MEDIA ADVISORY: Tri-Caucus, Progressive Caucus, and Community Leaders Celebrate Introduction of the Dream and Promise Act
WASHINGTON—Tomorrow, March 12, 2019 at 12:00pm ET, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Asian-Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), will host a press conference with immigrant youth and families to celebrate the introduction of H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act.
Members of the CHC, CBC, CAPAC, and CPC, as well as the co-authors of the Dream and Promise Act will discuss their legislative work to protect immigrants and their families and how this bill is instrumental to protecting immigrant communities and building a pathway to citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) recipients.
WHO:
Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Whip of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-7), co-author of the Dream and Promise Act and member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (NY-9), co-author of the Dream and Promise Act and member of the Congressional Black Caucus
Congressmember Karen Bass (CA-37), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus
Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), Chair of the Congressional Asian-Pacific American Caucus
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-7), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
Immigrant Youth of United We Dream, UndocuBlack Network, United Food & Commercial Workers, Planned Parenthood, MoveOn, Indivisible, and more
*please note other Members may be added
WHEN:
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 12:00 pm ET
WHERE:
House Triangle, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.
RSVP:
Please RSVP to CHCPressOffice@mail.house.gov. The events will also be live streamed here: https://www.facebook.com/congressional.hispanic.caucus/
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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), founded in December 1976, is organized as a Congressional Member organization, governed under the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives. The CHC is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, Puerto Rico and U.S. Territories.