Launched by the urging of Governor Rick Scott, the state of Florida sent out letters informing individuals that they were ineligible to vote — but citizens are being caught in the purge, disenfranchising potentially thousands of eligible voters for this November’s elections.

Lance Corporal Jose Gutierrez was 22 the day he died. Though the marine was one of the first US servicemen of the Iraq War to be killed in action, he was not actually a citizen. This Memorial Day, let’s leave behind the politicized rhetoric, stop focusing on whether someone is documented or undocumented, and let this holiday grant us some perspective.

Earlier this year, we announced a proposal from the administration to change the rules around family visa applications currently keeping too many families separated — but in order for this change to go into effect, we need major public support from activists like you, standing up for families separated by the 3 and 10-year bars.

Immigrants and Latinos are standing up to discriminatory laws, and demanding más respeto for our communities.

Last week, we launched an emergency SMS campaign to drive calls to stop the deportation of Adolfo Garcia Diaz and Julio Diaz Sales, immigrants who were attacked by ICE agents when their home was mistakenly raided.