Real immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship is an actual possibility in the U.S.
Unfortunately, Congress continues to delay a vote on the one issue that holds strong bipartisan support and is backed by a breadth of communities and groups across the country.
Every day the House leadership stalls on a vote for immigration reform, families and communities suffer the impact of deportations, deaths on the border, exploitation at work and the fear of living in the shadows with no path to citizenship.
In early November 2013, a large coalition of immigration activists started a rolling fast, hoping to follow the examples of Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi to touch the compassion and sensibilities of our elected leaders to address the moral crisis of an immigration system that fails to comport with our national values, our creeds and belief in justice.
Read more about the fast and ways to participate at the website, Fast for Families.