Speech #1140006630

Saturday we had a rally in Chicago. and at that rally was Secretary Jeh Johnson of the Department of Homeland Security. Joining us were Congressman LuIs GUTIItRREZ of Chicago. the mayor of Chicago. and literally hundreds of people. many of them DREAMersyoung people who are now. because of President Obamas Executive order. allowed to go to school and work in America. Remember. these were childrentoddlers. infantsbrought to America by their families. who are undocumented through no fault of their own. They have lived in America. they have been educated in America. they have pledged allegiance to our flag in their classrooms. and they have no future because we have not changed the immigration law to give them a chance. But President Obama has given them a chance. DACA is a program where. when these young people sign up for it. they can be protected to live in America without fear of deportationto work here. to go to school here. and to start to realize their dreams. They even want to volunteer for our military. Many of them do. They are trying their best to be part of Americas future. and the President gave them that chance. The House of Representativesthe Republican majoritysaid: We will not fund the Department of Homeland Security to protect America against terrorism unless the Senate will vote to literally deport the DREAMers. At a time. as Senator REID said. when we are threatened with ISIS. when we are sickened by the images on television of innocent peopleincluding Americansbeing beheaded. at that same time the Republicans on Capitol Hill are telling us: We are not going to properly fund the Department of Homeland Security to protect America unless we can protest what President Obama has done for 600.000 young people protected by DACA. Senator REID quoted Senator MCCASKILL. who spoke up at one of our meetings the other day. who said: Apparently the Republicans fear the DREAMers more than they fear the terrorists. more than they fear ISIS. That is wrong.