Uncertainty and fear and ignorance about immigrants, about people who are different, has a history as old as our Nation.

There is this kind of sense in the immigrant community, first we were going to do immigration reform, but then 9/11 happened.

According to the Privacy Rights Center, up to 10 million Americans are victims of ID theft each year. They have a right to be notified when their most sensitive health data is stolen.

And let us not forget the Social Security system. Recent studies show that undocumented workers sustain the Social Security system with a subsidy as much as $7 billion a year. Let me repeat that: $7 billion a year.

Uncertainty and fear and ignorance about immigrants, about people who are different, has a history as old as our Nation.

The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year.

According to the study, approximately 16.7 million U.S. workers born in Latin America had a combined gross income of $450 billion last year, of which 93 percent was spent locally.