Grassley, Cotton, Perdue: Latest Immigration Plan leaves Key Concerns Unresolved
WASHINGTON – Senate
Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senators Tom Cotton and David
Perdue today made the following comments regarding the Durbin-Graham-Flake
immigration proposal, which fails to adequately address border security,
enforcement, chain migration and diversity visas, while expanding legal status
to immigrants who knowingly violated immigration law.
“The
Durbin-Graham-Flake proposal would do nothing to solve the underlying problem
in our current immigration system. It does not take the needed steps to fix our
porous border and it fails to empower law enforcement to apprehend and remove
dangerous criminals who are here illegally. Furthermore, since it does not end
chain migration, this proposal guarantees we will be right back here dealing
with this same situation in the near future. As we’ve said all along, those
brought here illegally through no fault of their own shouldn’t be punished, but
this proposal also effectively legalizes those who knowingly broke our
immigration laws.
“America
is the most welcoming country in the world. But the American people have
understandably lost trust in Washington after multiple attempts to fix our
broken immigration system have failed to address its underlying problems.
“It’s
inconceivable that anyone would shut down the government over this plan. It’s
time to come back to the negotiating table and focus on getting a serious
solution to the DACA situation that protects all Americans and our national
security.”
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