Members of Congress and Gen Z activists demand President Biden address key issues ahead of the 2024 presidential election

Members of Congress and Gen Z activists are calling on the Biden-Harris administration to commit to a Finish the Job agenda ahead of the 2024 presidential race.

On Wednesday, Reps. Summer Lee, D-Pa., Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., Greg Casar, D-Texas, Ro Khanna, D-Calif., Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt. and members of Gen-Z for Change, March for Our Lives, Sunrise Movement and United We Dream Action held a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to call on President Joe Biden to concentrate on several key issues in the coming months, including implementing stronger gun control measures and making a fair immigration policy if he wants the support of younger voters.

This press conference comes nearly a month after a bipartisan immigration bill that may strip migrants of their rights didn’t pass the U.S. Senate.

While President Biden touted the bill as a “victory for America,” Gen Z activists have sharply criticized the Biden-Harris administration for introducing a bill that may make it harder for migrants to hunt asylum in the U.S.

Young activists want the Biden-Harris administration to make efforts to guard asylum seekers, especially minority migrants, who often face discrimination at the U.S.-Mexico border while fleeing violence, hunger, persecution or war of their home country.

Gen Z activists have also led calls for gun law reform after countless mass shootings lately at grocery stores, supermarkets, schools and concert events across the United States.

According to According to the Gun Violence Archive, a corporation that tracks gun violence across the United States, there have been 656 mass shootings in 2023.

So far, members of Congress have didn’t pass comprehensive gun reform that might reduce mass shootings and the on a regular basis gun violence that disproportionately affects Black and brown communities.

“We won’t win unless we build an incredible coalition across the country,” he said.

“It’s not just about the election, it’s about who we are as people in this country. What do we stand for…what are we willing to fight for,” he continued.

During the press conference entitled members of Congress and Gen Z activists also called on the Biden-Harris administration to finish the use of fossil fuels to sustain the Earth by protecting the environment, expand the Supreme Court’s conservative majority to preserve democracy, and restore balance and justice to the court, hold the lobby accountable defense and industry, and end border discrimination that has led to the deportation of black and brown migrants.

“Young people oppose the war in the Middle East,” he said. “We need to listen to them and raise their voices.”

New York Times poll found that nearly half of Gen Zers disapprove of President Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas conflict and his reluctance to call for a ceasefire. During the press conference, Gen Z activists said they were hesitant to vote for him again in the 2024 presidential election resulting from the deaths in Gaza and the lack of support the United States has provided to the Palestinians.

So far, over 30,000 people have used it He died in Gaza since the conflict began on October 7, 2024. For months, activists and members of Congress have called on Biden to press for a ceasefire, but their demands have fallen on deaf ears.

“People in power cannot take our votes for granted,” he said.

He added that the Biden-Harris administration must do more to secure the Gen Z vote in the 2024 presidential election.

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