We appreciate Mayor John Giles, Chair of our Immigration Task Force, Mayor Todd Gloria, Vice Chair for Border Policy of our Criminal and Social Justice Standing Committee, and Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Chair of our Mayors and Business Leaders Center for Compassionate and Equitable Cities, for leading the charge on these eorts. [...] Bipartisan compromise is the only way to get things done in Washington, and cities will bear the brunt of Congress' failure to act. [...] Below please find a summary of our work this week, and I leave you with a poignant quote from Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma, one of the Republican authors of this legislation: "We need a change in law — I understand we have differences, but we've got to sit down together to figure out how we will solve this problem because the American people sent us here to do that. [...] Conference of Mayors Calls on Congress to Pass Border Security and Supplemental Funding Package In the News MSNBC | Nirenberg: Failed congressional border deal is ʻa political crisis,̓ ʻworse than doing nothingʼ — Andrea Mitchell is joined by Mayor John Giles of Mesa, Arizona and Mayor Ron Nirenberg of San Antonio to discuss the need for additional border funding... [...] Conference of Mayors CEO Tom Cochran sent a letter to every member of the Senate on Tuesday, urging them to pass the bipartisan border deal...
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