Recently a large group of US Congressmen signed a letter to Joe Biden, demanding that he make it easier for illegal aliens to enter and stay in the USA.
The signers are ten US Senators, sixty-six US Representatives, and one non-voting delegate from Washington DC.
Below is a list of the seventy-six voting delegates who signed the letter.
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| Name | Ethnic Background | Other Details
US Senators:
| Cory Booker | African |
| Mazie Hirono | Japanese | Foreign Born
| Ben Lujan | Mexican | Foreign Born
| Edward Markey | Irish |
| Robert Menedez | Cuban |
| Alex Padilla | Mexican | First Generation
| Bernard Sanders | Jewish |
| Tina Smith | English | Presbyterian
| Ron Wyden | Jewish | First Generation
| Peter Welch | Irish | Catholic
Of the ten US Senators; One is Black, Three are Latino/Hispanic. Of these, one is Cuban, and the other two are Mexican. One is Japanese. Two have a Jewish background and three have a European/Christian background.
At least one of the signers, Bernard Sanders, publicly opposed immigration when he was first elected to the US Senate.
Two of the Senators are foreign born, the Japanese Senator and one of the Mexican Senators.
US Representatives:
| Alma Adams | African |
| Becca Balint | Jewish | Homosexual
| Nanette Barragan | Mexican | First Generation
| Earl Blumenauer | Jewish |
| Jamaal Bowman | African |
| Cori Bush | African |
| Greg Casar | Mexican | First Generation
| Joaquin Castro | Mexican |
| Tony Cardenas | Mexican | First Generation
| Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | African |
| Judy Chu | Chinese |
| Yvette Clarke | Jamaican | First generation
| Gerald Connolly | Irish | Catholic
| Bonnie Coleman | African |
| J Luis Correa | Mexican |
| Danny Davis | African |
| Mark DeSaulnier | French | Catholic
| Sydney Dove | African |
| Adriano Espaillat | Dominican | Foreign Born
| Dwight Evans | African |
| Teresa Fernandez | Mexican |
| Maxwell Frost | Haitian | First Generation
| Ruben Gallego | Columbian | First Generation
| Jesus Garcia | Mexican | Foreign Born
| Robert Garcia | Peruvian | Foreign Born
| Sylvia Garcia | Mexican |
| Jimmy Gomez | Mexican | First Generation
| Raul Grijalva | Mexican | First Generation
| Pramila Jayapal | Indian | First generation
| Henry Johnson | African |
| Barbara Lee | African |
| Summer Lee | African |
| Ted Lieu | Taiwanese | Foreign Born
| Doris Matsui | Japanese |
| Betty McCollum | Irish | Catholic
| James McGovern | Irish | Catholic
| Rob Menendez | Cuban |
| Jeffrey Merkley | German | United Methodist
| Grace Meng | Taiwanese |
| Gwen Moore | African |
| Grace Napolitano| Mexican |
| Frank Pallone | Italian | Catholic
| Donald Payne | African |
| Chellie Pingree | English | Protestant
| Ayanna Pressley | African |
| Mark Pocan | Polish | Homosexual | Atheist
| Katie Porter | English | Anglican/Episcopal
| A. Ocasio-Cortez| Puerto Rican |
| Illhan Omar | Somali | Foreign Born
| Delia Ramirez | Mexican |
| Linda Sanchez | Mexican |
| Jan Schakowsky | Jewish | First generation
| Brian Schatz | Jewish |
| Adam Schiff | Jewish |
| Adam Smith | English | Protestant
| Mark Takano | Japanese |
| Shri Thanedar | Indian | Foreign Born
| Rashida Tlaib | Palestinian | First generation
| Lori Trahan | Portuguese | Catholic
| Jill Tokuda | Japanese |
| Norma Torres | Guatemalan | Foreign Born
| Ritchie Torres | Puerto Rican |
| Juan Vargas | Mexican | First Generation
| Nydia Velasquez | Puerto Rican | Foreign Born
| Elizabeth Warren | English | Methodist
| Frederica Wilson | African |
Asians, Black women, and those with a Mexican background are the most overrepresented.
Latino/Hispanic: 22
Black: 18 (12 females, 6 males). At least one is foreign born and two are first generation Americans.
Chinese/Taiwanese/Japanese: 6. One is foreign born.
Indian (from India): 2. Both are foreign born.
Jewish: 5
Arab: 1
Apparent European/Christian background: 12
Irish Catholic: 3
Other Catholic: 3
Methodist: 2
Unspecified Protestant: 2
Anglican: 1
Family religion unknown: 1
