Issue Position: Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Issue Position

I believe Congress must overhaul our broken immigration system. Common-sense immigration reform that keeps families together, strengthens our workforce and creates a path to citizenship could reduce the deficit, bolster job creation, and strengthen the viability of Social Security and Medicare.

It is time to help those immigrant families who are paying their taxes and playing by the rules to move out of the shadows and contribute more to growing our economy. This is why I became an original sponsor of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act and I was among the first Membersto sign the discharge petition to bring this bipartisan immigration reform bill to the floor.

I have also repeatedly joined with leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to call on the Obama Administration to stop deportations of immigrants who would benefit from the path to citizenship under our reform legislation.

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