{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hirono.senate.gov/news/a-feminist-call-for-immigration-reform-as-momentum-stalls-in-congress", "A Feminist Call For Immigration Reform, As Momentum Stalls in Congress", "2013-11-20", "2013", "2013-11", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Mazie Hirono", "H001042", "www.hirono.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "A Feminist Call For Immigration Reform, As Momentum Stalls in Congress\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                    By:\u00a0\r\n                    Maya Rhodan\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                \r\n                \r\n            Wednesday, November 20, 2013\r\n            \n\t\n\r\n            \r\n            The women\u2019s rights community is not giving up on immigration reform.\r\nThough the bill that hurtled the Senate is likely dead in the water in the House, women\u2019s groups took to the National Press Club on Tuesday to focus attention on the impact immigrant laws have on women\u2014using the star power of feminist activist and author Gloria Steinem to propel them forward.\r\n\u201cA vote against immigration reform, or inaction on this issue,\u201d said Pramila Jayapal, the co-chair of the women\u2019s immigration group We Belong Together, \u201cis really a vote against women, children, and families.\u201d\r\nWomen make up about 51% of the immigrant population, according to the Census.\u201cThe truth of the matter is,\u201d Steinem said Tuesday, \u201cthere is an unrealistic portrayal of who immigrants really are.\u201d\r\nSenator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Congressman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) were also among Tuesday\u2019s speakers. Hirono said a number of women\u2019s issues aren\u2019t taken into account in reform legislation. Though there are provisions geared directly at easing citizenship for those employed in the science, technology and agriculture fields, there are no protections for domestic workers, the majority of whom are women.\r\n\u201cOur new immigration system is inadvertently disadvantaging women,\u201d said Sen. Hirono, who voted in favor of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Act in June.\u00a0Royal-Allard, on the other hand, just wants an opportunity to vote on the bill. \u201cLet\u2019s at least get a vote,\u201d she said. \u201cIf we get a change to vote in the House, it will pass.\u201d\r\nRead the entire piece here:\u00a0http://swampland.time.com/2013/11/20/a-feminist-call-for-immigration-reform-as-momentum-stalls-in-congress/", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hirono.senate.gov/news/a-feminist-call-for-immigration-reform-as-momentum-stalls-in-congress"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5277410857379436, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}