JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of
immigrants across our country. As an immigrant myself, I understand the sacrifices and hardships
that immigrants experience. My parents sacrificed their very small life
savings to send me to the United States at the age of 16 by myself to
pursue college. That is why I stayed in my district last Friday to host
an immigration roundtable with directly impacted constituents. Like many of us, Mr. Speaker, they have heard reports that this new
administration intends to deport millions of people across our country
rather than working towards a comprehensive reform of our immigration
system, similar to the one that was passed in the other Chamber with 68
bipartisan votes, unfortunately, never brought to the floor of this
Chamber. I heard from children, Mr. Speaker, afraid to go to school out of
fear that their parents will be taken away while they are at school.
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