As of press time, Congress had yet to vote on the bill.ĭemonstrators stopped traffic for 20 minutes to symbolize 20 years of failed promises, they said. The early morning traffic blockade was timed to coincide with congressional consideration of the budget reconciliation bill, demanding that Democrats override the Senate parliamentarian who excluded immigration provisions from the $3.5 trillion bill. “We are escalating our actions and our undocumented families are risking arrest and possibly deportation to send the message we can no longer wait,” said Luis Angel Reyes Savalza, himself an undocumented immigrant and recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The coordinated action signaled that the immigrant rights movement is stepping up direct activism, organizers said. Singing for the stalled motorists /DrQJFMvglD- Deepa Fernandes September 30, 2021
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