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Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, League of United Latin American Citizens, Texans for Economic Growth, American Families United, and ABIC Action called upon President Joe Biden to enhance Texas’ economy by extending work permits to undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens. Said Adam Lambert,…

Sergio Suárez, CEO of North American Institute for Mexican Advancement (NAIMA) and Pedro Zamora, President of Zamora Entertainment, Inc., called on President Biden to “retake control of the immigration debate” through expanding access to work permits. 

Over 100 Arizona business, faith and community leaders issued an open letter to Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D), House Speaker Ben Toma (R-Peoria) and Senate President Warren Peterson (R-Gilbert) calling for “real solutions to our broken immigration system” such as “work permits for long-term immigrant contributors.”

Referencing Capitol Hill immigration negotiations, Bob Worsley, former Republican state senator in Arizona and co-chair of the American Business Immigration Coalition, warned “it would be disastrous to cut back humanitarian parole and immigrant work permits now.” Issuing more work permits to long-term immigrants would effectively address the widening gap between…

According to a Lake Research Partners survey, 65% of likely 2024 voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin support work permits for undocumented immigrants — including long-term workers, farm workers, Dreamers, and spouses of U.S. citizens. White swing voters (69%), Democrats (86%), Mexican Americans (80%), and…

Over 80 members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas, calling on them to protect the spouses of U.S. citizens by granting work permits and creating a family reunification process for U.S. citizen spouses outside of the United States. The letter emphasized that by taking…