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Post by bot on Aug 6, 2017 18:01:44 GMT -5
Hoyer Statement on Republicans’ Anti-Immigrant Proposal
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on Republican legislation to cut legal immigration into the United States:
“Donald Trump seems to believe that immigrants are a burden to our country; on the contrary, immigrants and their strong work ethic and entrepreneurship are what have made America the global economic powerhouse it is today. We must maintain an approach to immigration that both boosts our economy and is also humanitarian. The proposal put forward by the President and Senators Cotton and Perdue today, which would cut immigration levels in half and put tighter restrictions on visas, accomplishes neither of those objectives.
“Already, this proposal faces strong bipartisan opposition. If President Trump and Republicans wish to reshape our immigration system, they ought to stop denigrating immigrants and instead work on a bipartisan way to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform that keeps America competitive and prevents families from being split apart. Democrats continue to stand ready to work on comprehensive immigration reform that enables us to grow our economy, creates an earned pathway to citizenship, and secures our borders.”
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