Immigration

I believe that the United States has been made great by immigrants and I am proud of our history of welcoming those pursuing better lives. Nevertheless, I know that our immigration system is in desperate need of compassionate, comprehensive reform.

In the 117th Congress, I am working to:

• Protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) beneficiaries by making them eligible for conditional permanent resident status,
• Establish humanitarian standards for the treatment of migrants and asylum-seekers at detention centers,
• Ensuring that employers aren’t gaming the system and ignoring qualified American workers.

I was opposed to the Trump Administration’s misguided and oftentimes cruel immigration policies, and I will be working with the Biden-Harris Administration to reverse:

• Building a wall along our southern border, a misguided approach to national security,
• The Trump Administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy, which detains and presses criminal charges against migrants and asylum-seekers at the border;
• The Trump Administration’s family separation policy, which inflicts lasting harm on children,
• The reduction in refugee admissions for those fleeing terror and violence in their home countries.

Democrats and Republicans must come together and work towards a fair solution to our immigration challenges.