Barack Obama: Obama Statement on the Senate’s Failure to Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform

June 28, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) released the following statement on the Senate’s failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform:

“Today, the U.S. Senate failed the American people by blocking progress on immigration reform for the second time in two years. By failing to pass a bill, we have done nothing to solve the problem of the more than 2,000 immigrants who cross our borders every day and the 12 million undocumented who are already here, nor have we addressed the very real concerns of American citizens who rightly believe we should protect our borders.”

“This bill was by no means perfect, but even though there were provisions that some of us disagreed with, we should have worked to find common ground on a solution to a problem that isn’t going away anytime soon. The American people sent us to Washington precisely to take on tough issues like immigration, and they’re tired of a politics that holds progress hostage because of Congress' inability to come together and get things done.”

Source: Senator Barack Obama