Reform immigration in America
Our current immigration system is broken and compromises our economic vitality and our country’s safety. Reforming our immigration policies and procedures is essential for
America’s national security – and critical to our
economic recovery.
Immigration is good for America, and it's good for New York City. For generations, "huddled masses yearning to breathe free air” have sought the American dream and, in the process, helped build our nation. Today more than ever, we need an enlightened immigration policy to maintain our country’s and our city’s global competitiveness.
Comprehensive immigration reform should:
- Create a path to citizenship for 12 million illegal immigrants, which will boost GDP by $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. We should also implement a guest worker program, which would add another $792 billion to GDP during the same period.
- Lift the cap on H1-B and EB-5 work and investor visas and pass the "Start-up visa" program, which keeps immigrant entrepreneurs, who commit to create jobs, hire American workers and generate sales, right here in the United States.
- Restore New York’s share of the DHS Transit Security Grant Program – which includes funds for sensors and bomb detecting equipment.
- Pass provisions for illegal immigrants who have critical witness information to come forward and help law enforcement personnel.
- Ensure passage of the Uniting American Families Act, which would allow citizens in same-sex couples to sponsor their partners for legal immigration status.
- Pass the DREAM Act to give U.S. citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants who graduate from high school and have stayed out of trouble.
Read my op-ed from The Huffington Post about my plan for comprehensive immigration reform.
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