It's About Humanity

 I support giving undocumented immigrants a chance to earn a green card because behind every undocumented status is a human story. It's a mother working two jobs to give her kids a better life, a young person who grew up here and only knows this country as home, a family living in fear despite doing everything right. These are people with dreams, dignity, and deep love for this country. Giving them a path to stay and belong isn’t just policy; it’s humanity. It’s about living up to the promise of America: that hope and hard work should be met with opportunity, not punishment.

Second Chances

Immigration Reform Now

I understand that some people feel we should just send undocumented immigrants back. It seems like the simple answer. But when you look closer, it’s not that simple. Many have been here for years, raised families, built lives, and contributed in countless ways. They’re not strangers; they’re our neighbors, our coworkers, even the people caring for our children or fixing our homes. Tearing them away doesn’t make our country stronger.  It breaks families, communities, and the very values we claim to stand for. I believe in law and order, but I also believe in mercy, in second chances, and in building a country where hard work and hope are honored, not punished.

Human Rights

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Human Rights

Washington, DC

March 28, 2013

Bridget E Kelly

March 28, 2013  · Charlestown, MD  · 

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Spent the day in DC, watching the protesters. Had a really interesting conversation with a nurse who is protesting that circumcision is a human rights violation.

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  Fran Talarowski

  it would take too much convining to bring mearound to that position.

  
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• Fran Talarowski
  -  my bad!! i meant to write: it WOULDN'T take too much convincing to bring me around to that position. (what a difference two letters and an apostrophe make!) sorry for my misstatement.