Ladies and gentlemen of the House. I strongly oppose H.R. 5272. This. in all honesty and candor. is one of the most meanspirited and antiimmigrant pieces of legislation I have seen in all of my years in the Congress. Now. the main reason. of course. is that it would unfairly harm current and future DREAM Act kids. The majority have been clear about their intent with this bill: No DREAMers. This legislation is designed to prevent young people who have lived here most of their lives and are members of our communities from benefiting from deferred action. It would foreclose the administration from focusing resources on identifying and removing individuals such as criminals and gang members from our communities. And even worse. the legislation would mean that the hundreds of thousands of young people who have already benefited from deferred action. who are contributing to our economy. participating in our communities. and obtaining an education could be deported in less than 2 years. And that is why the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. the AFLCIO. and the American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU. have already registered their strong opposition to the bill.
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