RELEASE: McFadden refuses to join bipartisan effort to solve immigration crisis

For Immediate Release:
September 8, 2014

Contact:
Alexandra Fetissoff
Alexandra@alfranken.com

BREAKING: McFadden refuses to join bipartisan effort to solve immigration crisis
McFadden reversal shows he’s not a “problem solver” after all

St. Paul [09/08/14]—Investment Banker Mike McFadden revealed today that he is refusing to support the Senate’s efforts to solve the nation’s immigration problem and back the bipartisan bill that passed the Senate 68-32. The bill passed with support from 14 Republicans, including Sens. John McCain (R-AZ), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and John Hoeven (R-ND).

The Senate’s immigration bill, which had the support of Republicans and Democrats, as well as business groups and labor unions, would make significant investments in border security — including doubling the number of Border Patrol agents — and help bring millions of undocumented immigrants out of the shadows. Sen. Franken played a key role in the markup of the bill and included several bipartisan provisions to help Minnesota.

“The Senate passed a comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform bill that would go a long way toward solving our immigration crisis, and rather than supporting this effort and being part of the solution, Mike McFadden has made it clear that he’d only be part of the problem,” said Franken campaign spokesperson Alexandra Fetissoff.

In August 2013, McFadden announced his support for the bipartisan Senate immigration bill.  

“Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike McFadden says he supports an immigration bill that passed the Senate but is languishing in the U.S. House amid opposition from conservatives.” [St. Cloud Times, 8/28/13]

Today, one year later, McFadden refused to tell the Star Tribune he supports the bill he once embraced.

“McFadden declined to say whether he supported the Senate immigration reform bill.” [Star Tribune, 9/8/14]

 

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