Why Does Rep. Coffman Support Maintaining a Broken Immigration System?

Colorado - This week, Rep. Coffman (R-CO) signed on as a co-sponsor of the BRIDGE (Bipartisan Reform of Immigration through Defining Good Enforcement) resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) adamantly opposes BRIDGE because it offers no sensible solution to a broken immigration system. The following is a statement from Julien Ross, Executive Director of CIRC:

"The BRIDGE resolution means more of the same - more pain for American workers, more costs to taxpayers, more burdens for honest employers, and more difficulty ensuring the rule of law. It maintains the status quo while proposing impractical and expensive deportation schemes.

"We can't build a strong economy without fixing our broken immigration system, yet the BRIDGE resolution asks us to do just this. Studies show that immigration reform will add $1.5 trillion to the U.S. economy, help drive up wages for all workers, and support nearly a million jobs.

Instead of the BRIDGE resolution, we need a common sense, lasting fix to the immigration system.  Comprehensive immigration reform is this fix. It will better protect all American workers, keep families together, and promote our national security while ensuring that we stay true to our values as a nation of immigrants."

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The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) is a statewide membership-based coalition of immigrant, faith, labor, youth, and ally organizations founded in 2002 to defend and advance justice for all immigrants and refugees in Colorado.