The supplemental appropriations bill is an irresponsible funding measure that fails to address the true needs of this crisis while also making irresponsible cuts of over $400 million to FEMAs disaster relief fund. impacting the Federal response to disasters. The other bill needlessly punishes innocent children. known as DREAMers. and would do nothing to address the humanitarian situation caused by violence in Central America. This deportationonly and enforcementonly approach to changing our Nations immigration law is misguided and will do absolutely nothing to prevent our broken system from spinning further into dysfunction. In my district. there are businesses. farmers. faith leaders. law enforcement leaders. and families who have been asking Congress for years to find solutions to our broken immigration system. I helped introduce a comprehensive immigration reform bill. H.R. 15. to help these constituents who deserve a functional immigration system that they can rely on. instead. House Republicans have decided to make todays divisive bill a priority. They want to make sure that absolutely nothing is done to improve overall our immigration system. After more than a year of refusing to act on comprehensive legislation. this is unacceptable. and I urge my colleagues to vote "no."
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