Lawmakers, Advocates Gather Outside Capitol to Promote Bill for Mixed-Status Families

Angela Della Valle, surrounded by lawmakers, business and community leaders in Washington, D.C., pleads for immigration officials to release her husband, who has been detained for nine months. (Credit: Via Miami Herald/American Families United)

A bipartisan group of lawmakers gathered outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to promote a bill that would create a legal pathway for certain immigrants without criminal records to remain in the United States.

Among the crowd outside the Capitol on April 22 was Angella Della Valle, the wife of Carlos Della Valle, a Mexican national who has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since August 2025 despite having no criminal record.