WASHINGTON D.C. (KOLO) – U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is urging bipartisanship on immigration at the dawn of the new Trump administration.
She and 12 other Senators sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune urging the importance of working together on border security and immigration. She was joined by Senators Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Angus King (I-Maine), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in the letter.
“As we have shown, Democrats and Republicans can work together on real bipartisan solutions. We can solve big challenges when we work together, and there is much work to do to improve border security, protect Dreamers and farmworkers, and fix our immigration system to better reflect the needs of our country and our modern economy,” the senators wrote.
They continued: “We understand that Senate Republicans have discussed using the budget reconciliation process to advance border security budget measures without any Democratic input. While that’s your right, in working together on a bipartisan basis, we can achieve the best outcome for the American people. There are also limitations to what can be done under budget reconciliation, and as we’ve seen time and time again, no party has all the solutions on this or any issue.”
“We remain ready to work with you in good faith to craft legislation that can achieve bipartisan support and 60 votes in the Senate. While there will be challenges, addressing the pressing needs of our nations’ borders and finding bipartisan solutions to our outdated immigration system are too important to ignore in the 119th Congress,” they closed.
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