Congresswoman McCollum Cosponsors House Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill

For Immediate Release: October 2, 2013
Contact: Maria Reppas, (202) 225-6631 / (202) 527-0149 maria.reppas@mail.house.gov

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) signed on as a cosponsor to the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (H.R. 15), a comprehensive immigration reform bill introduced by Rep. Joe Garcia (D-FL).

“Millions of families and employers are looking to Congress for a fair and balanced approach to fixing our nation's immigration system. This legislation represents a bipartisan compromise and provides needed reforms, including a pathway to citizenship. I urge House Republican leadership to work with Democrats to move the country forward on this issue, in addition to ending the GOP government shutdown.”

This legislation contains many of the same provisions to reform our broken immigration process as the bipartisan Senate comprehensive immigration reform bill. The Senate passed its bill in June 2013 by a vote of 68 to 32. H.R. 15 also includes provisions from the bipartisan McCaul-Thompson border security bill, in place of the Corker-Hoeven provisions in the Senate bill.

Congresswoman Betty McCollum serves on the House Appropriations Committee. She is Democratic Co-Chair of the Congressional Native American Caucus.

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