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Local leaders talk immigration reformttp://www.turlockjournal.com/section/14/article/34192/After Monday night’s town hall, Congressman Jeff Denham met a much more subdued crowd Wednesday morning as he, Assemblyman Heath Flora and County Supervisor Kristin Olsen highlighted the need for commonsense immigration reform at a roundtable discussion, addressing the critical role that immigrants play in small business, agriculture and other industries here in the Central Valley. During the panel, Denham highlighted the need to pass bipartisan legislation, rather than an Executive Order like DACA, which can be eliminated by a new president, in order to protect Dreamers from deportation. Comprehensive immigration reform has not emerged from Congress in over 30 years, he said. “Congress must lead in fixing our broken immigration system, with an important part of the plan being a path to legal status for Dreamers who were brought here as children,” said Denham. “These hardworking young people are already part of our communities, and they deserve a fair and thoughtful solution that will bring certainty to their lives.” ... Read more here |