Congresswoman Lois Capps
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Immigration

Our nation’s immigration system is broken. We need a comprehensive immigration plan that will both secure our borders and strengthen our economy. I support proposals such as AgJOBS to create an orderly guest worker program that would meet in the needs of the Central Coast’s businesses and protect American workers.

I also believe we need legislation that creates a path to earned legalization that would allow those who played by the rules, learned to speak English, paid back taxes and fines, and maintained a clean criminal record to eventually become Americans, just as the millions who came before them did.

Click here to read my statement on the Senate’s preliminary agreement on comprehensive immigration reform.

Click here to read my statement on the Senate’s vote on immigration reform legislation.

Click here to read my op-ed on the need for comprehensive immigration reform.