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DeLauro Statement On President Obama's Immigration Executive Action

Statement

Date: Nov. 21, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Immigration

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) released the following statement today on President Obama's announcement he will take executive action on immigration. The move will allow an estimated five million people to come out of the shadows and get right with the law without fear of deportation.

"I applaud the President for taking action. Prioritizing who is eligible to stay in our country is the right thing to do. We should be cracking down on felons, not families; convicts, not children.

"However, executive action is no substitute for congressional action. The Senate passed a bill in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion over 500 days ago, yet the House of Representatives has refused to act in any form. That is wrong. We have a responsibility. Congress needs to act."


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