What We Do

We advocate in the halls of power for policies that make the family immigration system fairer, more efficient, and more effective,  to bring our immigrant families together. We also organize in local communities to harvest support for immigrant family unity at the grassroots level, providing a platform for people to tell their stories and conducting education efforts to bring in allies.

Policy

  • Work with champions in government to advance policies and legislation that strengthen the family immigration system and keep families together

  • Educate policymakers on barriers immigrant families face and solutions to reunite Americans with our loved ones 

  • Expand the understanding of family beyond current definitions to recognize what families look like today, including LGBTQ, single-parent families

  • Fight attacks on the family immigration system and efforts to tear apart and endanger families

Organizing

  • Build capacity among local organizations to advocate for change at the federal, state and local levels 

  • Develop education campaigns to help ground the narrative about immigrants in local communities 

  • Create strategies with organizations to move bipartisan policies that help immigrants 

  • Strengthen the leadership of those affected by Washington policy decisions as they advocate for themselves

Our Impact

Our work in 2023:

state and local organizations organizing, advocating and providing legal support through VoF subgrants 

130+

organizational co-sponsors of the Reuniting Families Act

150+

Organizations working for a fair and effective family immigration system.

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