Minister of State McHugh meets with Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney and Congressman Brendan F. Boyle.

Donegal Minister Joe McHugh held meetings with leading Irish American figures today (Wed) to discuss the situation of undocumented Irish citizens residing in the United States.

Minister McHugh met Congressman Brendan F. Boyle and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney in Washington DC. It follows recent meetings with representatives of Irish immigration centres while in Philadelphia and New York for St Patrick’s Day-related engagements.

Those meetings also included contacts with the wider Irish community, including undocumented Irish citizens.

Following today’s meetings, Minister McHugh stated: “Engaging with both Democrats and Republicans is crucial in fostering support for immigration reform on a bipartisan basis.

“I was pleased to have fruitful discussions with both OMB Director Mick Mulvaney and Congressman Boyle on our undocumented citizens and the prospects for immigration reform in the United States.”

Democratic Congressman Boyle is the son of a Co Donegal man; his father Frank is from Glencolmcille.

Minister McHugh added: “I had numerous meetings last week with groups representing undocumented Irish people in the USA and this was an important follow-up to that. I have been working on behalf of a number of Donegal families on this issue and will continue to do so.”

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