Catherine Cortez Masto Statement on Supreme Court Refusal to Reconsider June Ruling on Obama Administration's Immigration Actions

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Former Nevada Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto released the following statement after the Supreme Court announced it rejected the Obama administration's request to reconsider its decision on the administration's immigration Executive Actions. In June, the Supreme Court deadlocked in the case with a 4-4 ruling, leaving in place the lower appeals court ruling that struck down President Obama's actions to keep immigrant families together.

"The announcement this morning is a significant setback for thousands of Nevada families that continue to live in fear of being torn apart. While deeply frustrating, the Court's decision is a reminder it is because of the refusal of Republicans like Congressman Joe Heck to do their job and take up the Senate's bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill in 2013 that President Obama's Executive Actions were necessary. It is unacceptable that we continue to allow hard working immigrant families to live in constant fear that they will be torn apart.

"This is personal for me -- my grandfather immigrated here from Mexico and it is because of his hard work and the hard work of my parents that I have the chance to be the first Latina ever elected to the United States Senate. It is crucial that we make it possible for hardworking immigrants to have the same opportunity to achieve the American Dream that my family did. Joe Heck signed on to sue the President over DACA and DAPA, and opposed the Senate's bipartisan immigration reform legislation. He has turned his back on Nevada's immigrant communities every chance he's had -- and they are going to hold him accountable for it in November."

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