Ayanna Pressley is an advocate, a policy-maker, an activist, and a survivor. On November 6, 2018, Ayanna was elected to represent Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, making her the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Ayanna believes that the people closest to the pain should be closest to the power, and that a diversity of voices in the political process is essential to crafting more effective public policy.
Our immigrant communities across the 7th District and our nation are a critical part of what makes this country special. Most immigrants work here, pay taxes, and contribute immensely to our civic life, culture and economy. They should not live in constant fear of deportation and separation from their families – we need representatives in Congress who will fight for them.
Ayanna opposes any funding for a wall along our border with Mexico. She will demand a clean DREAM Act and will fight to reinstate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). We are a country founded by and made great by immigrants. Rather than demonizing immigrants, we should be working together on fair and comprehensive immigration reform that will enable law-abiding immigrants to seek a path to citizenship. Additionally, Ayanna will fight to make permanent the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the many TPS recipients contributing to communities across our country.