America has always been a beacon of opportunity around the world, and for centuries people from all around the globe have traveled over land and sea in search of the American Dream.

We are a nation of immigrants, but our immigration system is outdated and broken. I support comprehensive immigration reform that will fix our broken immigration system by securing our border, providing a path to citizenship for those who are already here, requiring civics education and the payment of any back taxes, and reforming and improving the legal immigration system.

I have also supported President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which uses existing authority to stop the deportation of people who came to the United States as children. Fixing our immigration system is a necessity, both to make our laws more humane and for our economic competitiveness