It has never become the law of the land. In that period of time. of course. thousands of young people have found themselves in this predicament. It was 21/2 years ago when I joined 20 other Senators and wrote to President Obama and said: Can you consider an Executive order that would protect these DREAMers from deportation so that they can live in America? And the President. 21/2 years ago. did. It was known as DACA. and this program said to these young people. this is your chance. Come forward. register. go through a criminal background check. prove you graduated from high school. and the President. 21/2 years ago. said: We wont deport you. We estimate 2 million young people would be eligible. Six hundred thousand have stepped forward and have been given this protection from deportation. This is the program that has led the Republicans in the House and Senate to threaten funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The very thought that these young people could stay in America. live in America without fear of deportation. work in America. go to school in America. is so reprehensible to the Republicans in the House and Senate. they are prepared to jeopardize the funding for the Department of Homeland Security. which protects America. I have come to the floor on more than 50 occasions to tell the story of these DREAMers. which I will do again this morning. I ask my Republican colleagues in the House and the Senate to listen to the story of a DREAMer and tell me: Do you believe the person I am about to describe should be deported from America? His name is Pablo da Silva. He was brought here from Brazil in 2001 when he was 13 years old.
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