New York City Insider: Espaillat, García, Correa Statement on Parliamentarian Striking Immigration Plan ‘C’ from Build Back Better Act.

 

PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release:  December 16, 2021

Espaillat, García, Correa Statement on Parliamentarian Striking Immigration Plan ‘C’ from Build Back Better Act. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Lou Correa (CA-46), and Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) released the following statement regarding the Senate Parliamentarian’s ruling barring the inclusion of work authorization and deportation protections for our nation’s undocumented immigrants in the Build Back Better Act: “We are deeply disappointed by the Senate Parliamentarian’s decision tonight barring the inclusion of Plan ‘C’ in the Build Back Better Act — yet another rejection of immigration reform that without a doubt has a significant budgetary impact,” said the members. “For the past 35 years we’ve promised our communities that we would deliver for them, and we can’t let an unelected bureaucrat decide the future of our nation’s most vulnerable — and hardworking — neighbors. “We’ve said it before, and we will say it again: at this point, the Senate can — and must — reinstate a pathway to citizenship in the Build Back Better Act, even if that means disregarding the Senate Parliamentarian and bringing that vote to the Senate floor,” the members concluded. “History will take note of those who for so long have championed delivering for our communities, but have delivered nothing but inaction, empty promises, and dreams deferred.”   Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his third term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities. He is also a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), where he serves in a leadership role as the Second Vice Chair and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, where he serves as Deputy Whip. Representative Espaillat also currently serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/.