Fighting for Immigrant Families
As an immigrant to the United States, Congressman Garcia knows first-hand how important it is for us to support immigrant communities and create pathways to citizenship for undocumented residents. Everyone that comes to our country deserves the same shot at the American Dream that he and his family had, and it’s vital that we work to end attacks and discrimination against immigrants.
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"With us now to continue our conversation, California Congressman Robert Garcia. He sits on the homeland security committee, and he's a member of the Biden campaign's national advisory board. It's always a pleasure to see you... I agree with many of my colleagues in the house and certainly with the President that border walls do not work. They're inhumane. They have not stopped migration into the United States. We've wasted an norms amount of money on a symbol that is not about the humanity about what is actually happening. They don't work and the president has reiterated that point as early as we -- as we saw yesterday. At the same time, we also know this was authorized prior to President Biden taking office. Congress actually moved forward and funded this before the president asked congress to reallocate the funds. Congress chose not to do it. They're moving through something that keeps he's legally required to do. Let's be clear, border walls do not work and we should not be constructing more."
Congressional Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee are investigating Border Patrol’s practice earlier this year of holding migrants between the border walls in San Diego for days without access to food or sufficient water.
President Joe Biden is set to deliver his State of the Union address in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, and an undocumented Long Beach City College student, Alexis Muro, will be in attendance.
Muro will join Tuesday’s address as a guest of U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia.
As an undocumented student, “Alexis is a great example of how important it is to support immigrant communities and create pathways to citizenship,” Garcia said in a statement. The congressman and Muro share similar backgrounds; both immigrated to the U.S. as young children and were raised in Southern California.
Washington D.C. - Congressman Robert Garcia (CA-42) today announced his guest, aspiring healthcare worker and undocumented local community college student, Alexis Muro, to President Biden’s State of the Union Address to Congress on February 7.