Category: Press Releases

Border Advocates Disappointed But Not Defeated by Senate Parliamentarian’s Rejection of Pathway to Citizenship via Reconciliation

On September 19, the Senate Parliamentarian issued a decision rejecting Congressional Democrats’ inclusion of a pathway to citizenship in the reconciliation proposal, which would have benefitted millions of immigrants, including Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status...

100-Car Caravan to Travel from Border to Texas Capitol to Fight Governor Abbott’s White Supremacist & Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Contact:Alia El-Assar|alia@communicationsshop.us WHAT: The #TogetherJuntos Caravan to Austin will bring together hundreds of residents from cities across Texas to denounce Governor Greg Abbott’s racist and white supremacist policies and tactics against immigrants, people of...

From the Border to the Nation: BNHR Convenes Regional Leaders, Elected Officials in New Ellis Island Virtual Border Policy Summit

Experts from the region gather to discuss solutions and the path forward for the southern border and the broken immigration system. Contact:Alia El-Assar|alia@communicationsshop.us WHAT: New Ellis Island (NEI) Virtual Border Policy Summit. Press will...

BNHR Statement on the Re-Introduction of the Homeland Security Improvement Act

“The re-introduction of this legislation is one of the first steps to building the New Ellis Island at our southern border, and we support Congresswoman Escobar’s efforts to bring oversight and accountability to border enforcement. We urge Congress to act in the best interest of our communities, economy, and nation as a whole and pass this bill.”