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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
October 24, 2013 Joseph Rendeiro
jrendeiro@nclr.org
(202) 776-1566
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, President Obama, in remarks at the White House to a group of business, faith, labor and civil rights leaders that included NCLR (National Council of La Raza) President and CEO Janet Murguía, called on Congress to resume work on a solution to fix our country’s broken immigration system. Although the Senate passed a bipartisan bill nearly four months ago, the House of Representatives has not yet acted to pass legislation on a permanent solution for the 11 million aspiring Americans. NCLR commends the president for his push to pass immigration reform this year and implores the House to propose a workable solution that will move the legislative process forward.
“President Obama hit the nail on the head today when he said that passing immigration reform is not only good policy but also good politics,” said Murguía. “The majority of American people want to see immigration reform reach the finish line, and with good reason. As the president said, reform will improve our economy by creating jobs, raising wages, increasing tax revenue and reducing the deficit. It will modernize our legal immigration system and enable the millions of undocumented immigrants to get right with the law by offering them an earned path to citizenship.”
“Members on both sides of the aisle need to work together,” Murguía added. “The Senate set the example for how to reach a bipartisan compromise. America is waiting on the House of Representatives to do the same. It is clearly long past time.”
NCLR—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. For more information on NCLR, please visit www.nclr.org or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.
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