For Immediate Release                                              

January 14. 2015

 

Contact: Victor Baten (202) 508-6919

 

 

LCLAA STATEMENT ON U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING BILL H.R. 240

 

Washington, D.C. - The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), the national leading organization for Latino working families, issued the following statement on the amendments to the Homeland Security Appropriations Act (H.R. 240).

 

"We are extremely disappointed and concerned with the House of Representatives' decision to consider amendments to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) funding bill that would impede the implementation of President Obama's administrative action on immigration. It is irresponsible and reckless for our elected leaders to endanger the security of our nation over the President's lawful actions on immigration.

 

 "President Obama's executive actions, taken in the absence of legislation from Congress to reform our broken immigrations laws, will enable millions of Latino families to stay united and fully contribute to our economy. While we support President Obama's new immigration programs, we ultimately support Congressional action over Presidential action. Rather than trying to fix our broken immigration system through comprehensive legislation, these anti-immigrant amendments do nothing to advance meaningful solutions.

 

"We urge the House to pass a clean Homeland Security bill and encourage Congress to work with President Obama to enact permanent bipartisan immigration reforms."

 

The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) is the leading national organization for Latino(a) workers and their families. LCLAA was born in 1972 out of the need to educate, organize and mobilize Latinos in the labor movement and has expanded its influence to organize Latinos in an effort to impact workers' rights and their influence in the political process. LCLAA represents the interest of more than 2 million Latino workers in the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations  (AFL-CIO), The Change to Win Federation, Independent Unions and all its membership. Visit LCLAA on the web at www.lclaa.org, on Facebook and Twitter.

 

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