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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Joseph Rendeiro
(202) 776-1566
jrendeiro@nclr.org
At a hearing on immigration reform today on Capitol Hill, Janet Murguía, President and CEO of NCLR (National Council of La Raza), will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, highlighting the need to pass comprehensive immigration reform with a roadmap to citizenship for 11 million aspiring Americans as its centerpiece.
“Today’s Senate hearing marks an important milestone for our community and for our country, unequivocally sending the message that immigration reform is on track to pass before the end of 2013,” said Murguía. “It is crucial that we not only capitalize on this momentum, but also underscore the critical point that both legalization and a roadmap to citizenship must be at the core of immigration reform, as it is in the Senate’s and the president’s proposals. Anything short of citizenship that creates second-class citizens is unacceptable and directly flies in the face of American values. We hope that lawmakers on Capitol Hill swiftly begin crafting legislation that carefully considers my testimony today, so we can pass immigration reform before the end of the year.”
Read Janet Murguía’s full testimony here.
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