CHC CHAIR GONZALEZ STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SPEECH ON IMMIGRATION REFORM

Washington, DC - Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez, Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), released the following statement after President Barack Obama laid out a strong case for comprehensive immigration reform:

“Today, the President reinforced the importance of fixing out broken immigration system, not only for the sake of our national security but also to give our country an economic advantage in today’s global economy. The President delivered with sincerity his commitment to fixing our current system, to bringing the millions of undocumented immigrants out of the shadows and continuing to secure our borders and enforcing our laws.

“This Administration has made unprecedented progress on its promise for increased border security and has undoubtedly made our country safer. But enforcement alone is not the solution. We can fix our broken immigration system that works in the best interest of our nation but we need Republicans working with us, not against us.

“In our meetings with the President, we agreed that we need a legislative solution for comprehensive immigration reform in Congress and we’ll continue to work with him in that effort. Meanwhile, we also agreed that it is in the best interest of our country to utilize our limited resources to apprehend and deport dangerous criminals, not innocent students. The CHC will continue to present to the President possible administrative actions within existing laws that can help alleviate the extreme hardships on innocent families resulting from this broken system.”