Dold: Deporting Immigrant Children is the Wrong Approach

Press Release

Today, Congressman Bob Dold (IL-10) issued the following statement after he broke with his party by opposing amendments to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill that would have resulted in the deportation of immigrant children:

"While we are a nation of immigrants, there is no question that America's immigration system is broken. For far too long, Congress has shirked its responsibility to address this problem by passing sensible, bipartisan immigration reform.

"And while the President's decision to circumvent Congress through Executive actions has clearly threatened to hinder momentum for actual legislative reform on immigration and also raised serious legal questions regarding the scope of Executive authority, simply attempting to defund the President's actions while failing to bring forth and advance immigration reform legislation is not a solution to this problem. Furthermore, attaching divisive provisions on immigration policy to critical Homeland Security legislation will only foster more brinksmanship at a time we can least afford it.

"The moment has come for Congress to lead from the front on this critical issue and I am committed to working with lawmakers in either party who are willing to put partisanship aside and do the hard work of bipartisan problem solving that is needed to move our country forward."

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