The Loving family wrote to Attorney Generally Robert Kennedy to help
them battle injustice because they believed he would protect their
important civil rights values at stake. I am not confident that people
hard-pressed in this country, who feel marginalized, will see the
office as a potential ally and champion under Senator Sessions. This is
particularly the case when we have a President who has been
successfully sued in the past for civil rights violations and who makes
prejudicial comments about people based on their gender, their
religion, their immigrant status, or their disability. Second, immigration. Our immigration policies are critical. We need
to fix our laws. In my time in the Senate, Senator Sessions has been
the most vocal Senator in opposition to what I believe are reasonable
and necessary reforms. His floor comments and his obvious personal
passion around this issue are clear, but I think his policies are
simply wrong. Immigration does not hurt our economy; it helps it. Jefferson
recognized this in the Declaration of Independence. In his Bill of
Particulars against King George, he said: We do not want to live under
your tyranny. You won't let us have a good immigration system. Jefferson recognized it, and all through the years, the inflow of
talent, the blood of innovation and talent and new ideas from
immigrants, has been part of what has made our country great. That is
why there is such a consensus in favor of immigration reform from the
labor unions and the chambers of commerce. The CBO says that it will
increases our net worth and GDP. Immigration does not hurt our workers, as Senator Sessions often
claims it does. A reform would help our workers by eliminating the
ability of people to live and work in the shadows and be paid
substandard wages that undercut the wages of others. Senator Sessions' views on immigration even extend to a critical
program like the Special Immigrant Visa Program, which grants special
protection to foreign citizens, especially those from Afghanistan and
Iraq, who have helped our troops on the battlefield. They signed up to
help Americans who are in the service. They put their lives at risk for
doing so.
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