We must have an immigration system that is orderly and legal, preserves access to due process, and ensures migrants are treated fairly and humanely while their cases are resolved. At the same time, our border enforcement officers must have the tools and resources they need to keep us all safe and secure. With South Florida reflecting America’s diverse and vibrant immigrant community, I am committed to advancing policies that uphold our values and ensure our immigration system is fair, secure, humane, and provides lawful immigrants with a pathway to the American Dream.

Unfortunately, the Trump Administration has taken our immigration system in the wrong direction—threatening the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, blocking pathways for asylum seekers, and ending legal protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, including humanitarian parole programs such as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelans and Haitians. His Administration is violating due process and rounding up even those who are here legally and throwing them in cages. He is sending the National Guard into our cities against the will of duly-elected mayors and governors. We need immigration reform, not cruel political stunts. My Democratic colleagues and I are fighting to reverse these harmful policies and advance solutions that uphold our laws, strengthen our communities, and move us toward long-term, comprehensive, and fair immigration reform.

Through my work in Congress, I have:

• Cosponsored the American Dream and Promise Act of 2025 to provide a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers (individuals who were brought to the U.S. as children), individuals with Temporary Protected Status (a humanitarian program for individuals from countries facing armed conflict, natural disaster, or other extraordinary conditions) , and Deferred Enforced Departure  beneficiaries (a similar program granting certain individuals relief from deportation).

• Repeatedly called on the Trump Administration to reverse the reckless decision to end TPS for hundreds of thousands, including Venezuelans and Haitians.

• Cosponsored the No Cages in the Everglades Act to prohibit turning our treasured Everglades ecosystem into prison camps, including the state-run ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention facility.

• Joined House Democrats in filing amicus briefs to defend birthright citizenship and oppose the Trump Administration’s unconstitutional executive order aimed at ending this protection.

I will continue working to support legal pathways to citizenship, reducing visa wait times for workers essential to our economy—including seasonal H-2A and H-2B workers that South Florida depends on—and ending inhumane practices like forced detention and family separation.