Immigration
The United States is a country made up of immigrants, and it is part of what makes us so strong and vibrant. In America, the beauty is in the mix. We must enact comprehensive immigration reform that is humane, does not divide families, and addresses the growing disconnect between our nation’s policy and the reality on the ground in cities and communities across our country. While ensuring that comprehensive immigration reform continues to honor our American tradition of being a nation of immigrants, we must also secure our borders, enforce our laws, and ensure the safety of the American people.
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| Congresswoman Pelosi joins community leaders from labor, faith, and advocacy groups for a roundtable discussion to discuss the efforts to achieve comprehensive immigration reform. |
In 2010, the Democratic-led House passed the DREAM Act, a common-sense bill that would give students who grew up in the United States a chance to contribute to our country’s well-being by serving in the U.S. Armed Forces or pursuing a higher education. This limited, targeted legislation will allow only the best and brightest young people to earn their legal status after a rigorous and lengthy process, and applies only to young people who have lived here for at least five years before the date of enactment, and who were brought to the U.S. by their parents as minors, through no fault of their own.
Unfortunately, the bill did not pass the Senate. The DREAM Act is the right thing to do—both economically and morally for our country, and it is for young people who mostly know no other home. Although the DREAM Act has yet to be signed into law at the federal level, the state of California enacted a related law making a limited group of young, highly-motivated individuals eligible for state financial aid at public universities and community colleges.
We must keep fighting to advance comprehensive immigration reform, and to fulfill our pledge to the hundreds of thousands of young people who call our nation home and strive to take part in the American Dream.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered a speech on the House floor today on the Republicans’ attempt to block President Obama’s Immigration Accountability Executive Actions. Below are the Leader’s remarks:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra joined immigration reform advocates at a press conference to speak out against House Republicans’ attempts to undermine the President’s Immigration Accountability Executive Actions today. Below are the Leader’s remarks:
Leader Pelosi’s Opening Remarks:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this evening after President Obama announced Immigration Accountability Executive Actions in his address to the nation:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks today at the House Democrats’ press conference on immigration, urging the President to use executive action that lies within his presidential authority to help the millions of people who face deportation:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which starts on Monday, September 15:
“Each Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize our Latino community’s contributions to our country and our history – and honor the many ways in which Latinos and Latinas in all walks of life have made America more American.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor tonight in opposition to the House Republicans’ revised legislative package to trample the due process rights of vulnerable children and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for DREAMers. Below are the Leader’s remarks:
“Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats joined the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in hosting a press conference on the child migrant humanitarian situation and the Republicans’ inhumane supplemental appropriations bill proposal:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor today in opposition to House Republicans’ supplemental appropriation bill, which fails to adequately or appropriately respond to the humanitarian needs of unaccompanied children along the southern border. Below are the Leader’s remarks:
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on House Republicans’ $659 million supplemental appropriation bill, which fails to adequately respond to the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied children along the southern border:
“The humanitarian emergency along our southern border demands that we act in a way that honors our values as a nation, and respects the dignity of all people. We must treat the vulnerable children fleeing violence in their home countries with compassion.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks today at a hearing on unaccompanied minors crossing the United States’ southern border hosted by Congressional Progressive Caucus co-Chairs Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ). Below are the Leader’s remarks: