“We need to continue to move forward by creating a permanent pathway to citizenship for our Dreamers”
In case you missed it, today the Boulder Daily Camera published an op-ed from John Hickenlooper on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent DACA ruling and the work left to do to fix our broken immigration system.
John has a record of standing up for Dreamers and Colorado’s immigrant community, but Republicans like Senator Cory Gardner continue to obstruct progress and stay quiet when President Trump recommits to ending legal protections for Dreamers.
Hickenlooper wrote:
Dreamers are here to stay. This is a triumph. But we have so much more to do to restore humanity to our broken immigration system. Until we pass the American Dream and Promise Act into law and take action to keep families together, President Trump and his fear-mongering will still hold far too much power over our communities.
We need to continue to move forward by creating a permanent pathway to citizenship for our Dreamers — and we need to do it as soon as possible.
Washington D.C. has tried and failed again and again on immigration. Seven years ago, we had a bipartisan agreement on comprehensive immigration reform, but Washington put politics ahead of results. Our own U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, then serving in the House of Representatives, opposed that bill. That was wrong, just wrong.
I don’t accept inaction. Congress must pass legislation that values our immigrant neighbors not to an economic end, but as human beings looking to build better lives for their families…
When Trump ended DACA, under my leadership, Colorado joined a lawsuit to stop deportations. Sen. Gardner refused to express any regret for his previous votes to block the DACA program and failed to stand up to President Trump when Colorado Dreamers needed him most. Now that we’re in an election year, he’s trying to deceive, but Coloradans know his real record and won’t be fooled.
Last week, we celebrated the 700,000 Dreamers who make our country stronger — doctors, nurses, teachers, service members, and so many more. But our work is far from over. We have an opportunity to make the United States the inclusive country it was intended to be.
Working together, we’ll build on what we’ve done in Colorado and keep fighting for our immigrant communities.
Read in the Boulder Daily Camera.
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