Immigration Reform

Reform Immigration FOR America's Families:

The family is the basic unit of our society, and immigrants who have the support of strong families are more likely to contribute to society, pay taxes, and start businesses that create jobs.

But our broken immigration system divides
families and keeps loved ones apart for years and even decades, which discourages them from following the rules and working within the system. It doesn't make sense to spend billions of dollars rounding people up, breaking up families, shutting down businesses, and deporting people who are working, learning English, and putting down roots here.

For immigrants who don't have legal status, we should require them to come out of the shadows and register, pay taxes, and start working toward becoming Americans, while keeping their families together.

Reform Immigration FOR America's Workers:

Reforming immigration will help protect all workers from exploitation and unfair competition. Currently, millions of workers -- one in twenty in the U.S. workforce -- are vulnerable to employers who seek unfair advantage over their competitors by not paying workers minimum wage or by ignoring labor rights protected by law.

Bringing undocumented workers into the system will allow them to stand up for their rights and to unionize. When they are on equal footing with other workers, unscrupulous employers will not easily be able to pit one group of workers against another, driving down wages for all Americans.

America should not settle for a downwardly spiraling competition for lower wage jobs. America needs more jobs, more rights for workers, and better wages, not more laws to keep workers out or keep workers down.

Reforming immigration is an important part of fixing the ailing economy. The federal government has an obligation to reform immigration for all American workers.