A total of sixty-five U.S. lawmakers have written to U.S President Joe Biden urging him and his administration to prioritize much-needed relief for immigrant communities, particularly those from the African and Caribbean Diasporas.

Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, who is the daughter of Jamaican immigrants and serves as vice chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), is among the lawmakers who wrote to Biden on Monday highlighting the moral imperative to address the challenges faced by Black migrants and families.

They have also emphasized the importance of comprehensive immigration reform, that would provide legal status and a path to citizenship to and for undocumented immigrants.

Clarke reportedly said the letter further calls on the administration to exercise existing legal authorities to bestow Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations and redesignations for Caribbean and African countries, protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients under threat of the courts, and address the unacceptably long green card and work permit backlogs.