OneAmerica organizes immigrant and refugee leaders and our allies to build power in our communities and run campaigns to create a just immigration system, inclusive education for all, and a truly representative democracy.
We build the leadership of immigrant and refugee grassroots leaders to organize together with our allies to co-govern with elected leaders in communities where we live and work.
With our grassroots leaders driving our campaigns, we develop and advocate for policies that serve our communities at the local, state, and federal levels – building power each step of the way.
We train and support people like us to run for office, mobilize voters and funds to elect people who represent us, and endorse and support pro-immigrant candidates to govern with us through our sister organization, OneAmerica Votes.
We advocate for systems that include immigrants at every level, including the workforce, and provide English classes and U.S. citizenship support as a point of entry into our movement.
A new rule proposed by the federal government would increase the cost to file for naturalization by over 75%. This would put citizenship out of reach for many working families.
The rule is open for public comment for 60 days, which means comments are due August 24th. Send in your thoughts today!
In August, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed making sweeping changes to Head Start, the early childhood education program.
Head Start is unique because it is first and foremost an antipoverty program. It has high standards and robust requirements designed to ...
