our government workers to work without pay. Whether it’s immigration or our government, working people should never be treated as…
Working Families United Urges Senators to Support the SECURE Act In reaction to the introduction of the Venezuela Temporary Protected Status and Asylum Assistance Act of 2018 by Senators Leahy, Menendez, Durbin, and Rubio proposing to extend TPS to eligible Venezuelans, Working Families United issued the following: “The bipartisan proposal by the Senators to extend…
In the wake of the historic 2018 midterm elections, Working Families United (WFU) released the following statement: With the elections over, it is up to Congress to govern in the best interest all the American people. We will be better off as a country when immigrants are given a pathway to citizenship instead of deeper…
Unions Representing 3.5 Million Members Applaud Ruling, Call on Congress to Offer Permanent Protections In reaction to the news that a federal judge issued an injunction in the class action lawsuit filed by workers with TPS and their US citizen children to block the Trump administration’s plan to terminate TPS for Sudan, Haiti,…