Issued January 14, 2015
WASHINGTON--In response to today's votes on amendments and final passage of legislation that would undo three years of actions to protect immigrant families, SEIU International Executive Vice President Rocio Saenz issued the following statement:
The immoral, impractical bill pushed by extremists and shepherded by Republican leadership in the House today would decimate millions of immigrant families. Republican leaders have shown that they are willing to let extremists advance their highest priority in this debate: attacking and separating spouses from each other, parents from their children, brothers from their sisters. Immigrant voices have risen up in support of the president's administrative actions protecting families, and we will fight like hell to ensure that these protections are upheld.
"The fastest-growing segment of the American electorate--immigrant voters and their families--will remember this misguided decision in 2016. We are paying attention. We saw which members of Congress went on record in favor of tearing apart families."