Washington, DC – Nevada Senator Harry Reid released the following statement following the latest House vote to deport DREAMers:

“Instead of voting on the Senate’s bipartisan bill to secure our border and fix our broken immigration system, House Republicans voted once again to deport DREAMers and their families. I will not bring this bill up for a vote in the Senate since it tears families apart while doing nothing to fix the real problems we face.

“Unfortunately for anyone who wants to see Congress fix our broken immigration system, the Republican approach is being dictated by the most extreme voices in their party. Republicans’ knee-jerk resistance to working with Democrats to fix this problem left the President with no option but to take action to protect families from being separated.

“While the President’s immigration announcement is good news for families across the country, it will be up to Congress to finish the job and enact a law that permanently fixes our immigration system. I urge my Republican colleagues to put aside their partisan political games and focus their efforts on passing a permanent, common-sense solution to fix our broken immigration system.”