Veronica Escobar Thanks Biden For New Executive Order To Help Undocumented Spouses Of U.S. Citizens

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Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) praises a new executive order by President Biden to help undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens.

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00:00Thank you, Madam Ranking Member, Madam Chair, Senator and two great colleagues.

00:06I want to begin by thanking President Biden.

00:09The fact that he issued, is planning on issuing this executive order, I think we cannot understate

00:18the incredible impact this will have on hundreds of thousands of American families.

00:26The couples and their children will have a shot that they deserve.

00:34I think it is so important also to recognize that many of the obstacles to helping these

00:41families have come from really draconian provisions in prior pieces of legislation, and those

00:49provisions have created grave injustices.

00:52I think it's also really important to recognize that Democrats have been working, along with

01:00the President, to create additional legal pathways and fix what is a very broken immigration

01:06system.

01:07But another obstacle, unfortunately, has been our colleagues on the other side of the aisle.

01:13Most Americans understand that fixing the immigration system isn't just the most humane

01:19thing to do, but that it's also economically advantageous to do.

01:25And the President recognizes this, and I am so proud, and in fact, he has mentioned to

01:30me that my bill, the American Families United Act, served as part of the inspiration for

01:37the executive order that is providing an opportunity for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens.

01:45I'd like to thank all of my co-sponsors of the American Families United Act.

01:50These are things we can and should do legislatively, but we need partners in Congress who are willing

01:57to recognize that we can do two things at once.

02:01We can work together to have secure borders.

02:05We all want that, but we can also work together to create legal pathways, which frankly is

02:12the best way to secure borders, by giving people legal pathways so that they can come

02:19and be a part of our country in a way that we know helps make us stronger, better, and

02:24is really in our best interest.

02:27I'm proud of the President for not just recognizing that these legal pathways are good for our

02:34country, but in addition to what he's done today for American families and for DREAMers,

02:40I think it's important for us to emphasize as well, he has created other legal pathways

02:45through the CBP One app, he's created legal pathways through the CHNB program, but we

02:52do need Congress to do its job.

02:54We need Republicans to come to the table.

02:57We need them to recognize that this is what the American public wants.

03:01With that, it's my honor to introduce my colleague and friend from New York, Adriano Espaillat.

Veronica Escobar Thanks Biden For New Executive Order To Help Undocumented Spouses Of U.S. Citizens

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