Adriano Espaillat: “In 1986, Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act. That 1986 Reagan bill, in…”

“In 1986, Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act. That 1986 Reagan bill, in addition to implementing border security, granted a pathway to citizenship to nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. Then in 1990, Mr. Speaker, Republican President George Bush signed another immigration act, which, among other measures, created the Temporary Protective Status program, known as TPS, to provide relief for immigrants from countries who are immersed in deep suffering. Later on, Mr. Speaker, his son, George W. Bush, also followed through in providing relief to immigrants across the Nation. Mr. Speaker, what has happened to that Republican Party? I want to know where they are today. Issues with our immigration system has existed since the Reagan years. The only difference today is their lack of bipartisan desire from MAGA Republicans to work with us and address this issue. President Bush worked with Senator Kennedy. George W. Bush worked across the aisle to find equal ground. Instead of coming to the table to address issues on the border security and compassionate measures like protections for Dreamers, which 80 percent of voters support, MAGA Republicans are turning their backs on legislation to fix our immigration system. Instead of doing their jobs, the latest stunt of House Republicans is a bogus, baseless impeachment inquiry of Secretary Mayorkas, which blames a single man for the situation at the border.…”