{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/statements-and-speeches/heinrich-statement-on-fixing-our-broken-immigration-system", "Heinrich Statement On Fixing Our Broken Immigration System", "2014-11-20", "2014", "2014-11", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Martin Heinrich", "H001046", "www.heinrich.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Heinrich Statement On Fixing Our Broken Immigration System\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tThursday, November 20, 2014\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement on the actions President Obama is taking to help fix our broken immigration system:\r\n\"The President's proposal is a good first step toward fixing our nation's broken immigration system. This executive action cracks down on illegal immigration at the border and prioritizes deporting felons rather than families. It also requires undocumented workers to pass a background check and pay their taxes. Those are common sense steps and well within the executive authority used by Presidents like Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush to deal with these same issues. However, only Congress can finish the job and fix the entire immigration system.\r\n\"Last year, the Senate passed a common-sense, bipartisan immigration bill that dramatically increases resources at our nation's border, will grow our economy, and prioritizes keeping families together. Yet here we are, more than 500 days later, and Speaker Boehner still refuses to allow a vote on this legislation. That's not leadership, it's obstruction. Speaker Boehner needs to stop his activist litigation and do his job by passing legislation. If House Republicans genuinely want to fix our immigration laws and make our policies crystal clear, they would pass the Senate's bipartisan immigration bill now.  \"As the son of an immigrant, I know how important reform is for families across New Mexico. Our immigrant communities have helped write the economic, social, and cultural story of America. New Mexicans are eager for a solution, DREAM Act students deserve a solution, and our economy requires a solution. \"I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to pass a permanent solution to fix our nation's broken immigration system. America will be better for it.\"\r\n****\r\nHeinrich Sobre La Importancia De Arreglar Nuestro Roto Sistema Migratorio\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. - El Senador Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) hizo las siguientes declaraciones sobre las acciones que el Presidente Obama est\u00e1 tomando para reparar nuestro roto sistema migratorio:\r\n\"La propuesta del Presidente es un buen primer paso para reparar nuestro roto sistema migratorio. Esta acci\u00f3n ejecutiva aplica mano dura en contra de la inmigraci\u00f3n ilegal en la frontera y prioriza la deportaci\u00f3n de aquellos que han cometido delitos graves, y no la de las familias. Tambi\u00e9n requiere que los trabajadores indocumentados no tengan antecedentes penales y paguen sus impuestos. Esos son pasos con sentido com\u00fan y caen claramente dentro de la autoridad ejecutiva utilizada por Presidentes como Ronald Reagan y George H.W. Bush para lidiar con los mismos problemas. Sin embargo, s\u00f3lo el Congreso puede terminar la labor y reparar todo el sistema migratorio.\r\n\"El a\u00f1o pasado, el Senado aprob\u00f3 un proyecto de ley bipartidista con sentido com\u00fan que aumenta dr\u00e1sticamente los fondos de seguridad fronteriza, fortalece a nuestra econom\u00eda y mantiene unidas a las familias. Sin embargo, aqu\u00ed estamos, 500 d\u00edas m\u00e1s tarde, y el presidente de la C\u00e1mara Boehner sigue rehus\u00e1ndose a permitir una votaci\u00f3n sobre este proyecto de ley. Eso no es liderazgo, es obstrucci\u00f3n. El presidente Boehner necesita poner fin a su litigaci\u00f3n activista y hacer su trabajo aprobando legislaci\u00f3n. Si los republicanos de la C\u00e1mara en verdad quieren arreglar nuestras leyes migratorias y hacerlas m\u00e1s claras, deber\u00edan de aprobar la reforma migratoria bipartidista aprobada por el Senado.\r\n\"Como el hijo de inmigrantes se lo importante que una reforma migratoria es para las familias de Nuevo M\u00e9xico. Nuestras comunidades inmigrantes han contribuido a la f\u00e1brica econ\u00f3mica, social y cultural de los Estados Unidos. Los residentes de Nuevo M\u00e9xico est\u00e1n listos por una soluci\u00f3n; los j\u00f3venes DREAMERs se merecen una soluci\u00f3n; y nuestra econom\u00eda requiere una soluci\u00f3n.\r\n\"Le pido a mis colegas de ambas bancadas que aprueben una soluci\u00f3n para arreglar el roto sistema migratorio de la naci\u00f3n. Los Estados Unidos ser\u00e1 mejor lugar gracias a esto.\"", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.heinrich.senate.gov/newsroom/statements-and-speeches/heinrich-statement-on-fixing-our-broken-immigration-system"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5225238166749477, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}