Titus Statement on Supreme Court's Immigration Decision

Press Release

Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada's First Congressional District issued a statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's 4-4 decision that upholds a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's immigration programs known as expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA). President Obama proposed these programs in 2014 after Republicans in the U.S. House refused to move forward on a comprehensive immigration reform bill drafted by a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators known as the Gang of Eight. Post haste, 23 Republican governors filed a lawsuit, United States V. Texas, to halt the president's executive actions.

"The Supreme Court's action is bad for Nevada and the rest of the country," Rep. Titus said. "For years, millions of families have had to remain in the shadows because of the GOP's refusal to pass a reform bill in Congress and more recently a politically driven lawsuit. This problem is especially acute in Nevada where ten percent of the workforce is undocumented and more than 17 percent of students have at least one undocumented parent. Republicans can address this situation by working with Democrats to pass a comprehensive reform plan. It's time for Republicans to do their job. We should focus on keeping families together, not building walls."

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