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CUSP Opposes Cruel Immigration Restrictions for Funding of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Ukraine’s war & US military presence in Taiwan, Urges Senators to Vote No!

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Communities United for Status & Protection (CUSP) strongly opposes the proposed legislative text for the $118 billion supplemental bill, which gives the Biden-Harris administration unprecedented levels of funding to carry out the United States military interests in exchange for decimating our already flawed immigration system. As a collaborative advocating for African, Asian and Arab/Middle Eastern immigrants, […]

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CUSP Stands with CASA

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Communities United for Status & Protection (CUSP) stands in solidarity with CASA de Maryland and with the thousands of members they serve in the wake of alarming calls to defund the organization. For 35 years, CASA has been a pillar in the community by providing essential direct social services, building power in immigrant communities and

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UBN & CUSP Call on CBC to Demand a Ceasefire in Gaza

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October 24, 2023 Honorable Steven Horsford  Chair, Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)406 Cannon HOBWashington, D.C. 20515 Dear Chairman Horsford: As a multigenerational network of currently and formerly undocumented Black immigrants and a collaborative representing Arab, African and Asian immigrant communities in the United States, The UndocuBlack Network and Communities United for Status and Protection urge the 

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DEMOCRATS DO RIGHT BY YOUR BASE

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Instead of courageously meeting the growing humanitarian needs of asylum seekers with humane, sustainable proposals at the border, this administration continues to push forward cruel, punitive proposals and succumb to false right-wing narratives around migrants and security at the border. The stark contrast between Biden-Harris’ campaign commitments to immigrants and the reality of the policies they are implementing became crystal clear in the weeks approaching the lifting of Title 42. 

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Only One Democrat Stood with Immigrant Communities on Omnibus FY23 Vote

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CUSP firmly supports and thanks Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for boldly standing with immigrant communities with a no vote against the omnibus. Despite any good that may be in this bill, we reject the selfish choice that the Democrats have presented us because we know that even in the difficult world of politics – compromise is possible.

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Missed Opportunity to Provide Immigration Relief & Protection Instead, replicates Trump Era Enforcement Priorities CUSP Recommends a NO VOTE on Omnibus Bill

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Communities United for Status and Protection (CUSP), a national collaborative of grassroots immigrant community organizations, is disappointed by the Biden-Harris Administration and Congress failure to deliver a visionary spending bill that includes a pathway to citizenship for TPS holders, immigrant youth, farmworkers and other essential workers.

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