Help Stop the Assault on Immigrant Mothers

The Issue

Many women and mothers in the United States are finding themselves caught in the middle of the “war on women” and the “war on immigrants”.

The fundamental rights of women -- documented and undocumented alike – are under siege.

Women’s health, sexuality, and safety are suddenly up for debate. There is an all-out assault on our essential right to become a mother, to raise children in healthy, safe families.

Immigrant women are feeling the assault from all sides – denying them basic personal choices about their lives and the lives of their children and loved ones. Laws and policies like Alabama’s HB 56 and Secure Communities have transformed routine aspects of daily life for women and mothers into impossible hardships and excruciating choices.

Make no mistake: Immigrant women and women of color bear the brunt of these attacks.

This Mothers Day, stand up for the fundamental humanity and rights of women.

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Reform Immigration FOR AmericaPetition StarterAt <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a> I am Senior Director of Client Services. Before joining the team at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, I worked as Senior Campaigner at Care2 and for two years I worked as Senior Consultant at M+R Strategic Services. My foray into online organizing began in 2004, when I co-founded Equality Ohio, an LGBT rights organization and a member organization of the national Equality Federation. In my spare time I tend a small flock of chickens in my Oakland backyard.
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The Issue

Many women and mothers in the United States are finding themselves caught in the middle of the “war on women” and the “war on immigrants”.

The fundamental rights of women -- documented and undocumented alike – are under siege.

Women’s health, sexuality, and safety are suddenly up for debate. There is an all-out assault on our essential right to become a mother, to raise children in healthy, safe families.

Immigrant women are feeling the assault from all sides – denying them basic personal choices about their lives and the lives of their children and loved ones. Laws and policies like Alabama’s HB 56 and Secure Communities have transformed routine aspects of daily life for women and mothers into impossible hardships and excruciating choices.

Make no mistake: Immigrant women and women of color bear the brunt of these attacks.

This Mothers Day, stand up for the fundamental humanity and rights of women.

avatar of the starter
Reform Immigration FOR AmericaPetition StarterAt <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a> I am Senior Director of Client Services. Before joining the team at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, I worked as Senior Campaigner at Care2 and for two years I worked as Senior Consultant at M+R Strategic Services. My foray into online organizing began in 2004, when I co-founded Equality Ohio, an LGBT rights organization and a member organization of the national Equality Federation. In my spare time I tend a small flock of chickens in my Oakland backyard.
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The Decision Makers

Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano
Secretary of Homeland Security

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Petition created on April 11, 2012