Mr. Speaker. today should have been a great day of celebration of hope and relief for the millions of hardworking immigrant families across the country who would be able to register for the expanded DACA and DAPA programs. DACAs expansion and the new DAPA program would provide welcome relief to thousands of hardworking immigrant families. allowing them to pay a fine. register. get right with the law. and work legally. Unfortunately. they sit in limbo while they wait for a judge to decide the fate of the DACA and DAPA programs. It should be incumbent on any politician who seeks to thwart or undermine these programs to propose a legislative solution through Congress. That is everybodys first choice. Only Congress can provide a pathway to citizenship. Only Congress can permanently replace our broken immigration system with one that works. one that restores the rule of law. one that secures our border. and one that provides a pathway to citizenship. I hope the fifth circuit will rule on the side of justice and the rule of law by lifting the injunction. but no matter what happens. this judicial mess is just further proof of Congress failure to act. I call upon Congress to address our broken immigration system and move forward with restoring the rule of law.
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