Contact: Caroline Tabler (202) 224-2353
Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement after the Senate failed to pass immigration legislation:
"What this debate has shown is just how unserious the Democrats are about illegal immigration. If they were serious, they wouldn't have shut down the government over DACA only to reject the one bill, endorsed by the president, that would've given DACA recipients the legal certainty they need. And they wouldn't have introduced such a reckless proposal that had zero chance of becoming law. There's broad agreement about how to solve this problem, but we won't succeed unless the Democrats stop this incessant virtue-signaling and start negotiating in good faith. At this point, the House should take the lead and pass the Goodlatte-McCaul proposal."
