Alejandro Mayorkas: “You are describing individuals who are seeking asylum in our country with a broad brush for now.”

We need Congress to act swiftly to fund what should be a nonpartisan, apolitical phenomenon, and that is providing relief to all individuals with respect to the impacts of these extreme weather events.

Individuals who qualify for visas significantly contribute to the well-being and advancement of this country and that is quite evident especially in the economy arena.

The situation is grave. It requires solutions.

We continue to support the bipartisan legislation that a group of Senators worked on for months.