Our economic success will continue to depend on immigrants and all that they contribute to our nation.

It's no exaggeration to say that America remains a shining city upon a hill to countless people around the world who dream of a better life.

We know that immigrant healthcare workers can help fill this gap.

Today's hearing was critically important, not just to help members further understand the deep, economic benefits of immigration in the United States of America.

This is lawful migration, existing programs. We're talking about addressing backlogs.

no one wins when we continue to fail to reform our immigration system.

We have an idea. We have a solution here. It's called the America's Children Act.

That's a significant failure of our immigration system to not consider the fate of the children of temporary visa holders.

It would be smart to listen to the economists, and business leaders, who are sounding the alarm on our labor shortage.

Their unwillingness to work with us means our competitors will continue to gain an advantage on us.

Every day that we fail to reform our immigration system is another day that we're holding back the economy.

Immigration benefits not just immigrant workers, immigration benefits American workers.