Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), congressional leaders, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and immigration advocates held a press conference urging President Joe Biden to take executive action to protect hardworking mixed-status families in the U.S. by streamlining pathways to lawful status for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens, family caregivers, DACA recipients, and other long-term residents. Cortez Masto has specifically called on the administration to take these important actions to keep families together.
“There are hundreds of thousands of Nevadans who live with at least one family member who is an undocumented, long-term resident of the U.S. The President must help protect these hardworking families through executive action so they don’t pay the price for Republicans’ political games,” said Senator Cortez Masto. “The time to act is now, and I’ll keep fighting to fix our immigration system and strengthen our border security—we have to do both.”
The first and only Latina Senator, Senator Cortez Masto has consistently pushed to fix our broken immigration system by balancing critical border security measures with a path to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, and essential workers. She’s an original cosponsor of the Dream Act to provide relief for DACA recipients, and she’s leading legislation to allow them to work in Congress. She successfully pushed the administration to expand health care access for DACA recipients, and she’s led calls to address delays in DACA renewal applications and make it easier for mixed status families, family caregivers, and hardworking immigrant families to stay together.
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