The National Immigrant Justice Center joined U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) to introduce a new congressional resolution seeking to address the injustices and harms of deportation on U.S. families and communities. The Chance to Come Home Resolution, which Rep. Cleaver is co-sponsoring with U.S. Senator Cory Booker (NJ) and Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and David Trone (MD-06), urges Congress and administrative agencies to provide deported people a meaningful opportunity to return to the United States.
Watch the virtual briefing to introduce the resolution, held on July 10, 2024, and read the resolution below.
Keep families together, prevent a neighbor's deportation, and protect people seeking safety.