Only hours after being released from jail for urging the House of Representatives to take action on immigration reform, Pramila Jayapal, feminist and immigration activist extraordinaire, graciously answered our questions for this week’s Feministing Five!

Pramila has been an established leader in immigration reform for years, having founded Washington State’s largest immigrant advocacy organization, OneAmerica, in 2001. Just recently recognized as a White House Champion of Change, she currently co-chairs We Belong Together: Women for Common-Sense Immigration Reform and her successful organizing this past week, resulting in the largest number of undocumented women who willfully submitted to arrest, further deepened our respect for her and her work.

And now, without further ado, the Feministing Five with Pramila Jayapal.

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