The system must implement smarter border security, establish a program to fill true gaps in our workforce, keep families together, and require--require--the estimated 12 million unauthorized individuals currently living and working in the U.S. to register and fully integrate into our society.
Gutierrez outlines necessary components for an effective immigration system.
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The United States Congress, which imposes rules, out of our control, which make it impossible to get our act together.
So, don't let anyone tell you that statehood will somehow diminish our cultural pride and heritage.
If you really believe in democracy, justice, government by the consent of the governed, you must not hesitate any further or give any more excuses.
We are natural born U.S. citizens and want an equal seat at the table in the federal government that writes and implements the laws that we live under.
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