Help immigrant families

Our immigration system is broken. And, in spite of the fact that the U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive reform bill last session with a big, bipartisan majority, House Speaker John Boehner simply wouldn’t let it come up for a vote.

So the president took the actions he could under the law, which will grow the economy, focus law-enforcement resources where they’re most needed, spur entrepreneurship and wage growth and protect taxpaying immigrant families from being torn apart.

This story was originally published February 4, 2015 at 5:59 PM with the headline "Help immigrant families."