LEADERS FROM ACROSS POLITICAL SPECTRUM TO DISCUSS FINDINGS AT MEDIA CONFERENCE

 

What: Media Conference to share the results of polling done in Virginia on immigration reform

 

When: Thursday, June 13 at 9:30 a.m.

 

Where: Congregation Or Ami sanctuary (9400 Huguenot Rd., Richmond, VA 23235)

 

Speakers:

            Rabbi Ben Romer, Congregation Or Ami

            Lakshmi Challa, Attorney, Challa Law Firm

            Tim Freilich, Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center

            Other community and business leaders

 

Richmond, Va.—On Thursday, June 13 at 9:30 a.m. at Congregation Or Ami in Richmond, Virginia Organizing and other groups will release a new poll conducted by Harper Polling showing overwhelming support for the bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform bill that includes a path to citizenship currently being debated in the U.S. Senate.

 

Community leaders and supporters of immigration reform from a wide range of ideologies will discuss how the new poll indicates voters in Virginia are ready for a common-sense solution to the country’s broken immigration system that includes a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.

 

Virginia Organizing Chairperson Sandra A. Cook said, “We sent Congress to Washington to get this job done. It is clear that a large majority of Virginia’s electorate supports this bill. We implore Congress to pass this bill and fix our broken immigration system.”

 

The poll was sponsored by the Alliance for Citizenship, Partnership for a New American Economy, and Republicans for Immigration Reform, three organizations that represent the broad support for immigration reform from across the political spectrum.

 

Full results of the poll will be released immediately after the media conference.

 

To interview a spokesperson for this event, please contact Amanda Pohl at 804-337-1912 or amanda@virginia-organizing.org.